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== Abilities ==
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==Champion skins==
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==Patch history==
{{Patch box|Karthus}}

==Trivia==

*The name ''Karthus'' resembles Medieval Latin {{w|Carthusian Order|Carthusianus}}.
;{{ci|Karthus|variant=old|image=Karthus OriginalSquare old.png|border=true|size=32|Karthus, the Deathsinger}}
* Karthus is [[Voice cast (League of Legends)|voiced]] by {{w|Adam_Harrington_(voice_actor)|Adam Harrington}}, who also voices {{ci|Kassadin}}, {{ci|Mordekaiser}}, {{ci|Ryze|variant=old2|Ryze, the Rogue Mage}}, and {{ci|Shaco}}.
* During development he was called ''Lich''.
* {{cci|Requiem old.png|Karthus/History|Requiem}} was likely named after [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ2bQzDxO4 Requiem Mass] referencing Karthus' singing for/about the dead.
* His {{csl|Karthus|Original|variant=Ch|link=Karthus/History|image=Karthus OriginalSquare old.png|Chinese Classic splash art}} made a [http://i.imgur.com/SZg7N.jpg cameo] in {{w|Fright Night (2011 film)|Fright Night}} along with {{csl|Fiddlesticks|Original|variant=old|image=Fiddlesticks_OriginalSquare old.png}}.

;{{ci|Karthus|size=32|Karthus, the Deathsinger}}
* A glass case reading {{sbc|'Press {{ai|Requiem|Karthus|R}} to Win'}} can be seen in the game's Mac Version launch trailer.
* Before 2016, Karthus had been disabled for every single [[Ultra Rapid Fire]] edition (most likely to prevent 'Spam {{ai|Requiem|Karthus|R}} to Win' abuse cases).
* For a brief time in [[Season 2015]], Karthus had a bug where he could remain in {{ai|Death Defied|Karthus}} indefinitely while alive and held an 87% win rate.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RiotFeralPony/status/1184155872370536449 FeralPony on God Karthus]</ref>


==See also==
{{Champions}}

==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 3 January 2025

Gameplay
Collection
Audio
Patch history
Past versions
Karthus
the Deathsinger
Release date
2009-06-12
Last changed
V14.24
Class(es)
Battlemage
Legacy
Mage
Position(s)
Jungle
Resource
Mana
Range type
Ranged
Adaptive type
Magic
Store price
1575 | 790
Crafting
+ 1890
Ratings
Damage - A champion's ability to deal damage.Toughness - A champion's ability to survive being focused.Control - A champion's ability to disable or disrupt enemies.Mobility - A champion's ability to move quickly around the map, blink or dash.Utility - A champion's ability to grant beneficial effects to their allies or to provide vision.Note that the client rates champions on a scale of 1-3, with champions that feature both None and Low in a particular strength being marked equally. In contrast, this Wikia uses a 0-3 scale for Toughness, Control, Mobility and Utility. Any champions listed as 0 can be considered a 1, officially.
Style
Difficulty

Karthus is a champion in League of Legends (LoL).[1]

Base statistics Edit 
Health
620 – 2490
Mana
467 – 994
Health regen. (per 5s)
6.5 – 15.85
Mana regen. (per 5s)
8 – 21.6
Armor
21 – 100.9
Attack damage
46 – 101.25
Magic resist.
30 – 52.1
Crit. damage
175%
Move. speed
335
Attack range
450
Attack speed
Base AS
0.625
Attack windup
34.375%
AS ratio
N/A
Bonus AS
0 – 35.87%
Missile speed
1500
Unit radius
Gameplay radius
65
Select radius
100
Pathing radius
35
Select height
150
Acq. radius
450
An icon representing Special statistics

Abilities[edit | edit source]

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Death Defied
Innate: Upon dying, An icon representing Karthus Karthus enters an untargetable spirit form for a few seconds that allows him to continue casting spells at no cost but without being able to move. If An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile has been learned, it will remain toggled on for Death Defied's entire duration.
Innate: Upon taking fatal damage, Karthus enters a zombie state for 7 seconds, during which he can cast his abilities at no cost. If An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile has been learned, it will remain toggled on for Death Defied's entire duration. An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem becomes disabled after Death Defied has lasted 4 seconds.
While under this state, Karthus becomes untargetable and immune to crowd control as well as prevents all incoming damage, but is also rendered unable to move, declare basic attacks, use summoner spells, and activate items.
"I am become death!"

