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Karthus Build Guides, Runes and Items
Karthus The Deathsinger
Find the best Karthus build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.6. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Karthus build for the S13 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 13.6. 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
50%
Win Rate 14445 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
49%
Win Rate 3900 Games
Third Best
56%
Win Rate 2516 Games
Karthus's Summoner Spells
51%
Win Rate 21677 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Karthus's Starters
51%
Win Rate 12718 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
51%
Win Rate 28314 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
45%
Win Rate 5721 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
89%
Win Rate 297 Games
Eye of the Herald
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Mythic
Karthus's Core Items
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
65%
Win Rate 16495 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
63%
Win Rate 3370 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
71%
Win Rate 89 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Karthus's Runes
56%
Win Rate 3468 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
56%
Win Rate 1496 Games
Third Best
63%
Win Rate 119 Games
Karthus's Summoner Spells
56%
Win Rate 7508 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Karthus's Starters
55%
Win Rate 14673 Games
Trinket
58%
Win Rate 4953 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
50%
Win Rate 3246 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
55%
Win Rate 382 Games
Oracle Lens
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Karthus's Core Items
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
65%
Win Rate 1162 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
64%
Win Rate 830 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
60%
Win Rate 201 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Karthus's Runes
61%
Win Rate 123 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
57%
Win Rate 101 Games
Third Best
55%
Win Rate 219 Games
Karthus's Summoner Spells
50%
Win Rate 2097 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Karthus's Starters
50%
Win Rate 8915 Games
- 1
- 2
Trinket
52%
Win Rate 2099 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
46%
Win Rate 2362 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 481 Games
Oracle Lens
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Mythic
Karthus's Core Items
Karthus's Luxury Items
Karthus's Ability Order
61%
Win Rate 1416 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
62%
Win Rate 1228 Games
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
67%
Win Rate 76 Games
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.
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...
