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Karthus Build Guide by The PaIe King

Middle The Karthus Community Guide

Middle The Karthus Community Guide

Updated on July 26, 2020
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League of Legends Build Guide Author The PaIe King Build Guide By The PaIe King 129 12 376,727 Views 17 Comments
129 12 376,727 Views 17 Comments League of Legends Build Guide Author The PaIe King Karthus Build Guide By The PaIe King Updated on July 26, 2020
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HowlerNofelle (1) | January 5, 2020 12:34pm
btw i need to know how to increase R damage not by just buying deathcap
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The PaIe King (1) | May 3, 2020 6:17pm
Deathcap is your go too. Last Stand and Liandries while in your Passive will do it too. Spellbinder, Ludens is good but you will be very very squishy. Raba 3rd Item is the strongest R
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Vk2189 | September 2, 2018 1:07pm
Best Karthus guide.+1 from me.
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Mistben | April 4, 2018 9:28pm
Holy cow I was a Soraka main, but one look at this guide and holy moley sign me up for the Karthus train Choo! Choo! This Karthus community really know their stuff, so much that I feel stuffed, amirite. Anyway, good job Pale King. This guide rlly sweetens my apples. :)
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The PaIe King (1) | April 4, 2018 9:29pm
XD Go away BEN you scrub!
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Dzopilant (55) | March 17, 2018 7:24pm
Forget Sauron, Forget Vador, The real dark lord is KARTHUS !

The best guide on Karthus with nice design improvements, +1 well deserved
Nice community concept and great integration within this guide
Like the small citation for each abilities and with items
The celerity, zombie ward and ravenous hunter icons within runes is kinda confusing unless they are alternative choices, if not maybe put 4 times the Aery all around as its the main keystone (i presume you want keep 9 icons used for design reason)
Super clear itemization chapter
Great neophyte vs Elder lich explanations ^^
Useful tips and lots of detailed specific videos
Maybe put some kind of conclusion / credits / thanks to conclude the guide ?

Keep the dark Lord powerful and I wish you more deserved success with this great guide.
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The PaIe King (1) | March 22, 2018 8:51pm
Thank You! They are indeed alternative runes. The guide is always improving and I still have much work to do. It is by no means finished. I fully intend to add a Karthus jungle chapter and an index of match ups. I deeply appreciate the praise from an incredible guide author. Long live the dark lord!
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Dzopilant (55) | March 22, 2018 9:31pm
Rise of the Dark Lord has already begun ! ;)
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Meta Creator (6) | March 6, 2018 7:24pm
I see that Spellbinder is only a situational item. I'm not a Karthus main but this item seems very interesting on him. Indeed it is easy to stack w/ Q and you can use it just before R for more dmg, I want to know why it is not a core item?
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The PaIe King (1) | March 13, 2018 11:23am
I would say that you could use it as a core item when snowballing in place of Ludens for stronger team Requiem's. I prefer Ludens because it lets you focus down one target with your scoreboard and it gives CDR and mana. Spellbinder takes the place of old Ludens in the late game where you can usually sell boots for Movement speed and the AP. The downside to Spellbinder is it does take time to charge and if you're behind its less effective hense why I don't buy it till I am already capped out. There is a Mejai's build on youtube that uses Spellbinder and a few other elements to ramp Karth's AP past 1500 and one shot the whole enemy team with his ult. The host is annoying but the build is an interesting concept. I still need to add Mejai's paths like this to the guide and I'd say that Spellbinder will have its highest potential there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGYlt0UQtmA
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reddman2013 | February 26, 2018 4:32pm
Looking good Pale king keep up the great work
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freight train722 | December 19, 2017 1:27pm
"If you struggle with teemo mid, stop playing karthus." lol i love the attitude <3. its my junglers fault i cant win an easy matchup :) my mistakes deffinetly cant be my fault lol.
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donvodki | October 27, 2017 9:21am
doing super good with this champ. very nice guide. nicely crafted.
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The PaIe King (1) | October 31, 2017 10:22pm
Happy you like the guide! Hoping to make it the best on the site one of these days!
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GodLord (34) | July 26, 2017 5:27pm
great build
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The PaIe King (1) | July 30, 2017 8:40pm
Thank You for being the first to comment, the guide will continue to grow. I appreciate it!
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GodLord (34) | July 31, 2017 8:13pm
I hope so! :D you r doing it right!
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