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KarthusBuilds and Items

Karthus Jungle has a 52.6% win rate in all ranks over 3,739 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.

3.6%

61.1%

6.7%

26.0%

2.5%

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EMERALD +

ALL RANKS

Win

52.6%

Games

3,739

Quick Build

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Starting Items

Scorchclaw Pup

54.4%

1,642

First

Blackfire Torch

52.7%

3,492

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

52.3%

3,363

Second

Shadowflame

54.5%

1,886

Late Game Options

Rabadon's Deathcap

59.0%

1,641

Mejai's Soulstealer

81.5%

238

Zhonya's Hourglass

57.3%

924

Runes

Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Absorb Life
Triumph
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Haste
Legend: Bloodline
Coup de Grace
Cut Down
Last Stand
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52.6%

3,739

Summoner Spells

SmiteFlash

52.9 %

2,054

Skill Order

SpellQ
SpellE
SpellW

53.0 %

3,651

First Item

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Blackfire Torch

52.7%

3,492

Malignance

51.4%

247

Rune

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Dark Harvest

48.0%

16,706

Deathfire Touch

52.6%

3,739

First Strike

50.7%

1,312

Starting Items
Scorchclaw Pup

54.4%

1,642

Health PotionScorchclaw Pup

50.6%

1,244

Gustwalker Hatchling

51.3%

355

Health PotionGustwalker Hatchling

52.8%

282

Gustwalker HatchlingScorchclaw Pup

61.9%

42

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes

52.3%

3,363

Second Item
Shadowflame

54.5%

1,886

Liandry's Torment

50.0%

1,189

Malignance

43.8%

105

Mejai's Soulstealer

78.9%

71

Blackfire Torch

47.9%

48

Rabadon's Deathcap

68.9%

45

Other Items
Rabadon's Deathcap

59.0%

1,641

Zhonya's Hourglass

57.3%

924

Void Staff

55.8%

903

Shadowflame

54.9%

880

Liandry's Torment

53.5%

620

Stormsurge

57.0%

581

Mejai's Soulstealer

81.5%

238

Malignance

56.3%

206

Morellonomicon

40.0%

100

Cryptbloom

59.6%

47

Karthus Best First Items

The most common item that Karthus builds is Blackfire Torch with 52.7% win rate over 3,492 games.

Other alternative items for Karthus to build are:

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The most common starting items built by Karthus are Scorchclaw Pup with 54.4% win rate over 1,642 games.

Karthus Boots

The most common boots picked by Karthus are Sorcerer's Shoes with 52.3% win rate over 3,363 games.

Karthus Items

The most common second item picked by Karthus is Shadowflame with 54.5% win rate over 1,886 games.

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