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Karthus·Runes for Mid

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate48.9%
Pick rate0.2%
Ban rate5.1%
Matches3 806-
Karthus Mid has a 48.9% win rate with 0.2% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked D tier. Based on our analysis of 3 806 matches in Patch 14.9 the best runes for Karthus Mid are Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, and Treasure Hunter for primary tree, as well as Nullifying Orb and Transcendence for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health.
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Karthus Runes

Mid Mid ∙ Patch 14.9
Dark HarvestSorcery

Domination / Sorcery

Win Rate 46.1% and PickRate 11.9% based on 453 matches

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In patch 14.9, Dark Harvest Karthus has 46.1% winrate in Mid. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Manaflow Band and Transcendence.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot
48.0%
79.0%
358
Taste of Blood
40.7%
20.1%
91
Sudden Impact
—
0.9%
4
Zombie Ward
50.0%
0.4%
2
Ghost Poro
40.0%
1.1%
5
Eyeball Collection
46.2%
98.5%
446
Treasure Hunter
53.3%
3.3%
15
Ingenious Hunter
—
—
—
Relentless Hunter
—
—
—
Ultimate Hunter
45.9%
96.7%
438
Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb
50.0%
0.2%
2
Manaflow Band
43.4%
10.9%
99
Nimbus Cloak
50.0%
0.4%
2
Transcendence
48.1%
37.0%
335
Celerity
—
0.2%
1
Absolute Focus
35.9%
4.3%
39
Scorch
41.9%
3.4%
31
Waterwalking
—
—
—
Gathering Storm
46.5%
43.7%
396
Adaptive Force
47.0%
76.2%
345
Attack Speed
25.0%
1.8%
8
Ability Haste
45.0%
22.1%
100
Adaptive Force
46.4%
96.0%
435
Move Speed
33.3%
0.7%
3
Health Scaling
40.0%
3.3%
15
Health
47.9%
10.6%
48
Tenacity and Slow Resist
37.0%
11.9%
54
Health Scaling
47.3%
77.5%
351
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Karthus Matchups Overview

Weak Against

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Ivern

44.6%

Win Rate

Udyr

44.7%

Win Rate

Skarner

45.0%

Win Rate

Volibear

46.0%

Win Rate

Elise

46.0%

Win Rate

Nunu & Willump

46.1%

Win Rate

Strong Against

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Sylas

57.0%

Win Rate

Shaco

55.3%

Win Rate

Vi

54.9%

Win Rate

Poppy

54.0%

Win Rate

Wukong

52.8%

Win Rate

Rengar

52.4%

Win Rate

Best Synergy (DUO)

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Rengar

58.5%

Win Rate

Renekton

56.5%

Win Rate

Akshan

56.0%

Win Rate

Quinn

55.8%

Win Rate

Qiyana

55.6%

Win Rate

Camille

55.2%

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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