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Lay Waste
COST:
20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 Mana
COOLDOWN:
1
CAST TIME:
0.25
TARGET RANGE:
875
EFFECT RADIUS:
160
Active: An icon representing Karthus Karthus conjures a delayed blast at the target location that deals magic damage to all enemies within, doubled when only one target is struck.
Active: Karthus conjures a blast at the target location that detonates after 0.528 seconds to 0.759 seconds, granting sight of the area and dealing magic damage to all enemies within, doubled when only one target is struck.
Magic Damage:»
40 / 59 / 78 / 97 / 116 (+ 35% AP)
«Enhanced Damage:
80 / 118 / 156 / 194 / 232 (+ 70% AP)
During An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied, Lay Waste will cast at maximum range if cast beyond that.

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Wall of Pain
COST:
70 Mana
COOLDOWN:
15
CAST TIME:
0.25
TARGET RANGE:
1000
Active: An icon representing Karthus Karthus erects a wall of pain at the target location that lasts a few seconds, enemies that touch it suffer reduced  magic resistance and become slowed for a few seconds.
Active: Karthus erects a wall of pain at the target location perpendicular to his facing that lasts 5 seconds, granting sight around its pillars and center.
Wall Length:
800 / 900 / 1000 / 1100 / 1200
Enemies that touch the wall are inflicted with  25% magic resistance reduction and become slowed for 5 seconds, decaying over the duration. This can affect enemies only once per cast.
Slow:»
40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80%
«Reduced Slow:
20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%

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Defile
COST:
30 / 42 / 54 / 66 / 78 Mana per second
CAST TIME:
none
STATIC COOLDOWN:
0.5
EFFECT RADIUS:
550
Passive: An icon representing Karthus Karthus restores  mana whenever he kills an enemy. Toggle: Karthus surrounds himself in a necrotic aura that continually deals magic damage to all nearby enemies, quickly draining his own  mana.
Passive: Karthus restores  mana whenever he kills an enemy.
Mana Restored:
10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50
Toggle: Karthus surrounds himself in a necrotic aura that deals magic damage every 0.25 seconds to all nearby enemies. Toggling Defile off triggers a final tick of damage.
Magic Damage Per Tick:»
7.5 / 12.5 / 17.5 / 22.5 / 27.5 (+ 5% AP)
«Damage Per Second:
30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+ 20% AP)
Defile cannot be toggled off during An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied.

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Requiem
COST:
100 Mana
COOLDOWN:
200 / 180 / 160
CAST TIME:
0.25
EFFECT RADIUS:
Global
Active: An icon representing Karthus Karthus channels for a short time, then deals magic damage to all targetable enemy champions upon completion.
Active: Karthus channels for 3 seconds, then deals magic damage to all targetable enemy champions upon completion.
Magic Damage:
200 / 350 / 500 (+ 70% AP)
"Die!"

Champion skins[edit | edit source]

This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Karthus (Collection).
Original
RP 790
11.06.2009
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.
Unknown voice actor
Alex 'alexplank' Flores
Loot eligible

Patch history[edit | edit source]

