Talk:Karthus/@comment-4977390-20120604213203/@comment-4184629-20120606210401

I wouldn't say OP late game because of his inability to escape situations he can't win later in the game. If he gets singled out he can generally be taken down. Why is this significant? Well, if you didn't do well early game and have a poor CS then you don't have a lot of damage. If the towers have been pushed towards the enemy then he'll have to go into enemy territory to get the CS he'll need making him more vulnerable to ganks and the more mobile attackers. Granted, because he is such a farm monster, he can clear waves quickly with relatively few AP items, though this pushes the wave back and requires him to move up. The best situation for a poor early game Karthus is when the enemy team has pushed towards his base, the minion waves are in his favor and sometimes stack up massively creating a quick burst of gold gain.

But yes, if left alone he is a team fight god that can even change a team fight for the better before the fight starts. It's why he gets played so frequently, he is not to be ignored which having multiple people to focus on can create disarray more so than CC in a team fight.