Karthus Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 14.12
Karthus The Deathsinger
Find the best Karthus build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.12. 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!
[14.12] Diamond Tank Karthus - Slow Death
Karthus stomping bot start (free elo hack)
[14.9] Jungle Karthus Guide
[14.9] Rank 1 Karthus World Guide To Climbing
S14 karthus jg guide
[70% Winrate] Rank #84 Karthus In The World Guide (MID)
Master Karthus Guide patch 14.2
BATTLEMAGE MIDLANE KARTHUS
KarthURF
UAV Karthus Hack
Shadow Wizard Karkus
karthus Sundered
Super Sustain Karthus
Karthus build (be like cinkrof)
Karthus but you have ult up every time [ S14 ]
Karthus Jungle 14.6
Karthus Jesuscirraptor TOP Split Push
S14 KARTHUS JUNGLE CARRY 80%+ (yes even in this meta)
(SEASON 14) New Items karthus ONE SHOT
Cashout Karthus
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 14.12. 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
48%Win Rate 20% Pickrate
Third Best
48%Win Rate 12% 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
46%Win Rate 13% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
56%Win Rate 3% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Karthus's Runes
Second Best
51%Win Rate 8% Pickrate
Third Best
57%Win Rate 6% 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 42% Pickrate
Death Defied (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
47%Win Rate 6% 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
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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...