Karthus Top Lane is ranked S Tier and has a 56.34% win rate in LoL Patch 8.24. We've analyzed 238 Karthus Top Lane games to compile our statistical Karthus Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Rod of Ages, Sorcerer's Shoes, Morellonomicon, Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment, and Rabadon's Deathcap. For runes, the strongest choice is Domination (Primary) with Dark Harvest (Keystone), and Precision (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Teleport. Starting items should include Health Potion, Doran's Ring, Refillable Potion, Corrupting Potion, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Karthus's Best Top Lane matchups include Darius, Teemo, and Tryndamere. Karthus's Best Top Lane counters are Cassiopeia, Renekton, and Viktor.
Karthus Summoner Spells
Karthus Starting Items
Karthus Runes
Karthus Items
Karthus Skill Order
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Karthus Trinkets
Karthus Boots
Average Jungle Duo Queue Champions for Karthus Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate with Karthus)
Even Top Lane Matchups for Karthus Top Lane(49% - 51% win rate for Karthus)
