Karthus·Mid Build
Win rate | 48.8% |
Pick rate | 0.2% |
Ban rate | 5.1% |
Matches | 3 468- |
Karthus Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 51.6% based on 1 007 matches
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51.6%2nd Most Popular
48.4%Alternative
45.8%Off-Meta
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Ahri
61.7%Hwei
57.4%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 13 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 18 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Karthus Matchups Overview
Karthus General information
Karthus tips and tricks
Farm with Q in the early game to make it easier for your to pick up CS.
Deactivate your Defile E once the skirmish has finished as it will eat through your mana bar.
Keep an eye on the minimap at all times and use your R to pick up kills on low health
Karthus combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Karthus Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Karthus Mid build, you should take Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Malignance as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.6% winrate over 1 007 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Karthus Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Future's Market and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Malignance, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Morellonomicon. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 48.4% win rate over 432 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Dark Harvest as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Archangel's Staff as a third item. You want to finish the build with Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 45.8% win rate across 107 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Karthus Mid build in the current patch, try Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Last Stand as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Liandry's Torment as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Malignance as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Morellonomicon. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 42.9% win rate over 84 matches played.
Situational Karthus Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Karthus build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Karthus runes page.
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In-depth Build Stats
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Karthus Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.9 the best possible matchups for Karthus Mid are:
- vs. Corki - 76.0% win rate over 25 games.
- vs. Jayce - 69.4% win rate over 36 games.
- vs. Swain - 63.2% win rate over 19 games.
- vs. Brand - 59.6% win rate over 47 games.
- vs. Yasuo - 58.2% win rate over 122 games.
Consider picking Karthus into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Karthus.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Karthus in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Neeko - 38.9% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Kassadin - 39.7% win rate over 63 games.
- vs. Viktor - 40.0% win rate over 45 games.
- vs. Syndra - 40.3% win rate over 72 games.
- vs. Lissandra - 40.9% win rate over 44 games.
These champions are considered as Karthus counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Karthus counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.