Tank Karthus ARAM Build

Tank Karthus ARAM Build gives best Tank Karthus ARAM runes. With items, skill order, summoner spells, this LoL Tank Karthus ARAM guide offers complete Tank Karthus ARAM build for Patch 13.18 in League of Legends
ARAM Build Guide for champion Karthus and build Tank.
Tank Karthus ARAM build with Heartsteel.
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Karthus ARAM modifiers
DMG done -10%
DMG taken +5%

Karthus ARAM TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Karthus ability Wall of Pain should be leveled first.
W
Karthus ability Defile should be leveled second.
E
Karthus ability Lay Waste should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Plated Steelcaps should be final item in your build.
Heartsteel should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Abyssal Mask should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Grasp of the Undying from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Tank Karthus ARAM Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Overheal rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Tenacity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Offense rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Offense rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Offense rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Offense rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Flex rune (+6 Armor).
Passive tree Flex rune (+8 Magic Resist).
Passive tree Defense rune (+15-140 Health).
Passive tree Flex rune (+6 Armor).
Passive tree Flex rune (+8 Magic Resist).

Tank Karthus ARAM How to play

  1. You need to auto attack with this build, so do not spam Q as usual!
  2. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
  3. Remember to consume your Heartsteel procs!
  4. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!

Tank Karthus Tips and Tricks

General
  1. Late in the game, you can sell boots and go for sixth AP item.
  2. You can stop push by using W on minions.
  3. You can die in strategic positions and prevent enemy team from pushing/defending turret.
  4. You can start casting your R when somebody is dead and has 2 seconds left, so you will hit him instantly with R (i.e Fizz won't use E to dodge it).
  5. You can use E before using portal and you will damage enemies when travelling!
Riot
  1. Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
  2. Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Karthus ARAM Skill Order

  • Karthus [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Lay Waste
  • Karthus [object Object] ability.
    W
    Wall of Pain
  • Karthus [object Object] ability.
    E
    Defile
  • Karthus [object Object] ability.
    R
    Requiem

Karthus ARAM Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush this
Heartsteel item.
Good tanky items
Warmog's Armor item.
Gargoyle Stoneplate item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Force of Nature item.
Turbo Chemtank item.
Good Armor items
Sunfire Aegis item.
Thornmail item.
Frozen Heart item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Situational items
Titanic Hydra item.
Demonic Embrace item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
For the last fight
Elixir of Iron item.
Stopwatch item.
Example final build
Plated Steelcaps item.
Heartsteel item.
Thornmail item.
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Warmog's Armor item.