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Karthus Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

  • Death Defied P
  • Lay Waste Q
  • Wall of Pain W
  • Defile E
  • Requiem R

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Region: Global
Counters
tier
C
place
106 / 124
win rate
47.4 %
pick rate
0.1 %
ban rate
1.4 %
matches
651

New patch 26.22: there's little data yet, so it's blended with the previous patch (26.21); the blend fades automatically as 26.22 data grows.

Summon AeryArcane CometStormraider's SurgeDeathfire Touch
Axiom ArcanistManaflow BandNimbus Cloak
TranscendenceCelerityAbsolute Focus
ScorchWaterwalkingGathering Storm
Absorb LifeTriumphPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: HasteLegend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceCut DownLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMovement SpeedHealth scaling with level
HealthTenacity and slow resistHealth scaling with level

Summoner spells

ExhaustFlash

Skill order

Q Q E E W W

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Starter

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion
Blackfire Torch Shadowflame Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's DeathcapVoid Staff
Void StaffRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Counters for Karthus

Karthus · win rate (30 days) 2,624 matches
40%46%52%58%64%14/1023/101/11
Karthus · pick rate (30 days) 2,624 matches
-2%-1%0%1%2%14/1023/101/11
Karthus · ban rate (30 days) 2,624 matches
0%1%2%3%4%14/1023/101/11

Summoner spells

Exhaust
Flash
Exhaust
Exhaust
Flash
Flash
Teleport
Ignite
Teleport
Ignite
49.6% 63.1%
43.1% 21.0%
37.1% 5.4%
46.2% 4.0%
50.0% 3.7%

Skill order

  1. Q
  2. E
  3. W
  1. Q
  2. E
  3. Q
  4. W
  5. Q
  6. R
  7. Q
  8. E
  9. Q

First 3 levels: Q E Q · 63.4%

50.6% 72.2%

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads
Spellslinger's Shoes
48.2% 51.0%
25.0% 0.6%
50.0% 0.3%
0.0% 0.2%
100.0% 0.2%

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Sapphire Crystal
Health Potion
Amplifying Tome
Amplifying Tome
Health Potion
Refillable Potion
Health Potion
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Tear of the Goddess
Health Potion
Health Potion
48.1% 47.9%
38.5% 2.0%
45.5% 1.7%
40.0% 0.8%
100.0% 0.5%

Items

Item sets

Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame
Blackfire Torch
Liandry's Torment
Blackfire Torch
Stormsurge
Malignance
Shadowflame
Blackfire Torch
Malignance
win rate pick rate matches
50.4% 20.4% 133
51.0% 7.8% 51
51.3% 6.0% 39
39.3% 4.3% 28
57.1% 2.2% 14

Item 1

Blackfire Torch
Malignance
Archangel's Staff
Liandry's Torment
Rod of Ages
win rate pick rate matches
49.8% 42.2% 275
42.6% 10.4% 68
50.0% 0.3% 2
50.0% 0.3% 2
0.0% 0.3% 2

Item 2

Shadowflame
Liandry's Torment
Stormsurge
Malignance
Zhonya's Hourglass
win rate pick rate matches
48.5% 25.0% 163
50.8% 10.0% 65
50.0% 6.8% 44
56.3% 2.5% 16
46.2% 2.0% 13

Item 3

Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Liandry's Torment
Zhonya's Hourglass
Stormsurge
win rate pick rate matches
49.2% 9.4% 61
49.0% 7.5% 49
53.8% 6.0% 39
47.4% 5.8% 38
65.4% 4.0% 26

Item 4

Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Liandry's Torment
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
win rate pick rate matches
58.5% 6.3% 41
48.3% 4.5% 29
57.1% 2.2% 14
58.3% 1.8% 12
54.5% 1.7% 11

Item 5

Void Staff
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Morellonomicon
Shadowflame
win rate pick rate matches
41.7% 1.8% 12
55.6% 1.4% 9
50.0% 0.9% 6
25.0% 0.6% 4
100.0% 0.3% 2

