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Champions 16.22.1 · en_US

Karthus

The Deathsinger

Mage Resource: Mana
Attack 2
Defense 2
Magic 10
Difficulty 7

Abilities

P · Q · W · E · R
P

Death Defied

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

Ability videos show the latest version of the spells; they may differ on older patches.

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

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.

Tips

Playing as

  • 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 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.

Unchanged since patch 16.5.1

History

  1. Since patch 16.5.1Attack damage per level
  2. Patches 15.19.1 to 16.4.1Skins, Skin name (30035)
  3. Patches 13.13.1 to 15.18.1Skins, Skin name (30026)
  4. Patches 12.21.1 to 13.12.1Mana per level
  5. Patches 12.13.1 to 12.20.1Armor, Health per level
  6. Patches 12.10.1 to 12.12.1Health, Health per level, Armor per level, Magic resist per level
  7. Patches 12.2.1 to 12.9.1Wall of Pain (W): description
  8. Patches 11.18.1 to 12.1.1Skins, Skin name (30017)
  9. Patches 11.1.1 to 11.17.1Attack damage
  10. Patch 10.25.1Lay Waste (Q): cost
  11. Patches 10.20.1 to 10.24.1Armor
  12. Patches 10.18.1 to 10.19.1Passive: description
  13. Patches 10.14.1 to 10.16.1Health, Move speed, Lay Waste (Q): description, Skins, Skin name (30010)
  14. Patches 10.9.1 to 10.13.1Move speed
  15. Patches 8.23.1 to 10.8.1Attack speed, Attack speed per level
  16. Patches 8.21.1 to 8.22.1Wall of Pain (W): cooldown, Wall of Pain (W): cost, Requiem (R): cost
  17. Patches 8.9.1 to 8.20.1Mana, Resource regen, Mana per level
  18. Patches 8.3.1 to 8.8.2Health regen
  19. Patches 7.23.1 to 8.2.1Lore
  20. Patch 7.22.1Health, Health per level
  21. Patches 7.9.1 to 7.21.1Magic resist per level
  22. Patch 7.8.1Lay Waste (Q): cooldown, Lay Waste (Q): charges
  23. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.7.1Resource, Health regen
  24. Patches 6.22.1 to 7.2.1Skins, Skin name (30009)
  25. Patches 6.9.1 to 6.21.1Passive: description
  26. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.8.1Resource, Requiem (R): range
  27. Patches 5.21.1 to 6.3.1Lore
  28. Patches 4.20.1 to 5.20.1Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor, Resource regen per level
  29. Patches 4.19.2 to 4.19.3Lore
  30. Patches 4.17.1 to 4.18.1Skins, Skin name (30005)
  31. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.16.1Profile: Difficulty
  32. Patches 4.13.1 to 4.14.2Defile (E): description
  33. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.12.2Armor
  34. Patches 3.12.2 to 4.4.3Passive: description
  35. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.11.4Roles
  36. Patches 3.7.1 to 3.9.7Lore, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Lay Waste (Q): name, Wall of Pain (W): name, Defile (E): name, Requiem (R): name, Lay Waste (Q): description, Wall of Pain (W): description, Defile (E): description, Requiem (R): description, Lay Waste (Q): cooldown, Wall of Pain (W): cooldown, Defile (E): cooldown, Requiem (R): cooldown, Lay Waste (Q): cost, Wall of Pain (W): cost, Defile (E): cost, Requiem (R): cost, Lay Waste (Q): range, Wall of Pain (W): range, Defile (E): range, Lay Waste (Q): ranks, Wall of Pain (W): ranks, Defile (E): ranks, Requiem (R): ranks, Skins, Skin name (30000), Skin name (30001), Skin name (30002), Skin name (30003), Skin name (30004)
  37. Patches 3.6.14 to 3.6.15Lore, Resource, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Lay Waste (Q): name, Wall of Pain (W): name, Defile (E): name, Requiem (R): name, Lay Waste (Q): description, Wall of Pain (W): description, Defile (E): description, Requiem (R): description, Lay Waste (Q): cooldown, Wall of Pain (W): cooldown, Defile (E): cooldown, Requiem (R): cooldown, Lay Waste (Q): cost, Wall of Pain (W): cost, Defile (E): cost, Requiem (R): cost, Lay Waste (Q): range, Wall of Pain (W): range, Defile (E): range, Lay Waste (Q): ranks, Wall of Pain (W): ranks, Defile (E): ranks, Requiem (R): ranks
  38. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  39. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101