For the expanded patch notes, see here.
V14.24
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Bug Fix: No longer reveals the user if cast while the cursor is near an enemy champion.
V14.21
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 75% AP.
V14.15
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: Restored death voice lines after Death Defied expires.
V14.14
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: Is no longer sometimes unable to issue movement commands after the zombie state has expired.
V14.13
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: Corpse is no longer sometimes a valid movement collision target.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage reduced to 40 / 59 / 78 / 97 / 116 from 43 / 62 / 81 / 100 / 119.
      • Single-target damage reduced to 80 / 118 / 156 / 194 / 232 from 86 / 124 / 162 / 200 / 238.
V14.11
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage reduced to 43 / 62 / 81 / 100 / 119 from 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125.
      • Single-target damage reduced to 86 / 124 / 162 / 200 / 238 from 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250.
V14.2 - January 24th Hotfix
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Bug Fix: Magic resistance reduction while in An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied zombie form no longer multiplies the magic resistance of enemies hit by 25 instead of 0.75.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Bug Fix: Now properly benefits from ability haste as soon as he respawns.
V14.2
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage increased to 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 from 43 / 61 / 79 / 97 / 115.
      • Single-target damage increased to 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 from 86 / 122 / 158 / 194 / 230.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Magic resistance reduction increased to 25% from 15%.
V13.22
  • Stats
    • Basic attack missile speed increased to 1500 from 1200.
V13.19
V13.14
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage reduced to 43 / 61 / 79 / 97 / 115 from 45 / 62.5 / 80 / 97.5 / 115.
    • Monster damage increased to 100% from 95%.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Mana restored reduced to 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 from 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55.
V13.1
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: No longer leaves a square VFX on the ground after the effect ends.
V12.22 - November 17th Hotfix
V12.22
  • Stats
    • Mana growth increased to 31 from 30.5.
V12.13
  • Stats
    • Base armor increased to 21 from 18.
    • Health growth increased to 110 from 101.
V12.12
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: Corpse is no longer an obstacle to other units' pathing.
V12.10
  • Stats
    • Base health increased to 620 from 550.
    • Health growth increased to 101 from 87.
    • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
    • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
V12.8
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: Enemy champions that deal lethal damage to trigger the zombie state are no longer considered to deal damage to the source when the effect ends.
V12.7
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Damage against monsters increased to 95% from 85%.
V12.5
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Bug Fix: Special buffering behaviour removed so that he can no longer bypass the spawn boundaries before 15 seconds into the game on Summoner's Rift after a certain condition.
      • Karthus will now wait for the full cast animation to finish before walking into range for the next Lay Waste cast buffered outside cast range, instead of moving as soon as the cast time is complete.(note)
V12.2
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where towers would incorrectly target enemy champions who took damage from it.
V11.21
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Mana refund changed to 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 from 20 / 27 / 34 / 41 / 48.
V11.20
V11.6
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage reduced to 45 / 62.5 / 80 / 97.5 / 115 from 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125.
      • Single-target damage reduced to 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230 from 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250.
V11.2 - January 21st Hotfix
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where he wasn't able to buffer cast while on cooldown.
V11.1
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 46 from 45.66.
V10.25
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Mana cost reduced to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 from 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 / 44.
    • AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
    • Bug Fix: Now properly triggers An icon for the item Horizon Focus Horizon Focus.
V10.22
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage reduced to 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 from 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130.
V10.20
  • Stats
    • Base armor reduced to 18 from 20.88.
V10.16
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • AP ratio reduced to 30% AP from 35% AP.
V10.15
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Bug Fix: Spawns properly even when cast at 0 range.
V10.14
  • Stats
    • Base health increased to 550 from 528.
    • Base movement speed increased to 335 from 325.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage increased to 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 from 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125.
    • AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
    • New Effect: Damage against monsters is now reduced by 15%.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Now always restores mana on kill. Previously only when toggled off.
