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Karthus·Runes for Bot

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate56.8%
Pick rate0.5%
Ban rate6.9%
Matches1 836-
Karthus Bot has a 56.8% win rate with 0.5% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked A tier. Based on our analysis of 1 836 matches in Patch 14.23 the best runes for Karthus Bot are Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Ghost Poro, and Ultimate Hunter for primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Absolute Focus for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health.
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Runes

Runes

Expert Video Guide

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Karthus Runes

Bot Bot ∙ Patch 14.23
Dark HarvestSorcery

Domination / Sorcery

Win Rate 47.1% and PickRate 3.8% based on 70 matches

Keystone options

Keystone
WR
PR

In patch 14.23, Dark Harvest Karthus has 47.1% winrate in Bot. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Manaflow Band and Transcendence.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot
47.6%
90.0%
63
Taste of Blood
50.0%
8.6%
6
Sudden Impact
—
1.4%
1
Zombie Ward
—
—
—
Ghost Poro
50.0%
2.9%
2
Eyeball Collection
47.1%
97.1%
68
Treasure Hunter
—
—
—
Relentless Hunter
—
—
—
Ultimate Hunter
47.1%
100.0%
70
Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb
—
—
—
Manaflow Band
50.0%
7.1%
10
Nimbus Cloak
—
—
—
Transcendence
47.5%
42.1%
59
Celerity
—
—
—
Absolute Focus
50.0%
2.9%
4
Scorch
33.3%
2.1%
3
Waterwalking
—
—
—
Gathering Storm
46.9%
45.7%
64
Adaptive Force
46.3%
95.7%
67
Attack Speed
—
—
—
Ability Haste
66.7%
4.3%
3
Adaptive Force
47.1%
100.0%
70
Move Speed
—
—
—
Health Scaling
—
—
—
Health
62.5%
11.4%
8
Tenacity and Slow Resist
—
—
—
Health Scaling
45.2%
88.6%
62
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Karthus Matchups Overview

Weak Against

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Shyvana

40.0%

Win Rate

Ivern

41.2%

Win Rate

Sejuani

43.4%

Win Rate

Gwen

43.6%

Win Rate

Volibear

44.9%

Win Rate

Talon

45.0%

Win Rate

Strong Against

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Rengar

59.9%

Win Rate

Rammus

59.2%

Win Rate

Zyra

59.1%

Win Rate

Taliyah

58.1%

Win Rate

Teemo

57.6%

Win Rate

Warwick

57.1%

Win Rate

Best Synergy (DUO)

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Fiora

62.1%

Win Rate

Akshan

57.7%

Win Rate

Malphite

56.5%

Win Rate

Irelia

56.0%

Win Rate

Gragas

55.9%

Win Rate

Galio

55.6%

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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