Here is a post about Karthus champion from League of Legends. You will find brief information with tips and tips on how to play Karthus. Read our Karthus build and cheat sheet. In our League of Legends builds you will see the most popular and universal variation of any build.
All League of Legends Karthus Skins
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.
The Deathsinger Karthus is one of the most popular champions in LoL. His main role is mage and you will see him in the middle lane playing as ability power carry but this is an off-meta build for Karthus in the jungle. Every champion in League of Legends has its uniqueness determined by his skills.
Passive
Death Defied
Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells.
Q
Lay Waste
Karthus unleashes a delayed blast at a location, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Deals increased damage to isolated enemies.
W
Wall of Pain
Karthus creates a passable screen of leeching energy. Any enemy units that walk through the screen have their Movement Speed and Magic Resist reduced for a period.
E
Defile
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.
R
Requiem
After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals damage to all enemy champions.
Counter Picks and Karthus’s Win Rate
It is great when you know how to play a champion. But much in LoL depends on counter picks. On the stage when you choose and ban champions you should ban the ones that can counter Karthus and vice versa if you see that Karthus is strong against the enemy team’s AP carry you’ll need to pick Karthus.
Some players prefer to know the win and lose rate of the champion before trying to play him. You can see Karthus counter picks and win rate in the toolkit via the image on the left.
Karthus Best Build
Below you can see the best build for LoL Karthus which is calculated on the average winning builds in the Platinum+ league. All builds that we share automatically update when new changes or patches appear.
As you can see from the build above there is mentioned Karthus rune set with the best potential for Karthus. You can see what runes are main for the character and which are taken for some extra assistance. Also, there are mentioned minor nodes that you can take to play Karthus in League of Legends.
Under the rune set, you can see the best summoner spells used with Karthus. The overall tier for the champion is mentioned just next to the summoner spells. It can change, but now Karthus is one of the most powerful AP carries in the game.
As for the best item set, you can see starting items. These are the items that you need to buy at the start of the game before you go on your lane. Next to it, there are early items, later you will upgrade them to the whole items for Karthus build. Finally, you can see Mythical and Core items that you’ll need to focus on to win the game.
Skill order or skill priorities are very important in the game so that you will start winning the lane before you buy any powerful items. The skill priority and order for Karthus is mentioned under the items. Skill order shows what skill you should upgrade on every level.
General Tips and Combos
All the best tips and tricks for Karthus are shown in his combos. We share them from another website that you can follow via the link.
All the combos are can be grouped by difficulty. Sort them from the easy to sever and learn to play Karthus by using the combs in your matches.