    • Tick rate reduced to 1 per 0.25 seconds from 1 per 1.
      • Total damage unchanged.
    • New Effect: Deactivating Defile deals 1 tick's worth of damage.
    • Bug Fix: Tooltip now accurately mentions the increased mana cost per second at each level.
V10.9
  • Stats
    • Movement speed reduced to 325 from 335.
V9.18
V9.13 - July 12th Hotfix
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Bugfix: No longer hits through untargetability.
V9.12
V9.11 - May 30th Hotfix
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • AP ratio increased to 75% AP from 65% AP.
V9.11
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Base damage reduced to 200 / 350 / 500 from 250 / 400 / 550.
    • AP ratio reduced to 65% AP from 75% AP.
    • Undocumented: No longer goes on full cooldown if cast after respawning.
    • Undocumented: Can now hit through untargetability.
V9.8
  • General
    • Bug Fix: Can now dance.
V9.4
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage reduced to 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 from 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130.
    • Isolated base damage reduced to 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 / 250 from 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260.
    • Bug Fix: Now triggers runes more consistently.
V9.1
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.
V8.21
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds from 18.
    • Mana cost reduced to 70 from 100.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks from 150 / 175 / 200.
V8.9
  • Stats
    • Base mana increased to 467 from 372.48.
    • Mana growth reduced to 30.5 from 61.
    • Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 6.
V8.7
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage increased to 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120.
V8.3
  • Stats
    • Base health regeneration increased to 6.5 from 6.424.
V7.24
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • AP ratio increased to 75% AP from 60% AP.
V7.22
  • Stats
    • Base health increased to 528 from 516.
    • Health growth increased to 87 from 75.
V7.9
  • Stats
    • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.
V7.8
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • New Effect: Can now be buffered. Casts input as Lay Waste explodes will now automatically fire once Lay Waste comes off cooldown, unless Karthus cancels the command.
V7.4
V6.18
V6.7
V6.4
  • An icon representing Karthus/Cosmetics Statue of Karthus
    • Bug Fix: Eagle screech being heard globally by allies when Karthus dances.
V5.24
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • New Effect: Wall slow is reduced to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% after 1 second.
V5.6
  • General
    • Basic attack frame improved.
V5.5
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Bug Fix: Enemy champions sometimes dashing through wall and not being slowed.
V4.11
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Bug Fix: Allied-ultimate HUD indicator displaying as available when it wasn't.
V4.10
  • An icon representing Karthus/Cosmetics Statue of Karthus
    • New Effect: A certain bird of prey screeches when Karthus dances.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Lay Waste appeared to give more vision than it actually did.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Bug Fix: No longer interrupted by movement commands.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Particle updated for visibility.
V4.9
  • General
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Added a new indicator that shows the full area of effect.
    • Added crit-style combat text and a unique sound effect for double-damage Qs.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Added a visual debuff effect that marks affected enemy champions.
V4.5
  • Stats
    • Base armor increased to 15 from 11.
V4.4
V3.12
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Enemy warning buff duration updated to match impact delay.
V3.10
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • New Effect: Casts at maximum range when targeted beyond max range during An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 25% AP.
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where cooldown reduction allowed it to be rapidly toggled, increasing its damage output.
V3.7
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Bug fix: Should not longer have a major FPS performance hit across all maps.
V1.0.0.152
  • Stats
    • Movement speed increased to 335 from 310.
V1.0.0.146
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Removed: No longer reduces armor.
    • Magic resistance reduction changed to 15% from flat 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35.
V1.0.0.142
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Cooldown increased to 200 / 180 / 160 seconds from 180 / 150 / 120.
V1.0.0.131
V1.0.0.130
  • Dominion
    • Bug Fix: Karthus sometimes immediately awarding a double kill when affected by both An icon for Leona's ability Sunlight Sunlight and Storm Shield.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Wall duration reduced to 5 seconds from 7.
    • Slow application changed to once from per-crossing.
V1.0.0.126
V1.0.0.118
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Duration reduced to 7 seconds from 8.
    • Removed: 20% death timer reduction.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 70% AP.
V1.0.0.105
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Tooltip updated to emphasize decaying slow effect.
V1.0.0.103
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • New Effect: All abilties are free to cast while active.
    • Bug Fix: Various usability issues.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Mana cost reduced to 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 / 44 from 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Cooldown reduced to 18 seconds from 22.
V1.0.0.101
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • New Effect: Grants 20% death timer reduction to compensate for active duration.
