Karthus Build
B
Jungle

Karthus Build

Death Defied
Lay Waste
Q
Wall of Pain
W
Defile
E
Requiem
R
Mage
Mage
7/2
Win/Loss
<1%
Pick Rate
22%
Ban Rate

Matchups

Karthus is strong against
56%
55%
53%
52%
52%
Vi
52%
Rek'Sai
52%
Elise
52%
Fiddlesticks
52%
Taliyah
52%
Viego
51%
Kayn
51%
Lee Sin
51%
Warwick
51%
Kindred
51%
Nunu & Willump
51%
Rengar
51%
Jarvan IV
51%
Rammus
51%
Lillia
51%
Karthus is weak against
Master Yi
46%
Volibear
47%
Bel'Veth
47%
Brand
48%
Ekko
48%
Shyvana
48%
Nidalee
48%
Hecarim
48%
Xin Zhao
49%
Briar
49%
Diana
49%
Evelynn
50%
Kha'Zix
50%
Zac
50%
Nocturne
50%
Lillia
51%
Rammus
51%
Jarvan IV
51%
Rengar
51%
Nunu & Willump
51%

Early Karthus Build

Summoner Spells
FlashSmite
81%
22
Smite
19%
5
Starter Items
Scorchclaw Pup
Health Potion
78%
21
Scorchclaw Pup
20%
6
2%
1
Starter Trinket
Stealth Ward
96%
26
Oracle Lens
4%
1
Item
First
Second
Malignance
67%
18
Liandry's Torment
31%
9
2%
1

Karthus Item Build

Item Buy Order
Two
Three
MalignanceLiandry's Torment
48%
12
Liandry's TormentMalignance
18%
5
Liandry's TormentShadowflame
16%
4
Core Items
Malignance
83%
23
Liandry's Torment
80%
22
Rabadon's Deathcap
63%
17
Shadowflame
46%
13
Void Staff
24%
7
Cryptbloom
24%
7
Zhonya's Hourglass
9%
3
Mejai's Soulstealer
9%
3
Morellonomicon
7%
2
Final Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
100%
26
Final Trinket
Oracle Lens
72%
20
26%
7
Stealth Ward
2%
1

Abilities

Spell Skill Priority
Lay Waste
Q
Defile
E
Wall of Pain
W
100%
27
Lay Waste
Q
Wall of Pain
W
Defile
E
Requiem
R

Runes

Domination + Precision
Dark Harvest
Precision
First Strike
Domination
Dark Harvest
Domination
Domination
Electrocute
Predator
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Zombie Ward
Ghost Poro
Eyeball Collection
Treasure Hunter
Ingenious Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
Precision
Precision
Overheal
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Tenacity
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand

How to play Karthus

Karthus Karthus – the Deathsinger – is based on our LoL Jungle Tier List on patch 13.24 a B-Tier Jungle Jungle champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Karthus Karthus has a win rate of 50%, a pick rate of 4.6%, a ban rate of 3.5% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Mage Mage is in a moderate spot in the current meta of season 13. If you want to learn how to play Karthus on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is mechanically advanced to play in LoL. This Karthus guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Karthus. The upcoming LoL Karthus Jungle Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Karthus Karthus runes and summoner spells. The best Karthus Jungle Runes 13.24 are Inspiration as the primary path and Domination Domination as the secondary path. The most supportive Karthus Karthus keystone rune is First Strike First Strike. Flash Flash and Smite Smite are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Karthus Build the most.

Item Build on Karthus

The starter items for the best Karthus Build on patch 13.24 are Scorchclaw Pup Scorchclaw Pup, Health Potion Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward Stealth Ward as the trinket. 88% of all Karthus Probuilds include Liandry's Torment Liandry's Anguish as the favoured mythic item. As the game progresses, the most popular Karthus Karthus items are Shadowflame Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap. Sorcerer's Shoes Sorcerer's Shoes are the most bought Karthus Karthus boots by Pros. This Karthus Build will vastly increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Karthus Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability Lay Waste Lay Waste on Karthus Karthus. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Lay Waste Lay Waste into Defile Defile and at last Wall of Pain Wall of Pain. Lay Waste Lay Waste is a very strong ability of Karthus Karthus in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called Death Defied Death Defied and there is no need to set it manually on a Karthus Build.

Select one of the abilities below in order to start a clip of the ability:
Death Defied
Lay Waste
Q
Wall of Pain
W
Defile
E
Requiem
R
Death Defied

Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells.

Biography

The harbinger of oblivion, Karthus is an undying spirit whose haunting songs are a prelude to the horror of his nightmarish appearance. The living fear the eternity of undeath, but Karthus sees only beauty and purity in its embrace, a perfect union of life and death. When Karthus emerges from the Shadow Isles, it is to bring the joy of death to mortals, an apostle of the unliving.

Read Karthus's bio

Available Karthus Skins

Besides the Karthus build you can select a skin for Karthus. The best Karthus skins you can find below.

Explore

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