Karthus
Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (69%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+221 gold).
- Win rate
- 56.2%
- ±7.1 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- S
- #3 of 48
- Pick rate
- 1.9%
- ban 3.2%
- Games
- 185
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Karthus bot wins 56.2% of 185 ranked games in NA, rank 3 of 48 bot champions (tier S). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 9:30.
What most Karthus players run
Blackfire Torch 9:46 · 100% · 182 games 
Sorcerer's Shoes 12:48 · 92% of games 
Shadowflame 16:46 · 69% · 116 games 
Stormsurge 21:39 · 59% · 54 games 
Liandry's Torment 26:42 · 70% · 21 games 
Void Staff 32:12 · 13 of 30 games Best when games end at 20–25′
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 what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 82% against 36%
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.
Fewer control wards, more solo kills
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 54.2%24 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge › Liandry's Torment 57.1%14 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Shadowflame 58.3%12 games 
Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 36.4%11 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge › Rabadon's Deathcap 66.7%9 games Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Liandry's Torment 37.5%8 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 71%7 Stormsurge 58%36 Liandry's Torment 55%29 Shadowflame 49%53 Rabadon's Deathcap 20%5 Against teams with mixed damage
Rabadon's Deathcap 73%11 Void Staff 67%6 Shadowflame 65%48 Liandry's Torment 61%23 Stormsurge 57%28 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Void Staff 86%7 Stormsurge 59%29 Liandry's Torment 52%29 Shadowflame 51%53 Rabadon's Deathcap 33%12 Against teams with no frontliner
Liandry's Torment 65%17 Stormsurge 59%22 Shadowflame 55%31 Against teams with one frontliner
Void Staff 73%11 
Zhonya's Hourglass 67%6 Stormsurge 59%56 Shadowflame 56%86 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%18 Liandry's Torment 49%41 Against teams with two or more
Void Staff 67%6 Liandry's Torment 61%23 Stormsurge 53%15 Shadowflame 51%37 Rabadon's Deathcap 33%6 Against teams with little
Rabadon's Deathcap 73%11 Stormsurge 61%31 Void Staff 60%5 Shadowflame 57%49 Liandry's Torment 55%22 Against teams with some
Liandry's Torment 63%32 Void Staff 60%5 Stormsurge 58%33 Shadowflame 57%46 Rabadon's Deathcap 13%8 Against teams with a lot
Void Staff 90%10 Stormsurge 55%29 Shadowflame 51%59 Liandry's Torment 48%27 Rabadon's Deathcap 44%9 Zhonya's Hourglass 33%6 Against teams with little
Void Staff 80%5 Stormsurge 61%33 Liandry's Torment 57%23 Shadowflame 52%50 Rabadon's Deathcap 43%7 Against teams with some
Void Staff 80%5 Stormsurge 69%29 Zhonya's Hourglass 60%5 Liandry's Torment 58%24 Shadowflame 58%50 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%10 Against teams with a lot
Void Staff 70%10 Shadowflame 54%54 Liandry's Torment 53%34 Rabadon's Deathcap 45%11 Stormsurge 45%31 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 Potion55.7%176
Boots + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion66.7%3
Amplifying Tome + Doran's Ring + Dark Seal + Health Potion + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:4856.5%170Summoner spells
Exhaust + Flash56.3%183
Flash + Ignite50.0%2Skills
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W55.1%178QWE83.3%6QEQ57.0%165QEW53.8%13Laid 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 · 58% win · 163 games 
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Domination · 41% win · 22 games 
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Precision · 57% win · 180 games 
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99%56% Sorcery · 40% win · 5 games 100%40% — — — — — — — 100%40% 
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24%58% 97%57% 
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82%55% 
2%67% 17%61% 48%60 games 60%43 games 70%23 games 44%9 games 38%8 games No clearly hard lane yet
No clearly easy lane yet
Ahead at 15 against 2 of 2, wins 2 of them
Fewer than 10 games (22)
Yunara 33% · 9
Draven 78% · 9
Kai'Sa 75% · 8
Zeri 63% · 8
Twitch 38% · 8
Aphelios 63% · 8
Lucian 14% · 7
Tristana 71% · 7
Kalista 33% · 6
Ezreal 83% · 6
Miss Fortune 80% · 5
Ashe 80% · 5
Smolder 100% · 4
Viktor 25% · 4
Samira 50% · 4
Aurelion Sol 67% · 3
Sivir 0% · 3
Caitlyn 33% · 3
Heimerdinger 33% · 3
Xerath 67% · 3
Kog'Maw 100% · 3
Yone 67% · 3
About what you would expect
Against Jhin, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 74% of games and wins 65% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 33%.
About what you would expect
Against Jinx, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 90% of games and wins 67% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 0%.
Enemies: nothing clear yet
Teammates that change Karthus's games
Yone47% · exp. 57% −1115 games 
Nami47% · exp. 57% −1017 games 
Nautilus48% · exp. 55% −721 games 
Seraphine69% · exp. 54% +1516 games 
Dies more than most bot laners
Before 14 minutes Karthus dies 3.3 times a game (average 2.5). 34% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 13% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganked in their half of bot lane, collapsed on in your half of bot lane
Ganks: 36% in their half of bot lane. Collapses: 47% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 65% 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, 6:00 and 8:00, then every minute
Ward the river before 3:00, 6:00 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: 1.6 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.7 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.2 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 1.7 kills per death in their jungle against 0.5 in your half of mid. Overall 1.1 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 1.9 kills per death in their jungle against 0.7 in your half of mid. Overall 1.2 kills per death.