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Karthus

Karthus·Runes for Mid

Death Defied

P

Lay Waste

Q

Wall of Pain

W

Defile

E

Requiem

R

Win rate	49.8%
Pick rate	0.1%
Ban rate	7.8%
Matches	999-

Karthus Mid has a 49.8% win rate with 0.1% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked D tier. Based on our analysis of 999 matches in Patch 14.24 the best runes for Karthus Mid are First Strike, Cash Back, Triple Tonic, and Approach Velocity for primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Eyeball Collection for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health.

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Karthus Runes

Mid

Mid ∙ Patch 14.24

First Strike

Domination

Inspiration / Domination

Win Rate 48.7% and PickRate 11.3% based on 113 matches

Keystone options

Keystone

WR

PR

Dark Harvest

Precision

Dark Harvest

Sorcery

First Strike

Domination

Summon Aery

Precision

Summon Aery

Domination

Arcane Comet

Precision

First Strike

Sorcery

Dark Harvest

Inspiration

In patch 14.24, First Strike Karthus has 48.7% winrate in Mid. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Jack Of All Trades. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter.

Inspiration

Inspiration

Hextech Flashtraption

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—

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Magical Footwear

41.2%

45.1%

51

Cash Back

54.8%

54.9%

62

Triple Tonic

55.9%

60.2%

68

Time Warp Tonic

38.7%

27.4%

31

Biscuit Delivery

35.7%

12.4%

14

Cosmic Insight

45.8%

73.5%

83

Approach Velocity

100.0%

0.9%

1

Jack Of All Trades

55.2%

25.7%

29

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot

—

—

—

Taste of Blood

—

—

—

Sudden Impact

—

—

—

Zombie Ward

—

—

—

Ghost Poro

—

—

—

Eyeball Collection

45.7%

31.0%

70

Treasure Hunter

100.0%

0.9%

1

Relentless Hunter

—

—

—

Ultimate Hunter

43.8%

32.3%

73

Adaptive Force

48.6%

94.7%

107

Attack Speed

33.3%

2.7%

3

Ability Haste

66.7%

2.7%

3

Adaptive Force

45.3%

66.4%

75

Move Speed

—

0.9%

1

Health Scaling

56.8%

32.7%

37

Health

45.5%

9.7%

11

Tenacity and Slow Resist

33.3%

2.7%

3

Health Scaling

44.4%

55.8%

63

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Karthus tips and tricks

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

Deactivate your Defile Defile E 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 Requiem R to pick up kills on low health

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