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Karthus·Runes for Bot

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate55.0%
Pick rate1.1%
Ban rate46.5%
Matches8 196-
Karthus Bot has a 55.0% win rate with 1.1% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked S tier. Based on our analysis of 8 196 matches in Patch 14.10 the best runes for Karthus Bot are First Strike, Magical Footwear, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight for primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Eyeball Collection for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling.
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Karthus Runes

Bot Bot ∙ Patch 14.10
First StrikeDomination

Inspiration / Domination

Win Rate 49.2% and PickRate 4.8% based on 390 matches

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In patch 14.10, First Strike Karthus has 49.2% winrate in Bot. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Magical Footwear, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter.

Inspiration

Inspiration

Hextech Flashtraption
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Magical Footwear
50.0%
75.4%
294
Cash Back
46.9%
24.6%
96
Triple Tonic
51.5%
16.9%
66
Time Warp Tonic
47.4%
53.6%
209
Biscuit Delivery
51.3%
29.5%
115
Cosmic Insight
50.6%
91.3%
356
Approach Velocity
30.8%
3.3%
13
Jack Of All Trades
38.1%
5.4%
21
Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot
29.2%
3.1%
24
Taste of Blood
22.2%
1.2%
9
Sudden Impact
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—
—
Zombie Ward
—
—
—
Ghost Poro
—
—
—
Eyeball Collection
51.0%
46.0%
359
Treasure Hunter
25.0%
0.5%
4
Relentless Hunter
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—
—
Ultimate Hunter
49.9%
49.1%
383
Adaptive Force
49.3%
97.2%
379
Attack Speed
42.9%
1.8%
7
Ability Haste
50.0%
1.0%
4
Adaptive Force
49.4%
99.7%
389
Move Speed
—
0.3%
1
Health Scaling
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—
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Health
46.0%
16.2%
63
Tenacity and Slow Resist
—
0.3%
1
Health Scaling
50.0%
83.6%
326
What are these metrics?

Karthus Matchups Overview

Weak Against

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Nunu & Willump

46.9%

Win Rate

Volibear

47.4%

Win Rate

Bel'Veth

48.7%

Win Rate

Nidalee

48.8%

Win Rate

Ivern

49.2%

Win Rate

Fiddlesticks

49.5%

Win Rate

Strong Against

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Sylas

58.6%

Win Rate

Kha'Zix

56.0%

Win Rate

Lee Sin

55.4%

Win Rate

Shaco

55.3%

Win Rate

Jax

55.0%

Win Rate

Taliyah

54.9%

Win Rate

Best Synergy (DUO)

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Rengar

60.8%

Win Rate

Akshan

59.3%

Win Rate

Camille

57.6%

Win Rate

Talon

57.4%

Win Rate

Pantheon

57.1%

Win Rate

Kled

56.7%

Win Rate

Karthus General information

Karthus tips and tricks

Farm with Lay WasteQ in the early game to make it easier for your to pick up CS.

Deactivate your Defile DefileE 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 RequiemR to pick up kills on low health.

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