Data refreshed: 2026-10-01 · Global Emerald+ · Patch 16.19
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Item builder
Karthus
JungleAPPatch 16.20
Runes
ReadySkill order
Q → E → WLevel planSummoner spells
Starting items
Full build · Item path
Alternatives from other presets
Items and runes are a starting point; adapt them to your matchup.
Build data and sample
Each row is sampled separately. Core rates do not measure this entire six-item loadout, rune page and spell pair together.
Separate samplesPick rateWin rateSample3-item core16.4%50.9%2,142Rune page34.1%44.1%5,919Spell pair51.9%47.7%8,709Max order77.7%55.7%9,050Global Emerald+
01 · Item route
Build the path, not only the final six.
Load a starting point, then shape starters, boots, core and situational answers around the current match.
MacroDiff · Riot Match-v5
Observed final inventory
153 de-identified jungle games · patch 16.20. Presence is not purchase order.
Blackfire TorchPresence 93.5% · 143Sorcerer's ShoesPresence 80.4% · 123ShadowflamePresence 65.4% · 100Zhonya's HourglassPresence 35.3% · 54Liandry's TormentPresence 34.0% · 52Rabadon's DeathcapPresence 26.8% · 41Void StaffPresence 22.9% · 35Scorchclaw Pup
450
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100
Blackfire Torch
2,800
Shadowflame
3,200
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500
Void Staff
3,000
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250
Total cost
17,300
Combined stats
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Karthus
Core build
02 · Rune page
Shape the page around the game plan.
The recommendation is a starting point. Every keystone, minor rune and shard remains visible and editable.
Rune page
Complete: this is a page the client would accept.
Primary tree
Secondary tree
Two runes, from two different rows.
Stat shards
03 · Execution
See the order behind the recommendation.
Skill levels, summoners, power curve, buy timing and combos turn a static build into a usable plan.
Skill order
Max order: Q → E → W
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QLay Waste | 1 | · | · | 2 | 3 | · | 4 | · | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| WWall of Pain | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 3 | · | 4 | 5 |
| EDefile | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | 3 | · | 4 | 5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| RRequiem | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 3 | · | · |
Summoner spells
ExhaustSlows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.240sSmiteDeals true damage to a monster or minion.15sPower curve
Early
Mid
Late
Read off signals derived from Riot's archetype tags — a shape, not a measurement.
enBuy order
- 1Scorchclaw Pup450→
- 2Sorcerer's Shoes1,550→
Components
- Boots · 300 G
- Boots · 300 G
- 3Blackfire Torch4,350→
Components
- Lost Chapter · 1200 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Sapphire Crystal · 300 G
- Glowing Mote · 250 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Fated Ashes · 900 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Lost Chapter · 1200 G
- 4Shadowflame7,550→
Components
- Hextech Alternator · 1100 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Needlessly Large Rod · 1200 G
- Hextech Alternator · 1100 G
- 5Rabadon's Deathcap11,050→
Components
- Needlessly Large Rod · 1200 G
- Needlessly Large Rod · 1200 G
- Needlessly Large Rod · 1200 G
- 6Void Staff14,050→
Components
- Blighting Jewel · 1100 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Blasting Wand · 850 G
- Blighting Jewel · 1100 G
- 7Zhonya's Hourglass17,300
Components
- Needlessly Large Rod · 1200 G
- Seeker's Armguard · 1600 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Cloth Armor · 300 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Amplifying Tome · 400 G
- Needlessly Large Rod · 1200 G
Riot publishes no skill order or summoner pick. The grid is the curated max order written out level by level using the standard convention: one point in each basic ability over the first three levels, the ultimate the moment it unlocks, then the max order. Gold totals are Riot's item prices.
04 · Player layer
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