Karthus·Jungle Build
Win rate | 52.4% |
Pick rate | 9.4% |
Ban rate | 52.3% |
Matches | 77 181- |
Karthus Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 54.2% based on 39 023 matches
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54.2%2nd Most Popular
54.2%Alternative
50.2%Off-Meta
52.5%Top Players
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56.9%Viego
55.4%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 4 min
Core Items
@ 18 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Karthus Matchups Overview
Karthus General information
Karthus tips and tricks
Look to gank lanes that are overextended and are low. You do not have the greatest ganking potential, so ganking easy lanes is key.
Continuously toggle your E on and off for extra damage when farming the jungle camps. Do not leave it on though as it will quickly burn through your mana bar.
Keep an eye on the minimap at all times and use your R to pick up kills on low health enemies.
Karthus combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Karthus Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle in
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Karthus Jungle build, you should take Exhaust and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Last Stand in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.2% winrate over 39 023 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Karthus Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Blackfire Torch, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.2% win rate over 7 118 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Exhaust and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Dark Harvest as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.2% win rate across 2 349 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Karthus Jungle build in the current patch, try Exhaust and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Liandry's Torment as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Malignance as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Cryptbloom. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.5% win rate over 543 matches played.
Situational Karthus Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Karthus build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Karthus runes page.
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