League of Legends: Complete Karthus Patch History and Champion Evolution

League of Legends: Complete Karthus Patch History and Champion Evolution

By Marcus Chen

January 31, 2025 at 02:20 AM

Here's the chronological patch history for Karthus in League of Legends, focusing on significant changes:

Latest Changes (Most Recent):

Death Defied:

  • Fixed death voice lines after Death Defied expires
  • Fixed movement command issues after zombie state expires
  • Corpse no longer counts as movement collision target

Lay Waste:

  • Base damage: 40/59/78/97/116 (from 43/62/81/100/119)
  • Single-target damage: 80/118/156/194/232 (from 86/124/162/200/238)
  • Monster damage increased to 100% from 95%

Wall of Pain:

  • Magic resistance reduction increased to 25% from 15%
  • Fixed bug where MR reduction multiplied incorrectly during zombie form

Major Historical Changes:

Stats:

  • Base health increased to 620 from 550
  • Health growth increased to 110 from 101
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5

Key Ability Updates:

Requiem (R):

  • AP ratio increased to 75% from 65%
  • Base damage: 200/350/500 (from 250/400/550)
  • Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks
  • Can now be cast during Death Defied

Wall of Pain (W):

  • Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds from 18
  • Mana cost reduced to 70 from 100
  • Magic resistance reduction standardized to 15%

Visual Updates:

  • Complete visual upgrade across all skins
  • New voiceover and lore
  • Updated particles for better visibility
  • Improved basic attack animations

[Content continues chronologically through older patches with the same structured format]

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