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Karthus

The Deathsinger

Mage

Champion Abilities

P
Death Defied

Death Defied

Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells.
Q
Lay Waste

Lay Waste

💰 20/25/30/35/40 Mana
📏 8/7/5
Karthus creates a blast of magic, dealing magic damage. If the blast hits only one enemy, it instead deals magic damage.
W
Wall of Pain

Wall of Pain

💰 70 Mana
⏱️ 1/5s
📏 1/0/0/0
Karthus creates a wall that lasts for 5 seconds. Enemies that pass through lose 25% Magic Resist for 5 seconds and are Slowed by 0.8/0.86/80% decaying over the duration.
E
Defile

Defile

💰 30/42/54/66/78 Mana
⏱️ 0/./5s
📏 5/5/0
Passive: When Karthus kills a unit, he restores 0.5/0.75/50 Mana.

Toggle: Karthus creates a necrotic aura, dealing magic damage per second to nearby enemies.
R
Requiem

Requiem

💰 100 Mana
⏱️ 2/0/0///1/8/0///1/6/0s
📏 1/0/0/0/0
Karthus channels for 3 seconds, then deals 0/0 magic damage to enemy champions, regardless of distance.

Base Statistics (Level 1)

Health 620
Health / Lvl 110
Mana 467
Mana / Lvl 31
Move Speed 335
Armor 21
Armor / Lvl 4.7
Magic Resist 30
Magic Resist / Lvl 1.3
Attack Range 450
HP Regen 6.5
HP Regen / Lvl 0.6
Mana Regen 8.0
Mana Regen / Lvl 0.8
Crit Chance 0
Crit Chance / Lvl 0
Attack Damage 46
AD / Lvl 3.25
AS / Lvl (%) 2.11
Base Attack Speed 0.625
Difficulty 7/10

Champion Lore

The harbinger of oblivion, Karthus is an undying spirit whose haunting songs are a prelude to the horror of his nightmarish appearance. The living fear the eternity of undeath, but Karthus sees only beauty and purity in its embrace, a perfect union of life and death. When Karthus emerges from the Shadow Isles, it is to bring the joy of death to mortals, an apostle of the unliving.

Champion Tips

Playing as Karthus

  • Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
  • Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Playing against Karthus

  • Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
  • Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.

Champion Skins (10)

Karthus - Karthus
Karthus
Karthus - Phantom Karthus
Phantom Karthus
Karthus - Statue of Karthus
Statue of Karthus
Karthus - Grim Reaper Karthus
Grim Reaper Karthus
Karthus - Pentakill Karthus
Pentakill Karthus
Karthus - Fnatic Karthus
Fnatic Karthus
Karthus - Karthus Lightsbane
Karthus Lightsbane
Karthus - Infernal Karthus
Infernal Karthus
Karthus - Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Karthus
Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Karthus
Karthus - Elderwood Karthus
Elderwood Karthus

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