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Spells:
Ignite
Flash
Ability Order
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Karthus Passive Ability
Introduction
Many people will not like my build. They will complain about not getting tear drop into an Archangel's Staff or about my skill sequence. I hope i can calm your doubts and show you a good Karthus build.
The first item i get is Mana Crystal. It gives you enough mana to stay in lane long enough to get your farm going. Here i go a different route than most Karthus builds do. I take a Catalyst of the Protector. When i first started out with Karthus i would always go tear of the goddess here instead of catalyst because i always ran out of mana. That's where your skill order comes into play. By maxing Lay waste and defile equally if you make sure to last hit you will not run out of mana quickly. The main reason to get catalyst is the extra health. Early game your lay waste and defile do enough base damage that you don't have to worry about getting AP items to be effective. Also the bonus heal and mana regeneration from the catalyst are nice.
Next the mercury treads over boots of lucidity. The only spells that boots of lucidity would help with are Wall of Pain and Requiem. With this being your only CD reduction item though it wouldn't help a whole lot. You would be better off just getting blue buff and Elixir of Brilliance.
The rest of the items i find to be pretty self explanatory. Deathcap so you hit uber hard. Will of the Ancients for the spell vamp. Rylai's Scepter for the health and the slow, the slow makes it so they cant run out of your AOE if you are chasing them. And last but not least Zhonya's Hourglass. This is a good item for Karthus. You get 100 AP and 50 armor, as well as the active ability that allows you too be untargetable for a short amount of time. The great thing about that it your defile continues to do damage the entire time.
The only variation i make it if they get magic resist then i will get abyssal scepter instead of Zhonya's.
Next the mercury treads over boots of lucidity. The only spells that boots of lucidity would help with are Wall of Pain and Requiem. With this being your only CD reduction item though it wouldn't help a whole lot. You would be better off just getting blue buff and Elixir of Brilliance.
The rest of the items i find to be pretty self explanatory. Deathcap so you hit uber hard. Will of the Ancients for the spell vamp. Rylai's Scepter for the health and the slow, the slow makes it so they cant run out of your AOE if you are chasing them. And last but not least Zhonya's Hourglass. This is a good item for Karthus. You get 100 AP and 50 armor, as well as the active ability that allows you too be untargetable for a short amount of time. The great thing about that it your defile continues to do damage the entire time.
The only variation i make it if they get magic resist then i will get abyssal scepter instead of Zhonya's.
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