Yes, his ap ratios are ****py, and yet he has possibly the best late game scaling out of any AP carry. AP ratios aren't everything. Having a low AP ratio just means that he doesn't have much burst damage - which, shouldn't come to much of a surprise. Most karthus players know this and simply whittle their opponent down in lane and finish them with requiem.
There is this notion of AP/second however. This is quite a useful read. It justifies that while karthus has pretty bad ap ratios, he will deal the most damage in team fight over a long period of time. With this in mind, I think that karthus doesn't need Liandry's Torment to supplement his damage - rather survivability to that he can live longer and deal more damage to his opponents in a team fight.
Thoughts?
Pretty much this.
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Karthus has poor Ap ratios on most of his abilities
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Yes, his ap ratios are crappy, and yet he has possibly the best late game scaling out of any AP carry. AP ratios aren't everything. Having a low AP ratio just means that he doesn't have much burst damage - which, shouldn't come to much of a surprise. Most karthus players know this and simply whittle their opponent down in lane and finish them with requiem.
[url=http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Varnagas/AP_scaling_per_second]There is this notion of AP/second[/url] however. This is quite a useful read. It justifies that while karthus has pretty bad ap ratios, he will deal the most damage in team fight over a long period of time. With this in mind, I think that karthus doesn't need [[liandry's torment]] to supplement his damage - rather survivability to that he can live longer and deal more damage to his opponents in a team fight.
Thoughts?
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Pretty much this.[/quote]
Yes, his ap ratios are ****py, and yet he has possibly the best late game scaling out of any AP carry. AP ratios aren't everything. Having a low AP ratio just means that he doesn't have much burst damage - which, shouldn't come to much of a surprise. Most karthus players know this and simply whittle their opponent down in lane and finish them with requiem.
There is this notion of AP/second however. This is quite a useful read. It justifies that while karthus has pretty bad ap ratios, he will deal the most damage in team fight over a long period of time. With this in mind, I think that karthus doesn't need Liandry's Torment to supplement his damage - rather survivability to that he can live longer and deal more damage to his opponents in a team fight.
Thoughts?
Pretty much this.