Champion Info (Karthus mid 5v5 patch 12.9)

Attack: 46
Defense: 2
Magic: 10
Difficulty: 7
Health: 550
Move Speed: 335
Armor: 18
Range: 450
Health Regen: 6.5
Critical Strike: 0
Attack Speed: 0.625
MID
- Tier: C
- Win Rate: 50.46%
- Role Rate: 14.36%
- Pick Rate: 0.39%
- Ban Rate: 2.02%
- Games: 2579
- KDA: 2.09
- Score: 50.60
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.
Karthus Tips (Ally)
- 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.
Karthus Tips (Enemy)
- 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.
Summoner Spells
![]() Consumable: 0 Cooldown: 300 Range: 425 Teleports your champion a short distance toward your cursor's location. |
![]() Consumable: 0 Cooldown: 210 Range: 650 Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Move Speed by 30%, and their damage dealt by 40% for 3 seconds. |
Karthus Masteries
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![]() Damaging a Champion below 50% health deals Dark Harvest damage: 20-60 (based on level) (+5 damage per soul) (+0.25 bonus AD) (+0.15 AP) Cooldown: 45s (resets to 1.5s on takedown) |
![]() Heal when you damage an enemy champion. Healing: 18-35 (+0.2 bonus AD, +0.1 AP) health (based on level) Cooldown: 20s |
![]() Collect eyeballs for champion takedowns. Gain an Upon completing your collection at 10 eyeballs, additionally gain an Collect 1 eyeball per champion takedown. |
![]() Your ultimate gains Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion. |
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![]() Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health. |
![]() Damaging an enemy champion increases your mana regeneration by @[email protected] (80% for ranged) mana per second for 4 seconds. All energy users gain 1.5 energy per second, instead. Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy. |
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![]() +6 Armor |
Karthus Starting Items (PROBUILD)
![]() BUY: 400 SELL: 160 |
![]() BUY: 50 SELL: 20 |
![]() BUY: 0 SELL: 0 |
Karthus Recommended Items (PROBUILD)
![]() BUY: 3200 SELL: 2240 |
![]() BUY: 1100 SELL: 770 |
![]() BUY: 2600 SELL: 1820 |
![]() BUY: 3000 SELL: 2100 |
![]() BUY: 3600 SELL: 2520 |
![]() BUY: 2800 SELL: 1960 |
![]() BUY: 0 SELL: 0 |
![]() BUY: 500 SELL: 200 |
Karthus Active Abilities
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![]() Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells. |
![]() Cooldown: 0 Consumable: 20/25/30/35/40 Range: 875 Karthus unleashes a delayed blast at a location, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Deals increased damage to isolated enemies. |
![]() Cooldown: 15 Consumable: 70 Range: 1000 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. |
![]() Cooldown: 0.5 Consumable: 30/42/54/66/78 Range: 550 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. |
![]() Cooldown: 200/180/160 Consumable: 100 Range: 10000 After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals damage to all enemy champions. |
Karthus SKINS









Karthus Counters (Over 50% win rate)

Scorn of the Moon

the Serpent's Embrace

the Lady of Clockwork

the Mechanized Menace

the Hexplosives Expert

the Unbreakable Spear

the Prophet of the Void

the Revered Inventor

the Noxian Grand General

the Blade Dancer

the Crimson Reaper

the Sinister Blade

the Unforgiven

the Aspect of Twilight

the Rune Mage

the Blade's Shadow

The Star Forger

the Gloomist

the Rogue Sentinel

the Ice Witch

the Daring Bombardier
Karthus Countered By (Under 50% win rate)

the Tiny Master of Evil

the Boy Who Shattered Time

the Master of Shadows

the Unforgotten

the Nine-Tailed Fox

the Deceiver

the Bloodharbor Ripper

the Lady of Luminosity

the Dark Sovereign

the Chronokeeper

the Curious Chameleon

the Magus Ascendant

the Starry-Eyed Songstress

the Eye of the Void

the Colossus

the Emperor of the Sands

the Void Walker

Empress of the Elements

the Tidal Trickster

the Burning Vengeance

the Defender of Tomorrow