Karthus Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.22
Karthus The Deathsinger
Find the best Karthus build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.22. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Karthus build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Karthus' abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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Karthus Jungle 14.6
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[Season 13] EUW Challenger In-Depth Karthus Bot Guide
Karfus Gaming v2. 13.1
Karthus Jungle adc, support
[12.22] Rank 1 NA s11/s12 Karthus JG guide
[12.22] 500LP Master Tier Karthus ADC Guide
Mushroom Karthus Jungle
Karthus Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Karthus we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Karthus, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Karthus this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 14.22. However, if you are a new Karthus player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Karthus!
Karthus's Runes
Second Best
45%Win Rate 19% Pickrate
Third Best
46%Win Rate 7% Pickrate
Karthus's Summoner Spells
Karthus's Starters
Karthus's Core Items
Boots
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
44%Win Rate 11% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
54%Win Rate 2% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Karthus's Runes
Second Best
53%Win Rate 5% Pickrate
Third Best
55%Win Rate 3% Pickrate
Karthus's Summoner Spells
Karthus's Starters
Karthus's Core Items
Boots
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
53%Win Rate 39% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
55%Win Rate 3% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Karthus Counters
Learn Karthus' counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Karthus guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Karthus JUNGLE in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Karthus. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Karthus
Worst Against Karthus
Karthus Skins
Find Karthus's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Karthus skins and chromas on Karthus's skins page.
Karthus' Abilities
Toggle: Karthus creates a necrotic aura, dealing 7.5 / 12.5 / 17.5 / 22.5 / 27.5 (+5% of ability power) magic damage per second to nearby enemies.
Questions About Karthus
Latest Questions
Karthus DH or Predator
So I know before the DH rework [[Karthus]] used to take [[Predator]] because you could activate it and boost your ult damage on everyone that you hit. Does the new [[Dark Harvest]] work the same way? That is, if you have multiple targets within...
what can i build for karthus jngl???
what can i build for karthus jngl???
Karthus jungle?
In the most recent Pro Player Pick, Archie mentioned that one of his favorite junglers to play with is [[Karthus]]. I've heard of jungle [[Karthus]] before, and that it has been used by some pro team in the past (just can't think of the team), but...
Karthus and Soraka
So, a lot of people think of [[Soraka]] as the #1 counter to [[Karthus]]. Constantly in solo queue I see teammates pick [[Soraka]] because there is a [[Karthus]] on the other team. The common claim is that [[Soraka]]'s ultimate negates...