    • Code remade for bug fixing and for usability issues.
V1.0.0.100
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Bug Fix: Rank-up tooltip displaying incorrect slow increase.
V1.0.0.99
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Mana cost reduced to 150 / 175 / 200 from 200 / 300 / 400.
V1.0.0.86
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Bug Fix: Tooltip displaying incorrect AP ratio.
V1.0.0.75
V1.0.0.70
  • Stats
    • Armor per level increased to 3.5 from 3.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Range increased to 875 from 825.
    • Mana cost reduced to 20 / 28 / 36 / 44 / 52 from 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 54.
V1.0.0.63
  • General
    • Basic attack projectile speed increased to 1200 from 800.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage increased to 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 from 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115.
    • AP ratio increased to 30% AP) from 25% AP.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • AP ratio increased to 25% AP) from 20% AP.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Removed: No longer reveals Karthus to enemies when cast.
V1.0.0.61
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • AP ratio increased to 25% AP from 20% AP.
V1.0.0.52
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Bug Fix: Corrected AP ratio.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Bug Fix: Slowing units 2 seconds after particle had faded.
V1.0.0.32
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Mana cost reduced to 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 54 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Mana cost reduced to 30 / 42 / 54 / 66 / 78 from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90.
V0.9.25.34
  • General
    • Secondary/critical strike animations updated.
V0.9.25.24
  • General
V0.9.25.21
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied
    • Duration reduced to 8 seconds from 10.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Mana cost increased to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 from 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 54.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Wall updated for visibility.
    • Bug Fix: Incorrect wall appearance.
    • Bug Fix: Targets sometimes not being slowed when crossing the wall.
    • Duration reduced to 7 seconds from 9.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Mana cost increased to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70.
V0.9.22.16
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Mana cost increased to 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 54 from 18 / 26 / 34 / 42 / 50.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • On-kill mana gain changed to 20 / 27 / 34 / 41 / 48 from 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55.
    • Removed: Mana regen on champion kill.
    • Mana cost increased to 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 70% AP.
    • Removed: Can no longer be disrupted by An icon representing Cleanse Cleanse.
V0.9.22.15
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 44 from 39.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Range reduced to 825 from 900.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • New Effect: Wall targeting cursor.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Removed: No longer doubles cost upon casting.
V0.8.21.110
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • AoE diameter increased to 200 from 185.
July 10, 2009 Patch
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Base damage increased to 250 / 400 / 550 from 200 / 350 / 550.
June 26, 2009 Patch
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Slow reduced to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% from 80% at all ranks.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Cooldown reduced to 0.5 seconds from 1.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Requiem
    • Bug Fix: Now correctly shows buff tooltips.
June 19, 2009 Patch
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste
    • Base damage increased to 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110.
    • Corrected tool-tip to say that it deals double damage if it hits a single target (corrected numbers in tool-tip as well).
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain
    • Cast range reduced to 1000 from 1200.
    • Armor and magic resistance reduction reduced to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
    • Duration reduced to 9 seconds from (and it no longer lingers after the particle fades).
    • Cooldown reduced to 22 seconds from 25.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile
    • Base damage increased to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Fallen One
    • Ability power ratio reduced to 70% AP from 75% AP.
    • Can no longer be cast while dead.
June 12, 2009 Patch
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied (Innate)
    • When Karthus dies, he can continue to cast spells for 10 seconds after death. If he kills a champion in this time he respawns instantly at base.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Lay Waste Lay Waste (Q)
    • A 1 second cooldown spell which leaves a time delayed mine that deals double damage if it only hits a single target.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Wall of Pain Wall of Pain (W)
    • Stretches a perpendicular wall through the target location, enemies who walk through it are slowed and take increased damage.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Defile Defile (E)
    • While toggled on, Defile continually damages nearby enemies. While off, Karthus regains mana whenever he kills a unit.
  • An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem Fallen One (Ultimate)
    • Channeled spell; upon successful cast, Karthus damages all enemy champions in the game.



