Jungle · 133 games · NA

Karthus

Jungle · 45% of games Bot · 44%

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (49%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+281 gold).

Win rate: 48.9%; ±8.5 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #39 of 64
Pick rate: 2.2%; ban 3.6%
Games: 133; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

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Karthus jungle wins 48.9% of 133 ranked games in NA, rank 39 of 64 jungle champions (tier C). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 9:24.

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 9:54 · 100% · 131 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:00 · 88% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 16:56 · 52% · 59 games

Item 3

Liandry's Torment 22:06 · 37% · 15 games

Item 4 · late game

Void Staff 27:30 · 16 of 46 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Precision 24% of games · 56% wins All runes →

Start

Scorchclaw Pup 59% of games · 46% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Smite 60% of games · 49% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Lay Waste first 100% of games · 49% wins Skill orders →

When Karthus wins

Best when games end at 25–30′

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

Ends before 25′56% wins31% of games · 41

Lasts 25′ or more46% wins68% of games · 91

Enemy junglers

Good into Lee Sin

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

What wins Karthus games

First tower: 83% against 16%

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

First tower 16% 83% +67

First Baron 27% 84% +57

Rift Herald 38% 73% +35

First dragon 37% 65% +28

First blood 38% 59% +22

First Voidgrubs 38% 59% +22

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 damage

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

Fewer control wards a game0.46 against 1.42 · −68%

More damage a minute1121 against 710 · +58%

Less damage to towers1083 against 2436 · −56%

More share of team damage29% against 20% · +45%

More multikills a game1.08 against 0.83 · +30%

About average: 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 ~9:30

Item 2done ~17:12

Item 3done ~22:36

Item 4done ~27:00

Item 5done ~30:30

Item 6done ~34:24

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Liandry's Torment 26.7%15 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Shadowflame 30.0%10 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 33.3%6 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Shadowflame › Void Staff 0.0%6 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Shadowflame 60.0%5 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge › Liandry's Torment 100.0%5 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

Stormsurge 71%7

Rabadon's Deathcap 55%11

Void Staff 44%9

Shadowflame 39%38

Liandry's Torment 32%22

Zhonya's Hourglass 20%5

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

Scorchclaw Pup46.2%78

Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion54.5%44

Gustwalker Hatchling37.5%8

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:0051.3%117

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite48.8%80

Exhaust + Smite43.6%39

Smite + Ignite54.5%11

Skills

Max

W48.9%133

Start

Q46.4%125

Start

W100.0%7

Hard matchups

No clearly hard matchup yet

Easy matchups

Good into Lee Sin

Every enemy jungler · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 1 of 1, wins 1 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 (21)

Hecarim 56% · 9

Graves 67% · 6

Elise 40% · 5

Locke 60% · 5

Lillia 20% · 5

Rengar 20% · 5

Qiyana 60% · 5

Viego 75% · 4

Jarvan IV 50% · 4

Cho'Gath 50% · 4

Wukong 25% · 4

Diana 50% · 4

Ekko 67% · 3

Sylas 33% · 3

Kindred 0% · 3

Nocturne 67% · 3

Jayce 33% · 3

Zac 67% · 3

Ambessa 33% · 3

Kha'Zix 33% · 3

Nunu & Willump 67% · 3

Karthus vs Lee Sin · 10 games · Early read

Karthus does better than expected here

70%winsexpected 51%

+877gold at 15′average +281

−0.4minions at 10′ahead or behind

0%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.30 a game

Gold lead against Lee Sin Karthus's average lead

Against Lee Sin, Karthus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 60% of games and wins 83% of those. When behind, Karthus wins 50%.

Ahead at 15′83% wins6 games

Behind at 15′50% wins4 games

Full Karthus vs Lee Sin 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 mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot 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 junglers

Before 14 minutes Karthus dies 2.6 times a game (average 1.9). 66% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 72% for the average jungler. 13% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.6deaths per game before 14′more than average (1.9)

66%involve the enemy junglerless than average (72%)

87%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (88%)

38%with no teammate nearabout average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Enemy jungler: 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

Killed by the enemy jungler in your jungle, collapsed on in their jungle

Enemy jungler: 24% in your jungle. Collapses: 20% in their jungle. 1-v-1s: 18% in their half of top 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 jungler

What kills Karthus

Kind of death

Karthus Average

Enemy jungler 66% (avg 72%)Collapse 21% (avg 16%)1-v-1 13% (avg 12%)

Who gets the kill

Karthus Average

Bot laner 15% (avg 15%)Jungler 37% (avg 37%)Support 8% (avg 8%)Mid laner 29% (avg 27%)Top laner 10% (avg 12%)

Gank clock

Enemy jungler fights peak at 3:00 and 6:00–10:00, then every minute

Karthus Peak Average jungler

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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 top lane, loses them in your jungle

Before 14 minutes: 4.6 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.6 in your jungle. Overall 1.2 kills per death.

Their half of bot lane 2.9 K/D 87 / 30

Your jungle 0.6 K/D 39 / 69

The bot-side river 0.9 K/D 50 / 57

Their jungle 0.9 K/D 48 / 52

Your half of bot lane 1.2 K/D 45 / 37

Their half of top lane 4.6 K/D 60 / 13

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 dragonsWorth knowingNear 69% of their team's dragon takes (average jungler 70%). The team wins 73% when Karthus is there and 66% when not.

Karthus

What most Karthus players run

Best when games end at 25–30′

Good into Lee Sin

First tower: 83% against 16%

Fewer control wards, more damage

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 matchup yet

Good into Lee Sin

Ahead at 15 against 1 of 1, wins 1 of them

Karthus does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Karthus's games

Dies more than most junglers

Killed by the enemy jungler in your jungle, collapsed on in their jungle

What kills Karthus

Enemy jungler fights peak at 3:00 and 6:00–10:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your jungle

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in the bot-side river

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