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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	53.9%
Pick rate	0.4%
Ban rate	4.3%
Matches	2 155-

Karthus Bot has a 53.9% win rate with 0.4% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked A tier. Based on our analysis of 2 155 matches in Patch 14.8 the best runes for Karthus Bot are Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter for primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Absolute Focus for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling.

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Karthus Runes

Bot

Bot ∙ Patch 14.8

Dark Harvest

Sorcery

Domination / Sorcery

Win Rate 49.5% and PickRate 4.2% based on 91 matches

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WR

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Dark Harvest

Precision

First Strike

Domination

Dark Harvest

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Precision

In patch 14.8, Dark Harvest Karthus has 49.5% winrate in Bot. Within primary rune tree, the best runes would be Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter. In the secondary tree the most popular runes are Manaflow Band and Transcendence.

Domination

Domination

Cheap Shot

49.4%

91.2%

83

Taste of Blood

50.0%

8.8%

8

Sudden Impact

—

—

—

Zombie Ward

—

1.1%

1

Ghost Poro

—

—

—

Eyeball Collection

50.0%

98.9%

90

Treasure Hunter

—

—

—

Ingenious Hunter

—

—

—

Relentless Hunter

—

—

—

Ultimate Hunter

49.5%

100.0%

91

Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb

—

—

—

Manaflow Band

53.3%

8.2%

15

Nimbus Cloak

100.0%

1.1%

1

Transcendence

43.5%

37.9%

69

Celerity

—

—

—

Absolute Focus

85.7%

3.8%

7

Scorch

—

—

—

Waterwalking

—

—

—

Gathering Storm

50.0%

49.5%

90

Adaptive Force

50.6%

97.8%

89

Attack Speed

—

—

—

Ability Haste

—

2.2%

2

Adaptive Force

49.5%

100.0%

91

Move Speed

—

—

—

Health Scaling

—

—

—

Health

44.4%

9.9%

9

Tenacity and Slow Resist

—

1.1%

1

Health Scaling

50.6%

89.0%

81

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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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