Karthus Counters & Matchups
Win rate
46.8%
Games
1,365
Patch
26.21
C
Role tier
Jungle
Master+ pool
The best counters to Karthus in Master+ coordinated 5v5 games as Jungle are Hecarim (73.7% win rate, 21 games), Shyvana (80.3% win rate, 19 games) and Sylas (63.4% win rate, 33 games). These picks are the strongest observed answers to Karthus in the current sample. Each win rate is that counter's result versus Karthus in coordinated team games, not a Solo Queue lane stat.
Karthus Counters
Best picks vs Karthus
FAQ
Who counters Karthus?
The best calculated counters to Karthus in Master+ coordinated 5v5 are Hecarim (73.7% win rate, 21 games), Shyvana (80.3% win rate, 19 games) and Sylas (63.4% win rate, 33 games).
Is Karthus good in 5v5?
Karthus has a 46.8% win rate across 1,365 Master+ coordinated 5v5 games as Jungle. That sample is Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 team play, not Solo Queue.
Other Jungle counters
Methodology & sources
draft-meta-latest · Public draft-meta aggregate from benchmark JSONL matches with source-tier weighting and patch recency weights.
Draft-meta and champion-coordinated rows use different populations. Do not merge sample counts or treat pairwise synergies as a measured 5-man shell.
