Bot · 105 games · EUW

Karthus

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (57%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+29 gold).

Win rate: 50.5%; ±9.6 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #22 of 50
Pick rate: 1.6%; ban 1.6%
Games: 105; ranked solo/duo

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Karthus bot wins 50.5% of 105 ranked games in EUW, rank 22 of 50 bot champions (tier B). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 9:48.

The build at a glance

What most Karthus players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Blackfire Torch 9:55 · 100% · 105 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:30 · 97% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 17:05 · 62% · 57 games

Item 3

Stormsurge 22:27 · 42% · 21 games

Item 4

Rabadon's Deathcap 26:24 · 59% · 10 games

Item 5 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 34:18 · 6 of 17 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Precision 48% of games · 56% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 96% of games · 50% wins Other starts →

Spells

Exhaust + Flash 94% of games · 48% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Lay Waste first 99% of games · 50% wins Skill orders →

When Karthus wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′36% wins27% of games · 28

Lasts 25′ or more56% wins68% of games · 71

Lanes

Watch out for Jhin

Hard Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Karthus games

First Baron: 78% against 27%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 27% 78% +51

First tower 28% 71% +43

Rift Herald 41% 66% +25

First dragon 38% 60% +22

First Voidgrubs 46% 54% +9

First blood 53% 48% −5

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Karthus plays

Fewer control wards, more solo kills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer control wards a game0.12 against 0.44 · −73%

More solo kills a game1.3 against 0.8 · +61%

More assists a game10.5 against 7.0 · +50%

More damage a minute1290 against 890 · +45%

Less damage to towers4421 against 7897 · −44%

About average: gold, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~9:48

Item 2done ~16:54

Item 3done ~23:00

Item 4done ~28:00

Item 5done ~32:48

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 58.3%12 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge › Rabadon's Deathcap 80.0%10 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Void Staff 42.9%7 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Void Staff 80.0%5 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Liandry's Torment 50.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Shadowflame › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge 75.0%4 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Shadowflame 58%24

Rabadon's Deathcap 54%13

Void Staff 50%10

Stormsurge 50%12

Liandry's Torment 50%14

Zhonya's Hourglass 43%7

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion49.5%101

Sapphire Crystal + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%2

Amplifying Tome + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:3052.0%102

Summoner spells

Exhaust + Flash48.5%99

Flash + Teleport83.3%6

Skills

Max

W50.0%104

Max

W100.0%1

Start

Q52.6%78

Start

W47.6%21

Hard lanes

Watch out for Jhin

Easy lanes

No clearly easy lane yet

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 0 of them

Expected: what Karthus's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (13)

Yunara 38% · 8

Caitlyn 67% · 6

Jinx 40% · 5

Ezreal 60% · 5

Kai'Sa 40% · 5

Kalista 40% · 5

Tristana 50% · 4

Ashe 75% · 4

Aphelios 0% · 3

Zeri 33% · 3

Sivir 67% · 3

Xayah 67% · 3

Draven 33% · 3

Karthus vs Jhin · 16 games · Early read

Karthus does worse than expected here

44%winsexpected 50%

−290gold at 15′average +29

+5.6minions at 10′ahead or behind

31%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.38 a game

Gold lead against Jhin Karthus's average lead

Against Jhin, Karthus is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 53% of games, and still wins 25% of those. When ahead, Karthus wins 57%.

Ahead at 15′57% wins7 games

Behind at 15′25% wins8 games

Full Karthus vs Jhin page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies more than most bot laners

Before 14 minutes Karthus dies 3.7 times a game (average 2.8). 31% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 15% are fair 1-v-1s.

3.7deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.8)

31%involve the enemy junglerless than average (36%)

85%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (87%)

37%with no teammate nearabout average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Karthus dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

Ganks: 44% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 47% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 53% in their half of bot lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average bot laner

What kills Karthus

Kind of death

Karthus Average

Gank 31% (avg 36%)Collapse 54% (avg 50%)1-v-1 15% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Karthus Average

Bot laner 51% (avg 50%)Jungler 19% (avg 21%)Support 19% (avg 16%)Mid laner 9% (avg 10%)Top laner 1% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00, then every minute

Karthus Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Karthus; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Karthus wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.3 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.5 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.0 kills per death.

Their half of bot lane 1.3 K/D 216 / 169

Your half of bot lane 0.5 K/D 86 / 176

The bot-side river 1.1 K/D 33 / 29

Their jungle 2.3 K/D 14 / 6

Your jungle 2.8 K/D 11 / 4

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Karthus wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 41% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 71% when Karthus is there and 67% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 15:00 (average 15:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 54% against 47%; for Karthus it is 62% against 44%.

Karthus

What most Karthus players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Watch out for Jhin

First Baron: 78% against 27%

Fewer control wards, more solo kills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Jhin

No clearly easy lane yet

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 0 of them

Karthus does worse than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Karthus's games

Dies more than most bot laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

What kills Karthus

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid