Karthus·Jungle Build
Win rate | 50.9% |
Pick rate | 2.7% |
Ban rate | 8.4% |
Matches | 33 440- |
Karthus Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 53.4% based on 13 352 matches
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53.4%2nd Most Popular
45.2%Alternative
49.9%Off-Meta
53.9%Top Players ALL
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 13 sec
Early Items
@ 4 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
Look to gank lanes that are overextended and are low. You do not have the greatest ganking potential, so ganking easy lanes is key.
Continuously toggle your E on and off for extra damage when farming the jungle camps. Do not leave it on though as it will quickly burn through your mana bar.
Keep an eye on the minimap at all times and use your R to pick up kills on low health enemies.
Karthus combos
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The Best Karthus Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Karthus Jungle build, you should take Exhaust and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Coup de Grace and Presence of Mind 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 Blackfire Torch 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 53.4% winrate over 13 352 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Karthus Jungle build would be to take Exhaust and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. 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 Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 45.2% win rate over 1 469 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Exhaust and Smite 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 Blackfire Torch as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Malignance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, 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 49.9% win rate across 933 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Karthus Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Time Warp Tonic and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.9% win rate over 488 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.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Karthus Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Jungle in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Karthus Jungle are:
- vs. Sylas - 59.5% win rate over 148 games.
- vs. Rammus - 56.7% win rate over 247 games.
- vs. Teemo - 55.3% win rate over 152 games.
- vs. Rek'Sai - 55.2% win rate over 250 games.
- vs. Zyra - 55.1% win rate over 425 games.
Consider picking Karthus into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Jungle matchups that currently are in favor of Karthus.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Karthus in the current patch into the following Jungle matchups:
- vs. Ivern - 41.0% win rate over 268 games.
- vs. Gwen - 42.7% win rate over 157 games.
- vs. Volibear - 44.6% win rate over 271 games.
- vs. Shyvana - 45.1% win rate over 233 games.
- vs. Skarner - 45.2% win rate over 609 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.