KarthusMid build & runes · KR
On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+177 gold).
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- ±13.9 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- B
- #40 of 79
- Pick rate
- 0.2%
- ban 4.0%
- Games
- 50
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Karthus mid wins 50.0% of 50 ranked games in KR, rank 40 of 79 mid champions (tier B). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 9:48.
What most Karthus players run
Blackfire Torch 9:53 · 100% · 47 games 
Sorcerer's Shoes 11:48 · 98% of games 
Shadowflame 18:48 · 42% · 14 games 
Zhonya's Hourglass 21:54 · 10 of 24 games 
Void Staff 28:12 · 4 of 11 games Win rate by game length
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. No clear counters yet
Points above or below Karthus's own win rate (50.0%). Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 87% against 19%
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, more deaths
What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid 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 › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 71.4%7 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Zhonya's Hourglass › Shadowflame 33.3%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.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Shadowflame 70%10 Zhonya's Hourglass 43%7 Liandry's Torment 43%7 Against teams with mixed damage
Shadowflame 50%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 40%5 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Liandry's Torment 67%6 Against teams with no frontliner
Zhonya's Hourglass 67%6 Liandry's Torment 50%6 Against teams with one frontliner
Shadowflame 75%12 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%8 Liandry's Torment 43%7 Against teams with two or more
Not enough games against this kind of team yet.
Against teams with little
Shadowflame 100%6 Against teams with some
Shadowflame 50%6 Liandry's Torment 50%8 Zhonya's Hourglass 43%7 Against teams with a lot
Zhonya's Hourglass 50%6 Liandry's Torment 50%6 Shadowflame 29%7 Against teams with little
Zhonya's Hourglass 75%8 Liandry's Torment 56%9 Against teams with some
Shadowflame 44%9 Zhonya's Hourglass 29%7 Liandry's Torment 17%6 Against teams with a lot
Shadowflame 83%6 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 Potion47.8%46
Amplifying Tome + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion50.0%2
Sapphire Crystal + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes ~11:4851.0%49Summoner spells
Exhaust + Flash50.0%40
Flash + Ignite66.7%6
Flash + Teleport33.3%3Skills
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W50.0%50QEQ51.0%49QWE0.0%1Laid out like the game: the most picked rune in each row is in colour. Hover or tap a rune for its name, description and numbers.
Sorcery · 51% win · 45 games 
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2%0% 
98%52% 
40%50% 
60%52% 
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20%78% 
18%38% 
62%46% 
98%50% 
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2%100% 
Domination · 40% win · 5 games 
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100%40% 
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100%40% 
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20%0% 
20%0% 
60%67% 
60%67% 
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40%0% 
Precision · 51% win · 47 games 
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2%100% 
98%50% 
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40%42% 
6%0% 
53%64% Domination · 50% win · 2 games — 50%0% — — 50%100% — 50%0% — 50%100% Sorcery · 0% win · 1 games 100%0% — — — — — 100%0% — — 
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88%52% 
— 12%33% 33%9 games 67%9 games 60%5 games 100%5 games 50%4 games No clearly hard lane yet
No clearly easy lane yet
Not enough games yet
Not enough games yet
Enemies: nothing clear yet
Teammates that change Karthus's games
Dies more than most mid laners
Before 14 minutes Karthus dies 3.7 times a game (average 2.3). 45% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 51% for the average mid laner. 39% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganked in your half of mid, collapsed on in their half of mid
Ganks: 29% in your half of mid. Collapses: 27% in their half of mid. 1-v-1s: 43% in their half of mid.
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 2:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute
Ward the river before 2:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 9:00. 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 mid
Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid
Where fights happen
Before 14 minutes: 2.9 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.2 in your half of mid. Overall 1.0 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 1.6 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.2 in your half of mid. Overall 0.9 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 52 kills and 63 deaths.