References

  1. ↑ Karthus's profile page at LeagueOfLegends.com

Trivia[edit | edit source]

An icon representing Karthus Karthus, the Deathsinger
An icon representing Karthus Karthus, the Deathsinger
  • A glass case reading 'Press An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem R to Win' can be seen in the game's Mac Version launch trailer.
  • Before 2016, Karthus had been disabled for every single Ultra Rapid Fire edition (most likely to prevent 'Spam An icon for Karthus's ability Requiem R to Win' abuse cases).
  • For a brief time in Season 2015, Karthus had a bug where he could remain in An icon for Karthus's ability Death Defied Death Defied indefinitely while alive and held an 87% win rate.[1]


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Battlemage
Mages are offensive casters that seek to cripple and burn down the opposition through their potent spells.

Battlemages (also known as Warlocks) get into the middle of the fray, seeking to wreak havoc upon the entire enemy team with their overwhelming sustained area damage. Due to their relatively short (but not melee) combat ranges and the need to burn down their opponents over time, Battle Mages have significant defensive capabilities that range from sustaining endlessly to literally defying death for a short period of time.

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Within a drafted team, the Jungler is the champion assigned to the jungle. A Jungler needs to be able to clear jungle camps without too much difficulty and ambush other champions in lane.

Divers, Assassins, Skirmishers, and Vanguards are the most likely champions to be selected in the Jungler position.

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 Mana (also known as MP) is a stat that is the resource of many champions necessary to cast most of their abilities. Mana can be restored via mana regeneration and some abilities, items, runes, and buffs.

Mana is represented in-game by the blue bar within the HUD, indicating the champion's current mana and maximum mana. Current mana is reduced by expenditure through paying an ability's mana cost.

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Total AS = Base AS + Bonus AS × AS Ratio
(All values in decimal form)

The ingame stats HUD displays the AS ratio instead of base AS to communicate this comparative effectiveness. The Wiki opts to always list both stats and show the AS ratio as "N/A" if the two are equal.

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Becoming untargetable will interrupt acqusition. This also causes non-champions to lose aggro. Many untargetabilities additionally destroy all incoming unit-targeted projectiles.

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A buff that allows a player to keep controlling their champion after Death always flags the champion to be in a zombie state. It prevents enemies from gaining full kill credit or triggering most on-kill effects from the champion a second time, and some abilities (e.g. An icon for Yuumi's ability You and Me! You and Me!) interact differently with champions in this state. An icon representing Renata Glasc Renata Glasc's An icon for Renata Glasc's ability Bailout Bailout and Resurrection will always take precedence over zombie state effects.

The following effects trigger a champion to enter a zombie state:

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 Defile STATIC CD: 0.5
Passive: An icon representing Karthus Karthus restores  mana whenever he kills an enemy.
Toggle: Karthus surrounds himself in a necrotic aura that continually deals magic damage to all nearby enemies, quickly draining his own  mana.
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 Requiem COOLDOWN: 200 / 180 / 160
Active: An icon representing Karthus Karthus channels for a short time, then deals magic damage to all targetable enemy champions upon completion.
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A unit that is untargetable is an invalid target; it can neither be selected nor hit by most effects. Effects that have already been applied are not invalidated by the unit becoming untargetable, unless they are special-cased to do so.

Becoming untargetable will interrupt acqusition. This also causes non-champions to lose aggro. Many untargetabilities additionally destroy all incoming unit-targeted projectiles.

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Raw damage does not interact with any effect.
Internal raw damage is a form of raw damage that also bypasses invulnerability and has no overrides in place to prevent it from killing death-protected champions. The Nexus Obelisk, An icon representing Zac Zac's An icon for Zac's ability Cell Division Cell Division redirected damage, and An icon representing Rift Herald Rift Herald's self-damage also have this modified form.

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A unit that is protected by Resurrection will enter a revival state and dispel most debuffs upon taking fatal damage. After the state completes, the unit is revived. Resurrection effects do not count for kills or assists.

Resurrection sources have a hierarchy, and will trigger in the following order:

  1. An icon representing Zilean Zilean's An icon for Zilean's ability Chronoshift Chronoshift
  2. An icon for the item Guardian Angel Guardian Angel
  3. An icon representing Anivia Anivia's An icon for Anivia's ability Rebirth Rebirth and An icon representing Zac Zac's An icon for Zac's ability Cell Division Cell Division
  4. An icon representing False Life False Life
Resurrection will always take precedence over zombie state effects. Entering resurrection does not cancel cast times. An icon representing Renata Glasc Renata Glasc's An icon for Renata Glasc's ability Bailout Bailout always takes priority over resurrection.

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Innate: An icon representing Brand Brand's abilities apply a stack of Ablaze to enemies hit. Subsequent abilities used against a target with Ablaze are empowered. Killing an enemy afflicted with Ablaze or with an ability restores  mana.
At three stacks, champions and large monsters become unstable and explode, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and applying a stack of Ablaze. Ablaze cannot stack more than once on enemies who have recently exploded.
Ablaze: While afflicted with Ablaze, the target is continually dealt magic damage equal to a portion of their maximum health.
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 Event Horizon COOLDOWN: 20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14
Active: After a brief delay, An icon representing Veigar Veigar erects a cage at the target location that lasts for a short time. Enemies that touch the cage edges are briefly knocked down and stunned.
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Active: An icon representing Viktor Viktor deploys a gravity field that remains at the target location for a few seconds. After a brief delay, the field will activate to continually slow enemies within and inflict stacks of Gravity Field.
Gravity Field: The fifth stack will consume them all to knock down and briefly stun the target.
An icon for Viktor's ability Glorious Evolution Augment: Viktor's basic abilities and the initial hit of An icon for Viktor's ability Arcane Storm Arcane Storm will briefly slow enemies hit.
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 Dark Passage COOLDOWN: 21 / 20 / 19 / 18 / 17
Active: An icon representing Thresh Thresh throws his lantern to the target location that remains for a few seconds while he remains nearby. He and the first allied champion to come near the lantern are granted a shield for a few seconds, with the amount based on An icon for Thresh's ability Damnation Souls.
An ally can grab the lantern to dash to Thresh and gain the shield, but cannot do so while immobilized, grounded, or silenced.
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Champions can interact with a gate to channel for 0.75 seconds. Upon completing the channel, they dash to the other side of the gate over 2.25 seconds, becoming untargetable during the travel. Each route has a 30-second cooldown per champion.

They may choose a location to dash again up to a distance from the gate, though not through terrain. Champions taking gates will always blink to their designated location, even when the dash is stopped.

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 Bailout COOLDOWN: 28 / 27 / 26 / 25 / 24
Active: An icon representing Renata Glasc Renata grants herself or the target allied champion ramping  bonus attack speed in addition to  bonus movement speed toward enemies. Bailout's duration resets whenever the target scores a takedown against an enemy champion.
If the target would die while Bailout is active, their health is set back to full but they suffer a true damage burn that would kill them over a short time. The target can stop the burn by scoring a takedown.
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 Chronoshift COOLDOWN: 120 / 90 / 60
Active: An icon representing Zilean Zilean places a protective time rune on himself or the target allied champion for a few seconds.
If the target would die, they enter resurrection for a short time, becoming invulnerable, untargetable, and unable to act. They are healed afterwards.
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 Umbral Trespass COOLDOWN: 120 / 100 / 80
Passive: An icon representing Kayn Kayn marks enemy champions he damaged for a short time.
Active: Kayn vanishes and dashes to a marked enemy champion. Upon arrival, he channels for a short time, attaching to the target and revealing them.
Recast: Kayn deals physical damage to the target and dashes out from their body in the target direction.
Shadow Assassin Bonus: Umbral Trespass has increased range. Emerging will  reset An icon for Kayn's ability The Darkin Scythe A The Darkin Scythe's cooldown.

