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Karthus’ Visual Update brings the death march to the masses

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The Karthus Visual Update, after drifting through PBE, has found its way to the live servers! His redesigned model comes replete with new animations, reworked voiceover and spell effects that truly anchor death’s greatest champion to the Shadow Isles. If you’re interested in learning about how we went about updating Karthus or checking out his concept art, head over to our initial PBE announce article.




Revel in each of death’s faces with Karthus’ Oblivion bundle. This flexible cost bundle costs 2621 RP (25% off), lasts until June 11 and includes the following:
  • Karthus
  • Phantom Karthus (Legacy)
  • Statue of Karthus
  • Grim Reaper Karthus
  • Pentakill Karthus

Excited to bring Karthus’ new visage to the Fields of Justice? Let us know in the comments below!

937 Comments

Not Username397 votes

R.I.P. Skittles

Trumpet23 votes

logged into upvote

RestInPepperonis41 votes

What's kind of funny is I'm pretty sure you're always logged in to this site

A Curious Gopher81 votes

That is definitely not true. I just had to log in as well.

Doctor Lee118 votes

Well at least the Soraka banana joke remains.

A Cress Sandwich112 votes

Soraka nobody expects the banana Soraka

Potato Dispenser198 votes

The unseen banana is the deadliest. Zed

duckféet117 votes

LeeSin "Your will my bannana"

Mingcredible46 votes

Janna for only 2.95 a banana, I will leave you breathless

Rayjie30 votes

Urgot "eternal life... endless banana"

Azon 01214 votes

A demonstration of superior bananas. Shen

I shall bring great bananas! Mordekaiser

Behold the might of the Shadow Bananas. Hecarim

Everybody dies, some just need a little banana.Lucian

A new banana is rising. Diana

Knowledge through... bananas.Velkoz

Let's get in the banana!Rumble

Tactical decision, Banana!Lux

The cycle of life and death continues. We will live, they will banana.Nasus

My banana brings ugly death!Skarner

The Black Banana shall bloom once more.Leblanc

Into the banana.Kayle

Banana... is gooooood.Khazix

Rules were meant to be bananas... like buildings... or people!Jinx

Punch bananas! Ask questions while banana.Vi

More coming soon!

Renown18 votes

Live and die by the banana.Talon

TheKappaChrist148 votes

Jax "Imagine if I had a real banana"

crashgh0st59 votes

"Is that a banana in your pocket?" Tristana

ßrıan79 votes

Garen BANANACIA!!!

taksynator81 votes

Veigar I will swallow your banana.

Blitzcrank The banana calls to me.

Braum A banana for my banana? I like it.

Chogath This banana is delicious.

Pantheon MY PROFESSION?! You know now that i think of it I always wanted to be a banana. Yes a banana.

Argent Lyal XIII37 votes

Yorick I think I might know a banana of yours. No hair; sagging flesh; always going on about bananas. Ring any bananaphones?

Down Smash45 votes

"Banana!!!!!"Nocturne

doormouse146 votes

Did karth get killed by the Ancient Golems?

ronjondotcom95 votes

we don't like to talk about it...

dhkduyhkgd63 votes

"EXECUTED"

DorkunedAuras41 votes

Look closely at the ancient golem area, that's not anywhere I'm familiar with the ancient golems being... CONFIRMED RITO REMAKING JUNGLE.

BustNuttingtonIV19 votes

I think its a reversed picture of blue side jungle

SweetMilkTea31 votes

HALF-LIFE 3 Confirmed

Ababyturtle9916 votes

Well i was playing my main Karthus and i was securing blue buff because i needed it. When i started, Out of the freaking blue comes LeeSin and he kills me then ran away.

XxDaveTheWavexX58 votes

He looks epic now.

Aprx47AngryBees362 votes

I guess you could say he's...

drop dead gorgeous

GayVirgin46 votes

nice absolutely Taric reffic

Ancient Wisp106 votes

Ahri you serious? These awful half-puns have dRiven me insane.

CommanderCthulhu140 votes

Man you Draven me crazy, do we need to have a Rumble , cause I'll be the Viktor , I Garen tee it

Inspector Cubone198 votes

I hope you Diana fire -_-

Beralius62 votes

That's exZac tly what I was thinking

Johah61 votes

You Velkoz me to kill myself.

googlemuffin47 votes

All these buns are unVolibear able

DerFrodoss2 votes

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shadowrobot58 votes

what color does my virus come in

A Cress Sandwich112 votes

mine came in purple Lulu

SasukeChan55 votes

You could say he's....
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been brought back from the dead.Revive

Jerichò16 votes

YEEAAAAAAHHHHH!

Sizmic53 votes

Karthus looks good now. Finally he won't look like a floating dress.

Dr My Mundo65 votes

Karthus Karthdress Karthus

Kneel B4 Zod19 votes

That should be a skin!

Skernan30 votes

Pretty Princess Karthus was a skin idea on the forums about a year and a half back.

GenoXx44 votes

All thats left now is Evelynn's Visaul and lore update.

Ancient Wisp38 votes

Lore first plz, there are too many champs who's stories start with "Nobody knows where ______ came from..."

Inspector Cubone19 votes

The mystery of the league is great, if you're a lore nerd, the fun is putting everything together with theories.

SpiralBlack16 votes

Sion?

DeClawd35 votes

Absolutely love it. Riot, you've captured what a true lich and his abilities should look like. Mad props!

SnackerHacker8 votes

Why is blue buff in the red buff location on the purple side? O.o

Yya46 votes

Syndra carried him there.

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