Karthus Build Guides, Runes and Items
Karthus The Deathsinger
Find the best Karthus build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.10. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Karthus build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Karthus' abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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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 12.10. 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!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Karthus's Runes
49%
Win Rate 5289 Games
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- 3
Second Best
48%
Win Rate 3498 Games
Third Best
49%
Win Rate 2159 Games
Karthus's Summoner Spells
49%
Win Rate 14422 Games
- 1
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- 3
Karthus's Starters
48%
Win Rate 12679 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
48%
Win Rate 19978 Games
- 1
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- 3
Second Best
47%
Win Rate 6009 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
47%
Win Rate 2423 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Karthus's Core Items
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
64%
Win Rate 5816 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
64%
Win Rate 1441 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
66%
Win Rate 125 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Karthus's Runes
55%
Win Rate 418 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
57%
Win Rate 134 Games
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 330 Games
Karthus's Summoner Spells
53%
Win Rate 1592 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Karthus's Starters
71%
Win Rate 28 Games
- 1
- 2
Trinket
55%
Win Rate 1137 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
51%
Win Rate 697 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 137 Games
Oracle Lens
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Karthus's Core Items
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
100%
Win Rate 1 Games
- 1
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Karthus's Runes
58%
Win Rate 172 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
58%
Win Rate 114 Games
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 243 Games
Karthus's Summoner Spells
53%
Win Rate 1972 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Karthus's Starters
53%
Win Rate 2523 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Third Best
53%
Win Rate 246 Games
Corrupting Potion
Trinket
50%
Win Rate 2029 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
54%
Win Rate 1432 Games
Farsight Alteration
Third Best
54%
Win Rate 302 Games
Oracle Lens
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Karthus's Core Items
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
65%
Win Rate 390 Games
- 1
- 2
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
64%
Win Rate 331 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Karthus Counters
Learn 's 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
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Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!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...
