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Karthus·Runes for Bot

Death DefiedP
Lay WasteQ
Wall of PainW
DefileE
RequiemR
Win rate54.9%
Pick rate0.4%
Ban rate27.6%
Matches1 028-
Karthus Bot has a 54.9% win rate with 0.4% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked A tier. Based on our analysis of 1 028 matches in Patch 14.12 the best runes for Karthus Bot are Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Ghost Poro, and Ultimate Hunter for primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Legend: Alacrity for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health.
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Karthus Runes

Bot Bot ∙ Patch 14.12
Dark HarvestPrecision

Domination / Precision

Win Rate 55.4% and PickRate 78.3% based on 805 matches

Keystone options

Keystone
WR
PR

In patch 14.12, Dark Harvest Karthus has 55.4% winrate in Bot. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Presence of Mind and Last Stand.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot
54.6%
74.2%
597
Taste of Blood
58.0%
25.7%
207
Sudden Impact
—
0.1%
1
Zombie Ward
—
—
—
Ghost Poro
100.0%
0.1%
1
Eyeball Collection
55.3%
99.9%
804
Treasure Hunter
50.0%
17.6%
142
Relentless Hunter
—
—
—
Ultimate Hunter
56.6%
82.4%
663
Precision

Precision

Absorb Life
—
0.1%
1
Triumph
44.4%
0.6%
9
Presence of Mind
55.6%
49.4%
795
Legend: Alacrity
—
—
—
Legend: Haste
—
—
—
Legend: Bloodline
—
—
—
Coup de Grace
54.4%
14.0%
226
Cut Down
60.9%
1.4%
23
Last Stand
55.6%
34.5%
556
Adaptive Force
55.5%
97.6%
786
Attack Speed
44.4%
1.1%
9
Ability Haste
60.0%
1.2%
10
Adaptive Force
55.4%
100.0%
805
Move Speed
—
—
—
Health Scaling
—
—
—
Health
57.9%
50.4%
406
Tenacity and Slow Resist
50.0%
1.7%
14
Health Scaling
53.0%
47.8%
385
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Karthus Matchups Overview

Weak Against

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Udyr

43.2%

Win Rate

Zyra

44.1%

Win Rate

Shyvana

45.4%

Win Rate

Warwick

45.6%

Win Rate

Evelynn

45.6%

Win Rate

Rammus

45.6%

Win Rate

Strong Against

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Naafiri

63.9%

Win Rate

Talon

61.9%

Win Rate

Elise

57.1%

Win Rate

Rengar

57.1%

Win Rate

Zed

56.9%

Win Rate

Wukong

56.8%

Win Rate

Best Synergy (DUO)

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Galio

59.5%

Win Rate

Akshan

57.4%

Win Rate

Fiora

56.2%

Win Rate

Naafiri

56.0%

Win Rate

Skarner

55.9%

Win Rate

Talon

55.5%

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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