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Karthus·Runes for Mid

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate51.4%
Pick rate0.1%
Ban rate6.0%
Matches1 870-
Karthus Mid has a 51.4% win rate with 0.1% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked B tier. Based on our analysis of 1 870 matches in Patch 15.3 the best runes for Karthus Mid are Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos, and Ultimate Hunter for primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist and Transcendence for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling.
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Karthus Runes

Mid Mid ∙ Patch 15.3
Dark HarvestSorcery

Domination / Sorcery

Win Rate 51.0% and PickRate 35.8% based on 670 matches

In patch 15.3, Dark Harvest Karthus has 51.0% winrate in Mid. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Axiom Arcanist and Gathering Storm.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot
51.5%
85.8%
575
Taste of Blood
49.4%
13.3%
89
Sudden Impact
33.3%
0.9%
6
Sixth Sense
36.0%
3.7%
25
Grisly Mementos
51.7%
90.3%
605
Deep Ward
50.0%
6.0%
40
Treasure Hunter
37.5%
2.4%
16
Relentless Hunter
—
—
—
Ultimate Hunter
51.4%
97.6%
654
Sorcery

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist
51.9%
48.4%
649
Manaflow Band
28.6%
1.0%
7
Nimbus Cloak
—
0.3%
2
Transcendence
41.7%
2.7%
36
Celerity
—
—
—
Absolute Focus
25.0%
0.9%
12
Scorch
61.5%
1.9%
26
Waterwalking
—
—
—
Gathering Storm
51.1%
45.3%
607
Adaptive Force
51.5%
94.8%
635
Attack Speed
—
0.7%
5
Ability Haste
50.0%
4.5%
30
Adaptive Force
51.2%
99.4%
666
Move Speed
—
0.3%
2
Health Scaling
50.0%
0.3%
2
Health
50.0%
12.8%
86
Tenacity and Slow Resist
50.0%
2.7%
18
Health Scaling
51.2%
84.5%
566
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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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