Runes

Electrocute — 0.0
Dark Harvest 37.4 18.9
Hail of Blades — 0.0
Cheap Shot 37.4 18.9
Taste of Blood — 0.0
Sudden Impact — 0.0
Sixth Sense — 0.0
Grisly Mementos 37.4 18.9
Deep Ward — 0.0
Treasure Hunter 27.3 3.4
Relentless Hunter — 0.0
Ultimate Hunter 39.6 15.5
Glacial Augment — 0.0
Unsealed Spellbook — 0.0
First Strike 36.4 3.4
Hextech Flashtraption — 0.0
Magical Footwear — 0.0
Cash Back 36.4 3.4
Triple Tonic 36.4 3.4
Time Warp Tonic — 0.0
Biscuit Delivery — 0.0
Cosmic Insight 36.4 3.4
Approach Velocity — 0.0
Jack Of All Trades — 0.0
Press the Attack — 0.0
Lethal Tempo — 0.0
Fleet Footwork — 0.0
Conqueror — 0.0
Absorb Life — 0.0
Triumph — 0.0
Presence of Mind — 0.0
Legend: Alacrity — 0.0
Legend: Haste — 0.0
Legend: Bloodline — 0.0
Coup de Grace — 0.0
Cut Down — 0.0
Last Stand — 0.0
Grasp of the Undying — 0.0
Aftershock — 0.0
Guardian — 0.0
Demolish — 0.0
Font of Life — 0.0
Shield Bash — 0.0
Conditioning — 0.0
Second Wind — 0.0
Bone Plating — 0.0
Overgrowth — 0.0
Revitalize — 0.0
Unflinching — 0.0
Summon Aery — 0.0
Arcane Comet — 0.0
Stormraider's Surge — 0.0
Deathfire Touch 52.2 20.9
Axiom Arcanist 52.2 20.9
Manaflow Band — 0.0
Nimbus Cloak — 0.0
Transcendence 52.2 20.9
Celerity — 0.0
Absolute Focus — 0.0
Scorch 52.2 20.9
Waterwalking — 0.0
Gathering Storm — 0.0
Cheap Shot — 0.0
Taste of Blood — 0.0
Sudden Impact — 0.0
Sixth Sense — 0.0
Grisly Mementos — 0.0
Deep Ward — 0.0
Treasure Hunter — 0.0
Relentless Hunter — 0.0
Ultimate Hunter — 0.0
Hextech Flashtraption — 0.0
Magical Footwear — 0.0
Cash Back — 0.0
Triple Tonic — 0.0
Time Warp Tonic — 0.0
Biscuit Delivery — 0.0
Cosmic Insight — 0.0
Approach Velocity — 0.0
Jack Of All Trades — 0.0
Absorb Life — 0.0
Triumph — 0.0
Presence of Mind 48.7 24.3
Legend: Alacrity — 0.0
Legend: Haste — 0.0
Legend: Bloodline — 0.0
Coup de Grace 34.1 6.8
Cut Down — 0.0
Last Stand 54.4 17.5
Demolish — 0.0
Font of Life — 0.0
Shield Bash — 0.0
Conditioning — 0.0
Second Wind — 0.0
Bone Plating — 0.0
Overgrowth — 0.0
Revitalize — 0.0
Unflinching — 0.0
Axiom Arcanist 39.0 18.9
Manaflow Band — 0.0
Nimbus Cloak — 0.0
Transcendence — 0.0
Celerity — 0.0
Absolute Focus — 0.0
Scorch — 0.0
Waterwalking — 0.0
Gathering Storm 39.0 18.9
Adaptive Force 44.5 43.2
Attack Speed — 0.0
Ability Haste — 0.0
Adaptive Force 44.5 43.2
Movement Speed — 0.0
Scaling Health — 0.0
Health 52.2 20.9
Tenacity — 0.0
Scaling Health 37.2 22.3

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