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Karthus

ARAMC tier
47.9% win rate 5.8% pick 2.8 KDA 411 games

ARAM recommendations

Patch 26.17 · All regions · 411 champion games

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
47.5%win rate · 120 games
Starting items
Refillable PotionLost Chapter
55.2%win rate · 29 games
Summoner spells
FlashMark
50.8%win rate · 126 games
Skill order
48.1%win rate · 181 games

ARAM modifiers. We don't have reliable ARAM modifier data for this patch yet.

Rune pages

Share of this build's games, then win rate
Domination
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Shards
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
68 games on this page · 50.0% win rate

Ability order

Tap or hover an ability for its description
Max Q, then E, then WLay Waste→Defile→Wall of Pain
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Lay Waste
Q · Lay Waste

Karthus unleashes a delayed blast at a location, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Deals increased damage to isolated enemies.

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Wall of Pain
W · Wall of Pain

Karthus creates a passable screen of leeching energy. Any enemy units that walk through the screen have their Move Speed and Magic Resist reduced for a period.

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Defile
E · Defile

Karthus passively steals energy from his victims, gaining Mana on each kill. Alternatively, Karthus can surround himself in the souls of his prey, dealing damage to nearby enemies, but quickly draining his own Mana.

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Requiem
R · Requiem

After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals damage to all enemy champions.

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Builds

Share of this champion's games

Summoner spells

FlashMark

Starting items

Refillable PotionLost Chapter

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Core purchase order

Malignance→Liandry's Torment→Shadowflame

Situational items

Pick rate, then win rate
4th item
Rabadon's Deathcap34.7% pick54.5% win
Void Staff14.7% pick14 games
5th item
Rabadon's Deathcap29.7% pick11 games
Void Staff16.2% pick6 games
Stormsurge10.8% pick4 games