Karthus Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 46.58% win rate in LoL Patch 9.24. We've analyzed 263 Karthus Top Lane games to compile our statistical Karthus Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Rod of Ages, Sorcerer's Shoes, Archangel's Staff, Morellonomicon, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. 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 Aatrox, Rengar, and Yasuo. Karthus's Best Top Lane counters are Tryndamere, Darius, and Garen.
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Karthus Skill Order
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Karthus Trinkets



Karthus Boots





