Talk:Karthus/@comment-1920550-20140728023950/@comment-24090662-20141008042508

Actually, Karthus is a hypercarry. Quite possibly the only AP hypercarry, for the reasons listed above:

Unlike every single other carry in the game, Killing Karthus doesn't actually shut him down in a teamfight. That simple fact (which means among other things that he's virtually assassin-proof if he's able to position properly since assassinating him doens't mean much) allows him to be absolutely absurd lategame when combined with the damage he does.

Yes, his single-target damage isn't that impressive. It's definitely not as high as an AD Hypercarry, that's for sure. Thing is, a Trist/Vayne/Kog is hitting one person for high DPS. Karthus, will often end up hitting an entire team for high DPS. He can't be ignored because his damage is monsterous, and yet he can't just be killed because of his passive, and the result of this is a lategame which can be incredibly hard to deal with at all.