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Karthus·Runes for Mid

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate49.0%
Pick rate0.2%
Ban rate5.1%
Matches3 854-
Karthus Mid has a 49.0% win rate with 0.2% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked D tier. Based on our analysis of 3 854 matches in Patch 14.9 the best runes for Karthus Mid are First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity for primary tree, as well as Nullifying Orb and Transcendence for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Adaptive Force, Health Scaling, and Health.
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Karthus Runes

Mid Mid ∙ Patch 14.9
First StrikeSorcery

Inspiration / Sorcery

Win Rate 52.5% and PickRate 3.6% based on 139 matches

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In patch 14.9, First Strike Karthus has 52.5% winrate in Mid. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Nullifying Orb and Transcendence.

Inspiration

Inspiration

Hextech Flashtraption
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Magical Footwear
52.7%
94.2%
131
Triple Tonic
50.0%
5.8%
8
Future's Market
53.2%
56.8%
79
Minion Dematerializer
41.7%
8.6%
12
Biscuit Delivery
54.2%
34.5%
48
Cosmic Insight
51.6%
87.8%
122
Approach Velocity
100.0%
0.7%
1
Time Warp Tonic
56.3%
11.5%
16
Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb
66.7%
6.5%
18
Manaflow Band
48.6%
12.6%
35
Nimbus Cloak
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—
Transcendence
54.1%
13.3%
37
Celerity
—
—
—
Absolute Focus
48.1%
18.7%
52
Scorch
38.5%
4.7%
13
Waterwalking
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Gathering Storm
54.5%
44.2%
123
Adaptive Force
55.2%
83.5%
116
Attack Speed
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Ability Haste
39.1%
16.5%
23
Adaptive Force
50.4%
84.2%
117
Move Speed
50.0%
1.4%
2
Health Scaling
65.0%
14.4%
20
Health
55.6%
12.9%
18
Tenacity and Slow Resist
40.0%
10.8%
15
Health Scaling
53.8%
76.3%
106
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Karthus Matchups Overview

Weak Against

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Udyr

44.7%

Win Rate

Skarner

45.1%

Win Rate

Ivern

45.1%

Win Rate

Volibear

45.8%

Win Rate

Elise

46.0%

Win Rate

Nunu & Willump

46.1%

Win Rate

Strong Against

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Sylas

56.8%

Win Rate

Shaco

55.4%

Win Rate

Vi

54.9%

Win Rate

Poppy

53.7%

Win Rate

Wukong

52.7%

Win Rate

Rengar

52.4%

Win Rate

Best Synergy (DUO)

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Akshan

60.7%

Win Rate

Rengar

58.5%

Win Rate

Renekton

56.0%

Win Rate

Qiyana

55.6%

Win Rate

Camille

55.3%

Win Rate

Quinn

55.3%

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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