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KarthusBuilds and Items

Karthus Jungle has a 51.7% win rate in all ranks over 2,641 games when using Deathfire Touch as keystone rune.

Find below a detailed breakdown of Karthus's builds, items, runes, matchups and more. You can filter most information by first item and main rune, by position and by elo.

1.5%

67.2%

6.5%

23.9%

1.0%

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ALL RANKS

Win

51.7%

Games

2,641

Quick Build

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Starting Items

Gustwalker Hatchling

56.2%

530

First

Blackfire Torch

51.8%

2,429

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

52.2%

2,398

Second

Liandry's Torment

53.2%

1,175

Late Game Options

Mejai's Soulstealer

82.3%

237

Rabadon's Deathcap

58.6%

1,201

Malignance

60.5%

205

Runes

Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Zombie Ward
Grisly Mementos
Ghost Poro
Deep Ward
Eyeball Collection
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
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51.7%

2,641

Summoner Spells

SmiteFlash

52.1 %

1,658

Skill Order

SpellQ
SpellE
SpellW

52.2 %

2,541

First Item

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Blackfire Torch

51.8%

2,429

Malignance

50.9%

212

Rune

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Dark Harvest

48.0%

9,198

Deathfire Touch

51.7%

2,641

First Strike

48.5%

1,083

Starting Items
Scorchclaw Pup

50.8%

963

Health PotionScorchclaw Pup

50.1%

844

Gustwalker Hatchling

56.2%

530

Health PotionGustwalker Hatchling

52.8%

161

Gustwalker HatchlingScorchclaw Pup

46.7%

45

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes

52.2%

2,398

Second Item
Liandry's Torment

53.2%

1,175

Shadowflame

50.1%

976

Malignance

52.6%

95

Mejai's Soulstealer

74.6%

59

Blackfire Torch

52.7%

55

Rabadon's Deathcap

72.5%

51

Other Items
Rabadon's Deathcap

58.6%

1,201

Shadowflame

56.1%

805

Void Staff

55.5%

604

Zhonya's Hourglass

53.9%

599

Liandry's Torment

52.5%

303

Mejai's Soulstealer

82.3%

237

Malignance

60.5%

205

Stormsurge

56.1%

187

Morellonomicon

62.5%

80

Karthus Best First Items

The most common item that Karthus builds is Blackfire Torch with 51.8% win rate over 2,429 games.

Other alternative items for Karthus to build are:

Karthus

The most common starting items built by Karthus are Scorchclaw Pup with 50.8% win rate over 963 games but the highest win rate ones are Gustwalker Hatchling with [object Object] win rate over 530 games.

Karthus Boots

The most common boots picked by Karthus are Sorcerer's Shoes with 52.2% win rate over 2,398 games.

Karthus Items

The most common second item picked by Karthus is Liandry's Torment with 53.2% win rate over 1,175 games.

For later in the game, some of the most popular items to build are: