Karthus ARAM Build - Best Guide and Runes for Karthus on Patch 16.17

August 31, 20267,894 Matches

Welcome to our Karthus ARAM Build for patch 16.17. Here you will find the most important information like spells, items, runes and summoner spells for Karthus. The data is derived from 7,894 matches, which are used to derive the best possible ARAM build for Karthus.

Start your Karthus ARAM Build with picking the summoner spells Flash and Mark.

Summoner SpellWin Rate
FlashFlash47.9%
MarkMark

Karthus Runes for ARAM

Pick as the primary path Domination and on the secondary path Sorcery. These Karthus runes have a win rate of 50%. Dark Harvest is the best keystone rune fit for Karthus on ARAM game mode. Therefore this runes combination is sometimes referred as Karthus Dark Harvest.

DominationDomination
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
SorcerySorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Adapative Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adapative Force
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Base Health
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Health Scaling

Karthus Spells for ARAM

The spell order for the best Karthus ARAM Build has a win rate of 58.4% and looks like this:

  1. Defile
  2. Lay Waste
  3. Wall of Pain
Lay Waste
Q
1
8
10
12
13
Wall of Pain
W
2
14
15
Defile
E
3
4
5
7
9
Requiem
R
6
11

Karthus Items

For most matchups as Karthus in ARAM the listed starting items are a good fit. Then you should focus on the Karthus core items in the listed order. After you build the core items you have several further options in this Karthus ARAM Build.

Item for ARAMWin Rate
Starting Items
Lost ChapterLost Chapter51.2%
Core Items
MalignanceMalignance53.3%
Liandry's TormentLiandry's Torment
Blackfire TorchBlackfire Torch
Fourth Item Options
ShadowflameShadowflame48.8%
Rabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap49.8%
Fifth Item Options
Rabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap48%
Void StaffVoid Staff49.4%
ShadowflameShadowflame48.4%
Sixth Item Options
Void StaffVoid Staff49.2%
MorellonomiconMorellonomicon55.9%
Rabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap47.2%

Conclusion

Follow this build and you will succeed with Karthus on your ARAM matches.

Karthus ARAM Build
Summoner Spells
FlashMark
Runes
DominationDomination
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
SorcerySorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Adapative Force
Adapative Force
Health Scaling
Spell Skill Priority
Defile
E
Lay Waste
Q
Wall of Pain
W
Starter Items
Lost Chapter
Core Items
MalignanceLiandry's TormentBlackfire Torch
Late Game Items
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff