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KarthusBuilds and Items

Karthus Jungle has a 51.7% win rate in all ranks over 2,694 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.

1.4%

67.5%

6.4%

23.6%

1.0%

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ALL RANKS

Win

51.7%

Games

2,694

Quick Build

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Starting Items

Gustwalker Hatchling

56.0%

543

First

Blackfire Torch

51.8%

2,475

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

52.2%

2,448

Second

Liandry's Torment

53.1%

1,200

Late Game Options

Mejai's Soulstealer

82.4%

239

Rabadon's Deathcap

58.6%

1,225

Malignance

60.4%

207

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%

2,694

Summoner Spells

SmiteFlash

52.3 %

1,692

Skill Order

SpellQ
SpellE
SpellW

51.9 %

2,636

First Item

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Blackfire Torch

51.8%

2,475

Malignance

51.6%

219

Rune

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Dark Harvest

47.9%

9,605

Deathfire Touch

51.7%

2,694

First Strike

48.4%

1,100

Starting Items
Scorchclaw Pup

51.0%

985

Health PotionScorchclaw Pup

50.2%

858

Gustwalker Hatchling

56.0%

543

Health PotionGustwalker Hatchling

52.4%

164

Gustwalker HatchlingScorchclaw Pup

47.8%

46

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes

52.2%

2,448

Second Item
Liandry's Torment

53.1%

1,200

Shadowflame

50.3%

996

Malignance

53.6%

97

Mejai's Soulstealer

74.6%

59

Blackfire Torch

52.6%

57

Rabadon's Deathcap

73.1%

52

Other Items
Rabadon's Deathcap

58.6%

1,225

Shadowflame

56.2%

822

Void Staff

55.6%

619

Zhonya's Hourglass

53.9%

614

Liandry's Torment

52.6%

312

Mejai's Soulstealer

82.4%

239

Malignance

60.4%

207

Stormsurge

55.9%

188

Morellonomicon

62.7%

83

Karthus Best First Items

The most common item that Karthus builds is Blackfire Torch with 51.8% win rate over 2,475 games.

Other alternative items for Karthus to build are:

Karthus

The most common starting items built by Karthus are Scorchclaw Pup with 51.0% win rate over 985 games but the highest win rate ones are Gustwalker Hatchling with [object Object] win rate over 543 games.

Karthus Boots

The most common boots picked by Karthus are Sorcerer's Shoes with 52.2% win rate over 2,448 games.

Karthus Items

The most common second item picked by Karthus is Liandry's Torment with 53.1% win rate over 1,200 games.

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