Karthus Build

How to play Karthus

Karthus – the Deathsinger – is based on our LoL Jungle Tier List on patch 15.14 a A-Tier Jungle champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Karthus has a win rate of 48.6%, a pick rate of 1.8%, a ban rate of 1.8% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Mage is in a good spot in the current meta of season 15. 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 runes and summoner spells. The best Karthus Jungle Runes 15.14 are Domination as the primary path and Sorcery as the secondary path. The most supportive Karthus keystone rune is Dark Harvest. Flash and 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 15.14 are Scorchclaw Pup, Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Karthus items are Blackfire Torch and Shadowflame. Sorcerer's Shoes are the most bought 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 on Karthus. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Lay Waste into Defile and at last Wall of Pain. Lay Waste is a very strong ability of Karthus in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called 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:

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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 specter 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.

Available Karthus Skins

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

Karthus

Phantom Karthus

Statue of Karthus

Grim Reaper Karthus

Pentakill Karthus

Fnatic Karthus

Karthus Lightsbane

Infernal Karthus

Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Karthus

Elderwood Karthus

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