Talk:Karthus/@comment-1920550-20140728023950/@comment-12314620-20140801093827

@Suikeina Actually I feel like tear on karthus is more situoational than mandatory. Sure it improves his lategame power by quite a bit and works well in organized play but the problem I have with tear is that it prolongs the time where you are very unimpactful since tear doesn't offer power the moment you buy it. I much rather rush Deathcap/Zhonyas after RoA since mana from RoA is enough (it's not like you use any mana farming because of E passive) and having highly offensive items early is more reliable way to stop, or start snowballing than betting on stronger lategame. I think going both RoA and tear is only worth investing if your team seems strong and you feel like they can manage through weaker midgame (you spending 700 gold for practically no  stats and most often you're also buying RoA so a total of 1900 gold to no offensive stats) or you are worried about your compositions lategame power and feel like it's very likely the game will be reaching lategame.