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Karthus

Karthus·Runes for Bot

Death Defied

P

Lay Waste

Q

Wall of Pain

W

Defile

E

Requiem

R

Win rate	53.1%
Pick rate	0.3%
Ban rate	4.7%
Matches	893-

Karthus Bot has a 53.1% win rate with 0.3% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked A tier. Based on our analysis of 893 matches in Patch 14.8 the best runes for Karthus Bot are Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter for primary tree, as well as Triumph and Legend: Alacrity for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health.

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Karthus Runes

Bot

Bot ∙ Patch 14.8

Dark Harvest

Precision

Domination / Precision

Win Rate 54.2% and PickRate 89.2% based on 797 matches

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Keystone

WR

PR

Dark Harvest

Precision

First Strike

Domination

Dark Harvest

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Precision

In patch 14.8, Dark Harvest Karthus has 54.2% winrate in Bot. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Presence of Mind and Last Stand.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot

54.1%

76.3%

608

Taste of Blood

54.5%

23.7%

189

Sudden Impact

—

—

—

Zombie Ward

—

—

—

Ghost Poro

—

—

—

Eyeball Collection

54.2%

100.0%

797

Treasure Hunter

54.6%

12.2%

97

Ingenious Hunter

—

—

—

Relentless Hunter

—

—

—

Ultimate Hunter

54.1%

87.8%

700

Precision

Precision

Overheal

—

—

—

Triumph

66.7%

0.4%

3

Presence of Mind

54.2%

49.8%

794

Legend: Alacrity

—

—

—

Legend: Tenacity

—

—

—

Legend: Bloodline

—

—

—

Coup de Grace

50.8%

15.2%

242

Cut Down

—

—

—

Last Stand

55.8%

34.8%

554

Adaptive Force

54.3%

97.5%

777

Attack Speed

36.4%

1.4%

11

Ability Haste

66.7%

1.1%

9

Adaptive Force

54.2%

100.0%

797

Move Speed

—

—

—

Health Scaling

—

—

—

Health

55.8%

44.5%

355

Tenacity and Slow Resist

55.6%

1.1%

9

Health Scaling

52.9%

54.3%

433

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Karthus tips and tricks

Farm with Lay Waste Q in the early game to make it easier for your to pick up CS.

Deactivate your Defile Defile E once the skirmish has finished as it will eat through your mana bar.

Keep an eye on the minimap at all times and use your Requiem R to pick up kills on low health.

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