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Karthus

Karthus·Runes for Mid

Death Defied

P

Lay Waste

Q

Wall of Pain

W

Defile

E

Requiem

R

Win rate	49.4%
Pick rate	0.2%
Ban rate	4.4%
Matches	2 566-

Karthus Mid has a 49.4% win rate with 0.2% pick rate in Emerald + and is currently ranked D tier. Based on our analysis of 2 566 matches in Patch 14.8 the best runes for Karthus Mid are Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Ghost Poro, and Treasure Hunter for primary tree, as well as Nullifying Orb and Absolute Focus for secondary tree. The most optimal rune shards are Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Tenacity and Slow Resist.

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Karthus Runes

Mid

Mid ∙ Patch 14.8

Dark Harvest

Sorcery

Domination / Sorcery

Win Rate 48.3% and PickRate 12.7% based on 325 matches

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WR

PR

Dark Harvest

Precision

First Strike

Domination

Dark Harvest

Sorcery

Summon Aery

Precision

First Strike

Precision

First Strike

Sorcery

In patch 14.8, Dark Harvest Karthus has 48.3% winrate in Mid. 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

46.7%

79.7%

259

Taste of Blood

56.3%

19.7%

64

Sudden Impact

—

0.6%

2

Zombie Ward

—

—

—

Ghost Poro

55.6%

2.8%

9

Eyeball Collection

48.1%

97.2%

316

Treasure Hunter

57.1%

2.2%

7

Ingenious Hunter

—

—

—

Relentless Hunter

—

0.3%

1

Ultimate Hunter

48.3%

97.5%

317

Sorcery

Sorcery

Nullifying Orb

57.1%

1.1%

7

Manaflow Band

54.4%

12.2%

79

Nimbus Cloak

—

0.3%

2

Transcendence

44.6%

35.5%

231

Celerity

—

0.3%

1

Absolute Focus

53.3%

4.6%

30

Scorch

61.1%

5.5%

36

Waterwalking

—

—

—

Gathering Storm

48.1%

40.3%

262

Adaptive Force

48.4%

86.5%

281

Attack Speed

14.3%

2.2%

7

Ability Haste

54.1%

11.4%

37

Adaptive Force

48.6%

98.2%

319

Move Speed

40.0%

1.5%

5

Health Scaling

—

0.3%

1

Health

48.8%

12.6%

41

Tenacity and Slow Resist

59.3%

8.3%

27

Health Scaling

47.1%

79.1%

257

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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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