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Karthus

Karthus build

URF · patch 26.04

Karthus was a balanced URF pick in its last run, on patch 26.04, holding a 54.0% win rate across 175,930 games (7.6% pick rate). Karthus is an early-game champion (55.1% 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 on patch 26.04, not theorycraft.

Win rate

54.0%

Pick

7.6%

Games

175,930

URF is not in the game right now. These numbers are from its last run, on patch 26.04. Items and balance have changed since (the game is on 26.20), so read them as a starting point for the next run, not as this patch's results.

Summoner Spells

Summoner spellSummoner spell
// The build · 55.2% win ratevs 54.0% for the championHighest win rate path this patch
Start55.7%+1.7
Amplifying Tome

First back

Core · in order55.2%+1.2
MalignanceShadowflameRabadon's Deathcap

The whole build

Boots53.7%−0.3
Sorcerer's Shoes

Situational swap

Late options-
ShadowflameMalignanceRabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentStormsurge

Pick one, not all

Runes

53.9% win rate
Domination
Dark Harvest
Cheap Shot
Grisly Mementos
Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Gathering Storm
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling

Skill Order

Max order: Q · Lay WasteQ→E · DefileE→W · Wall of PainW
123456789101112131415161718Lay Waste
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Wall of Pain
W
W
W
W
W
Defile
E
E
E
E
E
Requiem
R
R
R

Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min55.1%
25-30 min50.1%
30-35 min50.4%
35-40 min49.1%
40+ min43.9%
42%50%57%

Win Rate Trend

26.0226.0326.04
// The short version

Start Amplifying Tome and rush Malignance, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap; this core wins 55.2% of URF games; Dark Harvest is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.

// Sample
Games analyzed
23,260,200
Rank band
All
Patch
26.04
Data Dragon
16.04
Updated
6h ago
Karthus// Also for Karthus
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