Darkin Bonus: Umbral Trespass deals damage based on the target's maximum health, and heals him for a portion of the target's maximum health.
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 Curse of the Black Mist COOLDOWN: 26 / 24.5 / 23 / 21.5 / 20
Active: An icon representing Senna Senna creates an aura of mist and gains camouflage for a few seconds. She will quickly regain camouflage after breaking stealth.
Allied champions that enter the mist gain Wraith Form for the remaining duration. Senna and allies camouflaged by Curse of the Black Mist also gain  bonus movement speed.
Wraith Form: Gain camouflage. Enemies will have obscured vision of camouflaged Wraiths moving outside the mist. Wraiths will quickly regain camouflage after breaking stealth.
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 Fear Beyond Death COOLDOWN: 100 / 85 / 70
Active: An icon representing Urgot Urgot fires a chem-drill in the target direction that impales the first enemy champion hit, dealing physical damage and leashing them for a few seconds. The target is also revealed and slowed based on their missing health.
Fear Beyond Death can be recast if the leashed target falls to low health, and does so automatically afterwards if they remain at low health. It will also recast if the chem-drill would kill the target.
Recast: Urgot suppresses the target and reels them in, revealing them and rendering them untargetable. He then executes them, which briefly fears and slows nearby enemies.
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 Test of Spirit COOLDOWN: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12
Active: An icon representing Illaoi Illaoi reaches with a tendril in the target direction that stops upon the first enemy hit. If the target is a champion, she rips their Spirit out from them to stand before her.
The Spirit tethers to the target for a duration, dealing a portion of any damage it takes. If the Spirit is killed or the target leaves its range, the target will be slowed and marked as a Vessel for a duration or until they takedown Illaoi, spawning Tentacles while marked.
Tentacles will autonomously attack the nearest Spirit or Vessel.
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 Lamb's Respite COOLDOWN: 180 / 150 / 120
Active: An icon representing Kindred Lamb blesses the ground under herself for a few seconds. Any unit inside the area will become invulnerable upon reaching low health.
Units within the area are healed when the blessing ends.
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 Realm of Death COOLDOWN: 140 / 120 / 100
Active: An icon representing Mordekaiser Mordekaiser slows the target enemy champion, then banishes them with him to the Death Realm for a few seconds, cancelling all interactions with non-banished units.
Additionally, Mordekaiser heals himself for a portion of the target's maximum health and temporarily steals a portion of their current  attack damage,  ability power,  total attack speed,  maximum health,  armor,  magic resist, and size.
If the target dies while inside the Death Realm, Mordekaiser keeps his stolen stats until they respawn.
Death Realm: The Death Realm confines units in a small area. Allies and enemies cannot see or interact with those in the Death Realm but can see their locations and vice versa.
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Howling Abyss
The Howling Abyss is a bottomless crevasse located in the coldest, cruelest, part of the Freljord. Legends say that, long ago, a great battle took place here on the narrow bridge spanning this chasm. No one remembers who fought here, or why, but it is said that if you listen carefully to the wind you can still hear the cries of the vanquished tossed howling into the Abyss.

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Centered range
Centered range is calculated from the center of a source unit's hitbox to the center of a target unit's hitbox.
  • Centered range is used for most unit-targeted abilities.
  • It is less effective and may seem to have diminished reach against large units.
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Sight
Sight is a property of units, structures, certain summoner spells, items, and abilities that represents a team possessing vision of a target area or unit. It is always center range. A line of vision cannot extend beyond terrain or an unrevealed brush.

Sight can also refer to an effect that makes a unit visible regardless of the fog of war or brush, allowing them to be targeted. Standard sight cannot see stealthed units, but True Sight can.

  • Nearsight is a crowd control debuff that inhibits sight; allied vision is lost in addition to a reduced sight radius.
  • Obscured vision is similar to sight in a way that it can observe units, but does not render units targetable, rather it exposes their position and informs of their presence.
  • Unobstructed vision is a form of sight that allows a unit to be able to see their full vision radius, ignoring any obstructions that would otherwise restrict visibility.
  • All effects that use unit-targeting require sight of the target. Delayed unit-targeted attacks and spells can cancel if sight of the selected target is suddenly lost.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ FeralPony on God Karthus
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