What are the best runes for Karthus Bot?

Deathfire Touch in Sorcery with Precision secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (54.2% win rate).

What is the best build for Karthus?

Rush Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. It wins 52.7% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Karthus good on patch 26.20?

Karthus has a 53.5% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a off-meta pick.

Who counters Karthus?

Sivir are among the strongest counters to Karthus Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Karthus build

Bot · patch 26.20

Karthus is currently a off-meta Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 53.5% win rate across 8,477 games (0.5% pick rate, 0.8% ban rate). Karthus is an early-game champion (60.6% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

53.5%

Pick

0.5%

Ban

0.8%

Games

8,477

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 52.7% win ratevs 53.5% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start52.9%−0.6

First back

Core · in order52.7%−0.8

The whole build

Boots53.9%+0.4

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

54.2% win rate

Sorcery

Precision

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min60.6%

25-30 min52.7%

30-35 min49.7%

35-40 min52.5%

40+ min50.6%

44%50%62%

Win Rate Trend

53.5%

52.5%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.20

// Matchups · who beats KarthusAll matchups →

Sivir46.9%239

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap; this core wins 52.7% of Bot games; Deathfire Touch is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.

// Sample

Games analyzed: 15,639,911
Rank band: Emerald+
Patch: 26.20
Data Dragon: 16.20
Updated: 8h ago

// Also for Karthus

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