Patch 26.8

#26

Karthus

SJungle

the Deathsinger

MageMana

Win Rate

55.6%+5.94%

Pick Rate

0.9%-16.8%

Ban Rate

0.1%

Matches

8,654

Rank Change

-2

Playing as Karthus

•Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
•Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Playing against Karthus

•Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
•Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.

Skill Order

Max: E > E > E

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Lay Waste

Wall of Pain

Defile

Requiem

Abilities

Death Defied

Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells.

Lay Waste

20/25/30/35/40875

Karthus unleashes a delayed blast at a location, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Deals increased damage to isolated enemies.

Wall of Pain

15s701000

Karthus creates a passable screen of leeching energy. Any enemy units that walk through the screen have their Move Speed and Magic Resist reduced for a period.

Defile

0.5s30/42/54/66/78550

Karthus passively steals energy from his victims, gaining Mana on each kill. Alternatively, Karthus can surround himself in the souls of his prey, dealing damage to nearby enemies, but quickly draining his own Mana.

Requiem

200/180/160s10010000

After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals damage to all enemy champions.

Skins (5)

Karthus (Default)

1 / 5

Power Curve

Late Game Champion

Early GameLevels 1-6

30%

Weak early game. Play safe, farm under tower, and wait for key item spikes.

Mid GameLevels 7-12

76%

Power spike at core items. Look for skirmishes and objective fights.

Late GameLevel 13+

84%

Extremely strong late game. Team fight potential is at its peak.

Strong Against

Weak Against

Champion Lore

The harbinger of oblivion, Karthus is an undying spirit whose haunting songs are a prelude to the horror of his nightmarish appearance. The living fear the eternity of undeath, but Karthus sees only beauty and purity in its embrace, a perfect union of life and death. When Karthus emerges from the Shadow Isles, it is to bring the joy of death to mortals, an apostle of the unliving.

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