Lol Classic - Karthus Jungle Build

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How to Play

While playing Karthus Jungle, your priority is to farm as efficiently as possible and reach your core items. Focus on full clearing whenever you can, using Lay Waste to clear camps quickly while looking for opportunities to gank overextended lanes. Since you take Exhaust instead of Flash, your early skirmishes are much stronger, so don't be afraid to fight if you can force a favorable duel. Don't be afraid to die if it means securing an important kill or objective, as your passive lets you continue dealing damage after death. Once you reach level 6, keep checking the map for low health enemies and use Requiem to pick up kills and influence fights from anywhere on the Rift.

Runes Explained

For our runes, we're taking a mix of Ability Power and defensive stats to make Karthus first clear as smooth as possible. Marks are Magic Penetration to increase our damage throughout the game, while Ability Power Quintessences speed up our clear and make our early skirmishes stronger. Our Seals and Glyphs are Armor and Magic Resist, helping us stay healthier in the jungle. If you're against a team that's heavily AD or heavily AP, don't be afraid to swap them out and stack the appropriate resistance instead.

Masteries Explained

For Karthus Jungle, we'll be taking the Offense tree to maximize our damage output. Every point of Ability Power, Magic Penetration, and bonus damage helps you clear camps faster while making your ganks and Requiem much more threatening throughout the game.

For your second tree, we'll be taking Utility. The extra mana regeneration is incredibly valuable during your early jungle clear, letting you use Lay Waste freely without worrying about running out of mana.