Talk:Karthus/@comment-217.123.141.44-20120707201656/@comment-115.184.34.25-20120708152647

wrong on a few points.

karth does not have a weak early game, just is countered by many champions in lane (usually those with high burst, especially veigar who has highest burst of all and unavoidable stun if hes good).

sometimes it is good to kamikaze, it depends on lane matchup/positioning of enemy and ur team's potential to kill/trap them next to u when u die, and if u have ult up or not. but dont be glass cannon, kamikaze or not.

he's hypercarry not just cuz of ult, but cuz of how good he is in teamfights. AoE dmg/range is simply OP compared to other AP's, and its dps, not burst. burst falls off late, dps doesnt. unlike a lot of mages he is not reliant on ult at all, it is mostly to kill runaways or to initiate fights but without it he can 1v1/teamfight well. a lot of champs need ult to kill target/be scary to enemy, karth doesnt. his q dmg is really underestimated.

TLDR, he's different cuz he's not burst, has global nuke and is OP in teamfights. dat passive too. his kit is just really different