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Karthus Build, Runes & Counters for Coordinated 5v5

Team-focused Karthus data from 1,548 Master+ coordinated 5v5 games, including Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 data where available. This is not Solo Queue data. Karthus has an observed 49.4% win rate as Jungle in the current sample.

Win rate
49.4%
Games
1,548
Patch
16.20
D
Role tier
Jungle
Master+ pool
TopTopJungleJungleMidMidBotBot
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Karthus Build

Items for the selected keystone (217 games).

Summoner spells

46.3% WR · 857 games
ExhaustSmite

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Trinket

Oracle Lens

Items

Start
Scorchclaw Pup
Stealth Ward
50.5%
→
1st
Blackfire Torch
53.4%
Alternatives
Malignance39%
→
2nd
Shadowflame
54.5%
Alternatives
Liandry's Torment55%
→
3rd
Rabadon's Deathcap
59.8%
→
4th
Void Staff
50.0%
→
5th
Zhonya's Hourglass
49.6%

Karthus Skill Order

Death Defied
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Karthus Runes

Most observed exact rune page per keystone.

43.2% WR · 504 games
Domination
Electrocute
Dark Harvest
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Health Scaling
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Karthus Counters

Who Karthus beats and struggles against in Master+ coordinated games.

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Good against

Lee Sin
Lee Sin
+9.2%
77 games
Jarvan IV
Jarvan IV
+2.0%
54 games
Sylas
Sylas
+14.6%
34 games
Hecarim
Hecarim
+17.3%
28 games

Bad against

Cho'Gath
Cho'Gath
-9.0%
43 games
Briar
Briar
-18.9%
19 games
Amumu
Amumu
-15.0%
24 games
Viego
Viego
-7.3%
38 games

Best Teammates for Karthus

Build around Karthus Jungle: team style, supports and alternatives from Master+ coordinated games.

Best compo type for Karthus

Early Snowball
Early Snowball

Win lanes, move first and end before the enemy scaling arrives.

Best mid and top partners with Karthus

Ornn
Ornn
51.8%
49 games
Ahri
Ahri
47.7%
47 games
Yone
Yone
49.7%
45 games

If Karthus is banned

Rumble
Rumble
54.1%
Late game · Magic damage · Scaling
Lillia
Lillia
51.8%
Late game · Magic damage · Scaling
Taliyah
Taliyah
49.8%
Late game · Magic damage · Scaling
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Is Karthus a good team or soloQ champ?

Team≈SoloQ

Karthus
Lulu
Nami
Yunara
Jinx
Master+ ranked 5v5
49.4%
similar in both queues
Team 49.4%SoloQ 48.3%

Similar win rates

Karthus converts similarly in SoloQ and Master+ team queues. The Master+ profile shows how the coordinated games look.

Karthus vs other jungles in Master+ teams
#1 = best among jungles
Damage/min1,159
Top quarter#2 of 172
Role landmarks
Soraka
low
Riven
25%
Orianna
50%
Rengar
75%
Karthus
top
Gold/min484
Top quarter#14 of 172
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Renekton
25%
Gragas
50%
TwistedFate
75%
Draven
top
Kill part.57.0%
Top quarter#5 of 172
Role landmarks
Nami
low
Lissandra
25%
Olaf
50%
Pyke
75%
JarvanIV
top
CS/min7.69
Top quarter#5 of 172
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Pantheon
25%
Chogath
50%
Draven
75%
Zeri
top
Vision/min0.79
Below average#119 of 172
Role landmarks
Nami
low
Singed
25%
Ambessa
50%
Ashe
75%
FiddleSticks
top
Damage share28.2%
Top quarter#2 of 172
Role landmarks
Nami
low
Jinx
25%
Veigar
50%
Rengar
75%
Karthus
top

How Karthus Performs in Coordinated 5v5

Data-backed notes from the Karthus Master+ sample on this page.

In LoL Tracker's Master+ coordinated sample on patch 16.20, Karthus is tracked primarily as Jungle across 1,548 games with an observed 49.4% win rate. These results come from Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 team games rather than standard Solo Queue.

Karthus appears most frequently in Early Snowball drafts across 45 observed games in that style.

Matchup signal for Karthus currently points to stronger published lanes into Lee Sin and tougher published lanes into Cho'Gath, using only medium-or-better coordinated samples.

Lee SinCho'Gath