Introduction
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.
“Death is not the end of the journey, it is just the beginning...”
Abilities
Passive: Death Defied
Upon dying, Karthus enters a spirit form allowing him to continue casting spells for 7 seconds. During this time his abilities cost no mana.
Q - Lay Waste
Range: 875
Cooldown: 1
Mana Cost: 20 / 26 / 32 / 38 / 44
Creates a delayed blast at Karthus' cursor position. After 0.5 seconds, deals 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 (+0.3 ability power) magic damage to each nearby enemy. This deals double damage if it hits only a single unit.
Damage reduction to monsters: 15%
W - Wall of Pain
Range: 1000
Cooldown: 15
Mana Cost: 70
Karthus creates a 800 / 900 / 1000 / 1100 / 1200 distance wide wall at the target location for 5 seconds. The wall reduces the magic resistance of enemies who pass through it by 15% for 5 seconds and applies a 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% slow which drops to half effectiveness after 1 second and then decays over the remaining debuff duration.
E - Defile
Range: 425
Mana Cost: 30 / 42 / 54 / 66 / 78
Passive: When Karthus kills a unit, he restores 20 / 27 / 34 / 41 / 48 mana.
Toggle On: Drains 30 / 42 / 54 / 66 / 78 Mana to deal 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+20% of ability power) damage to nearby enemies each second.
R - Requiem
Cooldown: 200 / 180 / 160
Mana Cost: 100
After channeling for 3 seconds, Karthus deals 200 / 350 / 500 (+75% of ability power) magic damage to all enemy champions (regardless of distance).