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Karthus

JungleB tierAll ranks
50.4% win rate 1.5% pick 1.3% ban 2.4 KDA 5,981 games

Strong against

Struggles against

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
1,200 games on this page · 46.3% 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 champion-role games

Summoner spells

ExhaustSmite

Starting items

Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Core purchase order

Blackfire Torch→Shadowflame→Rabadon's Deathcap

Situational items

Pick rate, then win rate
4th item
Void Staff24.9% pick55.3% win
Zhonya's Hourglass16.3% pick53.9% win
5th item
Void Staff27.5% pick66.7% win
Zhonya's Hourglass12.7% pick57.1% win

Synergizes with

Warwick72.0%50 games
Rell63.1%168 games
Poppy63.4%82 games
Qiyana58.7%230 games
Kled60.9%87 games

Stats

Performance

avg / game
CS / min7.7
Gold / min475
Damage to champs33,864
Kill participation54%
Vision score24
Damage share27%

Win by game length

Centre line is 50%
<2551.7%1,603 games
25-3048.2%1,696 games
30-3550.4%1,488 games
35+51.8%1,194 games

Damage profile

5,981 games measured
Builds APCC 0.65/min · 34th pct

Damage dealt to champions in this role. The build label comes from items, so it can differ from the damage split.

Objective impact

Win rate with vs without · correlation, not causation
How often this champion or its team takes each objective first, and the win rate with and without it
ObjectiveTaken firstWin withWin withoutGap
First blood5,981 games6.0%61.7%49.7%+12.0 pts
First tower5,981 games0.8%54.2%50.3%+3.9 pts
First dragon (team)6,073 games48.8%64.2%37.4%+26.8 pts
First herald (team)6,073 games36.3%69.6%39.5%+30.1 pts
First baron (team)6,073 games35.4%81.9%33.2%+48.7 pts
First voidgrubs (team)6,073 games49.9%55.4%45.5%+9.9 pts