Karthus
Strongest when games end at 15–20 minutes (63%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+207 gold).
- Win rate
- 55.9%
- ±5.9 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- S
- #3 of 52
- Pick rate
- 1.4%
- ban 3.3%
- Games
- 270
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Karthus bot wins 55.9% of 270 ranked games, rank 3 of 52 bot champions (tier S). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 9:48.
What most Karthus players run
Blackfire Torch 9:51 · 100% · 269 games 
Sorcerer's Shoes 13:06 · 95% of games 
Shadowflame 16:46 · 60% · 149 games 
Stormsurge 21:49 · 52% · 61 games 
Liandry's Torment 27:33 · 49% · 19 games 
Void Staff 31:30 · 14 of 41 games 
Morellonomicon 34:54 · 6 of 14 games Best when games end at 15–20′
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. Watch out for Kalista, Jhin, Yunara
Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 81% against 37%
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.
More solo kills, fewer control wards
What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: minions, gold.
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.
Most common full builds
Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge 54.5%22 games 
Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 52.9%17 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge › Rabadon's Deathcap 81.3%16 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Shadowflame 53.8%13 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge › Liandry's Torment 69.2%13 games 
Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 63.6%11 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.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Void Staff 75%16 Stormsurge 61%33 Rabadon's Deathcap 58%12 Liandry's Torment 57%35 Shadowflame 52%63 Zhonya's Hourglass 38%8 
Cryptbloom 33%6 Against teams with mixed damage
Zhonya's Hourglass 80%10 Void Staff 75%16 Rabadon's Deathcap 63%19 Liandry's Torment 59%34 Shadowflame 57%68 Stormsurge 56%32 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Stormsurge 64%36 Shadowflame 62%69 Void Staff 56%16 Liandry's Torment 54%46 Rabadon's Deathcap 52%21 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%16 Against teams with no frontliner
Void Staff 75%8 Stormsurge 58%31 Rabadon's Deathcap 56%16 Shadowflame 55%47 Liandry's Torment 55%20 Against teams with one frontliner
Stormsurge 63%51 Shadowflame 61%101 Void Staff 61%28 Rabadon's Deathcap 59%27 Zhonya's Hourglass 54%24 Liandry's Torment 53%57 Cryptbloom 50%6 Against teams with two or more
Void Staff 83%12 Zhonya's Hourglass 67%9 Liandry's Torment 63%38 Stormsurge 58%19 Rabadon's Deathcap 56%9 Shadowflame 52%52 Against teams with little
Rabadon's Deathcap 71%21 Void Staff 64%14 Shadowflame 63%62 Stormsurge 61%38 Liandry's Torment 57%28 Against teams with some
Zhonya's Hourglass 77%13 Void Staff 64%14 Rabadon's Deathcap 63%16 Stormsurge 62%29 Liandry's Torment 62%42 Shadowflame 62%60 Against teams with a lot
Void Staff 75%20 Cryptbloom 60%5 Stormsurge 59%34 Liandry's Torment 51%45 Shadowflame 50%78 Zhonya's Hourglass 44%18 Rabadon's Deathcap 33%15 Against teams with little
Void Staff 62%13 Stormsurge 58%38 Liandry's Torment 55%33 Shadowflame 53%60 Rabadon's Deathcap 47%17 Zhonya's Hourglass 43%7 Against teams with some
Stormsurge 73%30 Void Staff 72%18 Zhonya's Hourglass 63%16 Rabadon's Deathcap 60%15 Liandry's Torment 59%37 Shadowflame 59%69 Cryptbloom 20%5 Against teams with a lot
Void Staff 71%17 Rabadon's Deathcap 65%20 Shadowflame 59%71 Liandry's Torment 56%45 Zhonya's Hourglass 55%11 Stormsurge 52%33 
Bloodletter's Curse 40%5 Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.
Start, boots, spells, skills
Starting items
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion55.3%255
Sapphire Crystal + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%2
Amplifying Tome + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%2Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:0656.3%256Summoner spells
Exhaust + Flash55.1%256
Flash + Teleport75.0%12
Flash + Ignite50.0%2Skills
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Sorcery · 58% win · 235 games 
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Domination · 43% win · 35 games 
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Precision · 56% win · 264 games 
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88%56% Sorcery · 50% win · 6 games 100%50% — — — — — — — 100%50% 
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<1%0% 20%62% 55%96 games 62%29 games 67%24 games 46%13 games 54%13 games Watch out for Kalista, Jhin, Yunara
Good into Ezreal, Kai'Sa
Ahead at 15 against 6 of 10, wins 3 of them
Fewer than 10 games (21)
Lucian 44% · 9
Aphelios 44% · 9
Ashe 75% · 8
Sivir 33% · 6
Miss Fortune 80% · 5
Smolder 100% · 5
Viktor 60% · 5
Twitch 80% · 5
Kog'Maw 80% · 5
Heimerdinger 25% · 4
Swain 25% · 4
Xayah 75% · 4
Yasuo 75% · 4
Corki 75% · 4
Syndra 67% · 3
Samira 67% · 3
Katarina 67% · 3
Vladimir 100% · 3
Hwei 67% · 3
Lux 67% · 3
Aurelion Sol 67% · 3
Karthus does worse than expected here
Against Jhin, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 53% of games and wins 65% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 22%.
Karthus does worse than expected here
Against Yunara, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 62% of games and wins 62% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 25%.
Karthus does worse than expected here
Against Jinx, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 85% of games and wins 55% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 0%.
Karthus does better than expected here
Against Kai'Sa, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games and wins 83% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 50%.
Karthus does better than expected here
Against Ezreal, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 73% of games and wins 88% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 67%.
About what you would expect
Against Zeri, Karthus is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 64% of games, and still wins 29% of those. When ahead, Karthus wins 100%.
Karthus does worse than expected here
Against Tristana, Karthus is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 40% of games, and still wins 25% of those. When ahead, Karthus wins 67%.
Karthus does better than expected here
Against Draven, Karthus is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 60% of games, and still wins 50% of those. When ahead, Karthus wins 75%.
Karthus does worse than expected here
Against Kalista, Karthus is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 60% of games, and still wins 0% of those. When ahead, Karthus wins 75%.
Karthus does better than expected here
Against Caitlyn, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games and wins 80% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 40%.
Enemies that cost Karthus games: Ambessa, Lee Sin
Teammates that change Karthus's games
Ambessa38% · exp. 56% −1916 games 
Lee Sin33% · exp. 57% −2315 games 
Wukong38% · exp. 53% −1616 games 
Qiyana75% · exp. 54% +2216 games 
Hecarim73% · exp. 56% +1815 games 
Nautilus75% · exp. 59% +1620 games 
Yone47% · exp. 57% −1015 games 
Jarvan IV40% · exp. 54% −1420 games Hecarim44% · exp. 56% −1216 games Lee Sin71% · exp. 55% +1624 games 
Zed78% · exp. 56% +2218 games 
Alistar47% · exp. 59% −1217 games Nautilus48% · exp. 53% −431 games 
Seraphine63% · exp. 54% +919 games 
Thresh69% · exp. 59% +1016 games 
Dies more than most bot laners
Before 14 minutes Karthus dies 3.5 times a game (average 2.7). 32% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 37% for the average bot laner. 15% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane
Ganks: 39% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 47% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 60% 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.What kills Karthus
Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute
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.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
Before 14 minutes: 1.4 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.6 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.1 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 1.6 kills per death in their jungle against 0.5 in your half of mid. Overall 1.0 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 1.9 kills per death in their jungle against 0.7 in your half of mid. Overall 1.1 kills per death.