Karthus the Deathsinger

Mage

KARTHUS STATS

Attack
  • Attack Damage
    46 ( + 3.25 )
  • Attack Speed
    NaN ( +0%)
  • Attack Range
    450
  • Critical Hit Chance
    0 ( + 0 )
Defense
  • HP
    620 ( + 101 )
  • HP Regeneration
    6.5 ( + 0.55 )
  • Armor
    18 ( + 4.7 )
  • Magic Resistance
    30 ( + 1.3 )
Other
  • Mana
    467 ( + 30.5 )
  • Mana Regenration
    8 ( + 0.8 )
  • Move Speed
    335

KARTHUS SPELLS

  • Death Defied
    Death Defied

    Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells.

  • Lay Waste
    Lay Waste
    • Cost: 20/25/30/35/40 {{ abilityresourcename }}
    • Range: 875

    Karthus unleashes a delayed blast at a location, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Deals increased damage to isolated enemies.

    Karthus creates a blast of magic, dealing {{ qdamage }} magic damage. If the blast hits only one enemy, it instead deals {{ qsingletargetdamage }} magic damage.

  • Wall of Pain
    Wall of Pain
    • Cost: 70 {{ abilityresourcename }}
    • 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.

    Karthus creates a wall that lasts for 5 seconds. Enemies that pass through lose 15% Magic Resist for 5 seconds and are Slowed by 40/50/60/70/80% decaying over the duration.

  • Defile
    Defile
    • Cost: 30/42/54/66/78 Mana per Second
    • 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.

    Passive: When Karthus kills a unit, he restores 15/25/35/45/55 Mana.
    Toggle: Karthus creates a necrotic aura, dealing {{ totaldps }} magic damage per second to nearby enemies.

  • Requiem
    Requiem
    • Cost: 100 {{ abilityresourcename }}
    • Range: 10000

    After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals damage to all enemy champions.

    Karthus channels for 3 seconds, then deals {{ totaldamage }} magic damage to enemy champions, regardless of distance.

KARTHUS COUNTER/TIPS

Karthus Ally Tips

  • 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.
  • Strong against:

Karthus Enemy Tips

  • 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.

How to counter Karthus in:

KARTHUS Build

KARTHUS SUMMONER SPELLS

Exhaust Flash

KARTHUS REFORGED RUNES

Domination

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Precision

Presence of Mind Last Stand

KARTHUS ABILITY ORDER

Lay Waste 1 3 5 7 9
Wall of Pain 4 14 15 17 18
Defile 2 8 10 12 13
Requiem 6 11 16

KARTHUS ITEMS

Starting Item Options

Corrupting Potion Refillable Potion Doran's Ring Dark Seal

First Back Options

Oblivion Orb Amplifying Tome Lost Chapter Dark Seal Blasting Wand Sorcerer's Shoes Fiendish Codex Seeker's Armguard Verdant Barrier

First Item Options

Liandry's Anguish Luden's Tempest

After First Item Options

Zhonya's Hourglass Void Staff Rabadon's Deathcap Rylai's Crystal Scepter Morellonomicon Banshee's Veil Demonic Embrace

No tear Anguish - Optimal

Liandry's Anguish Demonic Embrace Zhonya's Hourglass Void Staff Rabadon's Deathcap Sorcerer's Shoes

DH Full Pen

Luden's Tempest Mejai's Soulstealer Void Staff Zhonya's Hourglass Shadowflame Sorcerer's Shoes

KARTHUS SUMMONER SPELLS

Smite Flash

KARTHUS REFORGED RUNES

Domination

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Precision

Presence of Mind Last Stand

KARTHUS ABILITY ORDER

Lay Waste 1 3 5 7 9
Wall of Pain 4 14 15 17 18
Defile 2 8 10 12 13
Requiem 6 11 16

KARTHUS ITEMS

Jungle start

Hailblade Refillable Potion Stealth Ward

Core items

Liandry's Anguish Zhonya's Hourglass Sorcerer's Shoes Dark Seal Farsight Alteration

Situational

Mejai's Soulstealer Demonic Embrace Void Staff Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rabadon's Deathcap Morellonomicon

KARTHUS SUMMONER SPELLS

Flash Smite

KARTHUS REFORGED RUNES

Domination

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Precision

Presence of Mind Last Stand

KARTHUS ABILITY ORDER

Lay Waste 1 3 5 7 9
Wall of Pain 4 14 15 17 18
Defile 2 8 10 12 13
Requiem 6 11 16

KARTHUS ITEMS

Starting items

Emberknife Refillable Potion Stealth Ward

Early items

Dark Seal Fiendish Codex Lost Chapter Sorcerer's Shoes Control Ward

Core Items

Sorcerer's Shoes Liandry's Anguish Mejai's Soulstealer Rabadon's Deathcap

Fullbuild example

Sorcerer's Shoes Liandry's Anguish Mejai's Soulstealer Zhonya's Hourglass Rabadon's Deathcap Void Staff

Situational items

Rylai's Crystal Scepter Banshee's Veil Morellonomicon Demonic Embrace Shadowflame

KARTHUS SKINS

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KARTHUS LORE

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.