Karthus Build Guide by Dotter

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League of Legends Build Guide Author Dotter

Karthus - Karaoke Has Never Been This Dangerous

Last updated on February 16, 2012

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Quote \| PM \| +Rep by ShrideRR » February 3, 2012 5:37am \| Report i need too say the build is dope..but i hate karthus and its so annoying if people use his Lay waste and his ulti....-.- i feded him the hole..and i used vayne or ashe and he killed me the hole time in the games....cuz he was usin his stupid lay waste that take alot of health away... and dont forget his ulti that so stupid he can get so many kills as he want and do some nice KS-.- its like he he has infiniti mana.... i hope they change him or something cuz he is damn annoying	ShrideRR Unremarkable (3) Posts: 36 Joined: 2012-01-23 IGN: ShrideRR on EUW

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by warekoala » February 5, 2012 11:05pm \| Report hahahah its all OK im European funny	warekoala Posts: 4 Joined: 2011-11-29 IGN: warekoala

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Errial » February 12, 2012 5:55am \| Report Great guide, but i disagree with Zhonya hourglass, it isnt that importent, but else a good guide^^ Gave me a 6-1 score today, and that was first time with him :)	Errial Posts: 3 Joined: 2012-02-11 IGN: Schoks on EUNE

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Dotter » February 16, 2012 4:29am \| Report Zhonya's is amazing, since you will be targeted in teamfights and the active can help you stay alive for longer, while still doing massive damage with your E :)	Dotter <Scout> Prominent (169) Posts: 1785 Joined: 2010-11-06 IGN: Benny Sakura on EUW

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by h0pefulangel » February 17, 2012 2:15am \| Report love the guide just one thing why movement and death reduction over mana masteries sense he's so mana heavy and he mostly sits in back and spams Q I find mana would be much more helpful but that's me aside from that great i give you a thumbs up best Karthus guide out there to be honest most of the other ones are troll joke guides >_>	h0pefulangel Posts: 10 Joined: 2012-01-27

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by WWpawnALL » February 19, 2012 7:52pm \| Report only champ and build that i've gotten two pentakills in the same game with. those who really know how to play karthus know that this a well done guide, good job indeed	WWpawnALL Posts: 5 Joined: 2011-10-19

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Raptaj » February 20, 2012 4:12am \| Report Amazing love Karth !	Raptaj Unremarkable (2) Posts: 7 Joined: 2011-12-05 IGN: Raptaj

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Relentless Imp » February 27, 2012 10:11am \| Report I mostly agree with this build as a person who mains Karthus. However, please consider adding Boots of Swiftness instead of Boots of the Sorcerer - as Karthus, I find the added mobility of Enhanced Movement 3 over Enhanced Movement 2 to be really, really good if you're laning against someone highly mobile such as Morgana, Orianna, Kennen, Miss Fortune, etc. Zhonya's Hourglass seems to be the most disputed thing about building Karthus. All I'm going to say is, in a teamfight, that's an extra 600ish(-MR) damage to everyone in the green circle of death before you go into Death Defied. Karthus works really well as an initiator with Zhonya's, and even though you may die a lot, you're going to still get a lot of kills and assists. The difference in Zhonya's while being focused and not being in Zhonya's is a couple of kills, typically; those two extra seconds before people start scattering out of the team fight means Requiem is likely going to snag you a kill while you're all ghostly. Just my experience. Overall, nice guide. :D	Relentless Imp Posts: 1 Joined: 2012-02-27

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Dknwx » February 28, 2012 4:21pm \| Report Well, I began playing last june, and I read a very similar guide when I bought my first champ (which was karthus), the guy used to take clarity and a mejai's soulstealer instead of Arch Staff, which worked very well for me to get level 30, but with the runes I think a build like yours works best. I personally prefer the meki pendant so I can harass a lot mwahaha, and Will of the Ancients instead of abyssal scepter (which perhaps your support can get) for extra survivality and taking advantage of Zhonya's. But oh well, as you said, items are situational. Optimal default build in my opinion, good job with the guide.	Dknwx Posts: 2 Joined: 2011-07-07 IGN: Dknwx

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by abemand369 » March 4, 2012 1:16pm \| Report sometimes13 wrote: There are two issues that you greatly missed in this build: first two archangel staffs in not effective with the amount of mana, since it has a unique passive, you dont get the mana from the second and 3% more AD from 3500 mana at the end is only about 110 AD. Second crystal scepter does not work with your wall, and your wall is one of the best slows in game. So two slows, no need. Other than that its a good build, and i agree with it, but this build has been made many times already. An idea for you is void staff instead of archangel staff. It will add to your boots and you will get 60% pen. That is worth alot when there is little weak champions around and you will do at least some damage to tanks too. well the build that gives the most ap is to get alot of aa staffs atleast two or three and then u will have about 800-1000 ap. so people get alot of aa staffs	abemand369 Posts: 7 Joined: 2011-09-11

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