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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	49.9%
Pick rate	0.1%
Ban rate	7.8%
Matches	997-

Karthus Mid has a 49.9% win rate with 0.1% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked D tier. Based on our analysis of 997 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 Manaflow Band and Absolute Focus for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling.

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Karthus Runes

Mid

Mid ∙ Patch 14.24

First Strike

Sorcery

Inspiration / Sorcery

Win Rate 38.5% and PickRate 1.3% based on 13 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 38.5% winrate in Mid. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Approach Velocity. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Manaflow Band and Absolute Focus.

Inspiration

Inspiration

Hextech Flashtraption

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—

—

Magical Footwear

22.2%

69.2%

9

Cash Back

75.0%

30.8%

4

Triple Tonic

50.0%

61.5%

8

Time Warp Tonic

—

15.4%

2

Biscuit Delivery

33.3%

23.1%

3

Cosmic Insight

30.0%

76.9%

10

Approach Velocity

100.0%

7.7%

1

Jack Of All Trades

50.0%

15.4%

2

Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb

—

—

—

Manaflow Band

25.0%

30.8%

4

Nimbus Cloak

—

—

—

Transcendence

33.3%

11.5%

3

Celerity

—

—

—

Absolute Focus

42.9%

26.9%

7

Scorch

—

—

—

Waterwalking

—

—

—

Gathering Storm

33.3%

34.6%

9

Adaptive Force

44.4%

69.2%

9

Attack Speed

100.0%

7.7%

1

Ability Haste

—

23.1%

3

Adaptive Force

33.3%

92.3%

12

Move Speed

—

—

—

Health Scaling

100.0%

7.7%

1

Health

33.3%

23.1%

3

Tenacity and Slow Resist

—

7.7%

1

Health Scaling

37.5%

61.5%

8

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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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