Karthus

the Deathsinger

MageMana

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.

At a glance

Attack: 2 / 10
Defense: 2 / 10
Magic: 10 / 10
Difficulty: 7 / 10

Abilities

Passive
Death Defied
Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form that allows him to continue casting spells.
Q
Lay Waste
Karthus unleashes a delayed blast at a location, dealing damage to nearby enemies. Deals increased damage to isolated enemies.
Cooldown
0s
Cost
20/25/30/35/40 ?
Range
875
W
Wall of Pain
Karthus creates a passable screen of leeching energy. Any enemy units that walk through the screen have their Move Speed and Magic Resist reduced for a period.
Cooldown
15s
Cost
70 ?
Range
1000
E
Defile
Karthus passively steals energy from his victims, gaining Mana on each kill. Alternatively, Karthus can surround himself in the souls of his prey, dealing damage to nearby enemies, but quickly draining his own Mana.
Cooldown
0.5s
Cost
30/42/54/66/78 Mana per Second
Range
550
R
Requiem
After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals damage to all enemy champions.
Cooldown
200/180/160s
Cost
100 ?
Range
10000

Base stats

Health: 620 (+110/lvl)
Health regen: 6.5 (+0.55/lvl)
Resource: 467 (+31/lvl)
Resource regen: 8 (+0.8/lvl)
Attack damage: 46
Attack speed: 0.63 (+2.11/lvl)
Armor: 21 (+4.7/lvl)
Magic resist: 30 (+1.3/lvl)
Move speed: 335
Attack range: 450

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.

Skins (10)

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