Naafiri vs Karthus in Mid lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his only real threat is Requiem mid-fight — build Edge of Night and it stops mattering. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDNAAFIRIthe Hound of a Hundred Bites

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDKARTHUSthe Deathsinger

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How to play it

✓ DO

Watch his ult

The one thing to respect is his ultimate when you dive his laner or fight him — everything else you outpace.

Just pop him

He has no hard CC and dies long before his E ticks meaningful damage — all-in freely.

Dodge his Q

His most damaging regular ability is an easily avoided skillshot that only hits hard on isolated targets.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Don't dive his laner without accounting for his ultimate — it's the one thing that can punish you.

Runes

DOMINATION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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