League Classic matchup
Karthus vs Lux
The lane, from both sides
Karthus’s side
No note from Karthus’s side yet; the silence is a gap, not a verdict.
Lux’s side
- Strong against Karthusfrom the AP Poke Mage build (Mid)
Karthus fights standing inside
Defile
DefileEPassive: Karthus restores mana whenever he kills an enemy. This passive is disabled when Defile is toggled on. Toggle: Karthus surrounds himself in a necrotic aura that deals magic damage every second to all nearby enemies. Toggling Defile off triggers a final tick of damage. Defile is toggled off automatically if Karthus becomes unable to pay its mana cost., and
Light Binding
Light BindingQActive: Lux shoots a sphere of light in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first two enemies hit and roots them for 2 seconds. The second enemy is dealt 50% of the damage and rooted for 1 second instead. into
Finales Funkeln
Finales FunkelnRAfter gathering energy, Lux fires a beam of light that deals damage to all targets in the area. In addition, triggers Lux's passive ability and refreshes the Illumination debuff duration. is a straight line at a stationary target.
Wall of Pain
Wall of PainWActive: 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. Enemies that touch the wall are inflicted with magic penetration and become slowed for 5 seconds, decaying over the duration. This can affect enemies only once per cast. does nothing to damage fired from outside it.
The kits at a glance
Karthus
Full abilities- Death Defied
- Lay Waste
- Wall of Pain
- Defile
- Requiem
- Illumination
- Light Binding
- Prismatic Barrier
- Lucent Singularity
- Finales Funkeln
Base stats, side by side
| Stat | Karthus | Lux |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 465 (+75) | 424 (+79) |
| HP regen | 1.21 (+0.11) | 1.01 (+0.11) |
| Mana | 331 (+61) | 300 (+50) |
| Attack damage | 45.45 (+3.25) | 53.3 (+3.3) |
| Armor | 18.5 (+3.5) | 16 (+4) |
| Magic resist | 30 | 30 |
| Attack speed | 0.625 (+2.11) | 0.625 (+3) |
| Move speed | 335 | 340 |
| Attack range | 450 | 550 |
Level-1 values with per-level growth in parentheses, read from the Classic client and re-checked against it on every update.
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