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KarthusBuilds and Items

Karthus Jungle has a 48.6% win rate in all ranks over 48,697 games when using Dark Harvest 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.

3.2%

80.4%

6.0%

7.7%

2.7%

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EMERALD +

ALL RANKS

Win

48.6%

Games

48,697

Quick Build

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Starting Items

Health PotionScorchclaw Pup

48.9%

26,587

First

Blackfire Torch

50.0%

36,050

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

49.3%

44,355

Second

Shadowflame

50.3%

23,402

Late Game Options

Spellslinger's Shoes

75.7%

15,800

Rabadon's Deathcap

56.0%

19,088

Mejai's Soulstealer

79.0%

2,770

Runes

Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
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
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
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48.6%

48,697

Summoner Spells

SmiteExhaust

48.6 %

29,450

Skill Order

SpellQ
SpellE
SpellW

49.3 %

46,717

First Item

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Blackfire Torch

50.0%

36,050

Malignance

44.5%

11,320

Liandry's Torment

47.2%

1,327

Rune

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Dark Harvest

48.6%

48,697

First Strike

47.5%

3,236

Starting Items
Health PotionScorchclaw Pup

48.9%

26,587

Scorchclaw Pup

49.7%

9,550

Health PotionGustwalker Hatchling

46.8%

6,638

Gustwalker Hatchling

48.2%

2,299

Health PotionGustwalker HatchlingScorchclaw Pup

46.5%

855

Health PotionMosstomper Seedling

38.2%

217

Health PotionHealth PotionGustwalker HatchlingScorchclaw Pup

43.6%

140

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes

49.3%

44,355

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

43.5%

978

Second Item
Shadowflame

50.3%

23,402

Liandry's Torment

48.5%

12,327

Malignance

46.6%

2,777

Blackfire Torch

43.2%

1,710

Zhonya's Hourglass

50.4%

1,122

Rabadon's Deathcap

59.2%

931

Mejai's Soulstealer

75.6%

762

Stormsurge

47.4%

325

Horizon Focus

42.1%

197

Other Items
Rabadon's Deathcap

56.0%

19,088

Spellslinger's Shoes

75.7%

15,800

Zhonya's Hourglass

52.8%

11,705

Shadowflame

53.6%

10,597

Void Staff

53.4%

8,127

Liandry's Torment

51.2%

5,256

Mejai's Soulstealer

79.0%

2,770

Malignance

57.1%

2,542

Stormsurge

58.9%

2,164

Horizon Focus

56.3%

1,636

Morellonomicon

47.4%

1,510

Cryptbloom

57.2%

928

Blackfire Torch

51.0%

782

Crimson Lucidity

61.6%

164

Karthus Best First Items

The most common item that Karthus builds is Blackfire Torch with 50.0% win rate over 36,050 games.

Other alternative items for Karthus to build are:

Karthus

The most common starting items built by Karthus are Health Potion and Scorchclaw Pup with 48.9% win rate over 26,587 games.

Karthus Boots

The most common boots picked by Karthus are Sorcerer's Shoes with 49.3% win rate over 44,355 games.

Karthus Items

The most common second item picked by Karthus is Shadowflame with 50.3% win rate over 23,402 games.

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