Bot · 35 games · KR

Karthus

On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+603 gold).

Win rate: 68.6%; ±15.4 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #10 of 39
Pick rate: 0.5%; ban 4.7%
Games: 35; ranked solo/duo

Karthus bot wins 68.6% of 35 ranked games in KR, rank 10 of 39 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 9:45 · 100% · 35 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 12:54 · 100% of games

Item 2

Liandry's Torment 17:02 · 55% · 18 games

Item 3 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 22:12 · 14 of 27 games

Item 4 · late game

Cryptbloom 30:42 · 5 of 15 games

Runes

Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision 23% of games · 50% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 89% of games · 71% wins Other starts →

Spells

Exhaust + Flash 83% of games · 69% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Lay Waste first 97% of games · 68% wins Skill orders →

When Karthus wins

Win rate by game length

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

Ends before 25′69% wins37% of games · 13

Lasts 25′ or more74% wins54% of games · 19

Lanes

No clear counters yet

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

What wins Karthus games

First Baron: 93% against 50%

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

First Baron 50% 93% +43

First dragon 53% 83% +30

Rift Herald 60% 75% +15

First tower 64% 71% +7

First blood 77% 64% −13

First Voidgrubs 76% 61% −15

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

More solo kills, more assists

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

More solo kills a game1.2 against 0.7 · +67%

More assists a game10.7 against 6.6 · +63%

More damage a minute1235 against 836 · +48%

More multikills a game1.54 against 1.05 · +47%

More deaths a game8.1 against 5.6 · +43%

About average: minions, gold.

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 ~16:30

Item 3done ~22:36

Item 4done ~28:18

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%9 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%5 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Shadowflame 66.7%3 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 100%6

Zhonya's Hourglass 57%7

Liandry's Torment 55%11

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 Potion71.0%31

Amplifying Tome + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion + Health Potion + Control Ward100.0%1

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

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:5468.6%35

Summoner spells

Exhaust + Flash69.0%29

Flash + Teleport66.7%6

Skills

Max

W67.6%34

Max

E100.0%1

Start

Q67.6%34

Start

W100.0%1

Dies more than most bot laners

Before 14 minutes Karthus dies 3.8 times a game (average 2.8). 31% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average bot laner. 16% are fair 1-v-1s.

3.8deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.8)

31%involve the enemy junglerless than average (39%)

84%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (87%)

39%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

Ganked in your half of bot lane, collapsed on in their half of bot lane

Ganks: 48% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 51% in their half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 50% 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 39%)Collapse 52% (avg 48%)1-v-1 16% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Karthus Average

Bot laner 53% (avg 49%)Jungler 13% (avg 22%)Support 21% (avg 16%)Mid laner 9% (avg 10%)Top laner 2% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

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

Karthus Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 5:00. 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 1.1 kills per death.

Their half of bot lane 1.3 K/D 80 / 64

Your half of bot lane 0.5 K/D 29 / 62

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 29% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 77% when Karthus is there and 81% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 15:00 (average 14:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 55% against 46%; for Karthus it is 83% against 61%.

Karthus

What most Karthus players run

Win rate by game length

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 93% against 50%

More solo kills, more assists

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

No clearly hard lane yet

No clearly easy lane yet

Not enough games yet

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Karthus's games

Dies more than most bot laners

Ganked in your half of bot lane, collapsed on in their half of bot lane

What kills Karthus

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

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

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

Where fights happen