Karthus

Ranked Solo

Off-meta Mid

Win rate49.2%−0.8 pts vs Mid 50.0%

LP a game+1.00±1.04 · Mid +1.52

Games1,531Mid · patch 26.20

Pick rate0.17%as Mid

Ban rate0.41%any role

Updated 12 Oct, 12:09 UTCHow we measure

Overview Build Runes Matchups Counters Duos LP by rank

Grade by rank

Iron to Silveroff-meta
Gold and Platinumoff-meta
Emerald and Diamondoff-meta
Master+off-meta
Rank-sensitiveStrong in Master+ (A), weak in Iron to Silver (D).

Lane opponents

No Mid opponent has 100 games against Karthus yet.

Build and runes

Most played in Mid · 1,531 games

Core items: BtShRd; 58.2%11% played
Boots: SsSpellslinger's Shoes; 51.2%83% played
Starting items: DrHpHp; 51.3%81% played
Spells: ExFl; 56.1%43% played

Runes: Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Precision; 55.6%37% played
Shards: Adaptive force · Adaptive force · Health scaling; 47.0%60% played
Skill order: Starts; 51.8%49% played

Full build Every rune

Win rate by rank

Win rate by game length

Minutes

Win rate by patch

The other Mid picks are on the Mid tier list.

Core items

Core items: the first three finished items in the order bought, with their win rate
Items	Picked	Games	Win rate
BtShRdBlackfire Torch · Shadowflame · Rabadon's Deathcap	11%	170	58.2%51% to 65%
BtStShBlackfire Torch · Stormsurge · Shadowflame	5.3%	81	60.5%50% to 70%
BtShStBlackfire Torch · Shadowflame · Stormsurge	4.0%	61	60.7%48% to 72%
MaShRdMalignance · Shadowflame · Rabadon's Deathcap	3.8%	58	60.3%47% to 72%
BtLtShBlackfire Torch · Liandry's Torment · Shadowflame	3.7%	57	50.9%38% to 63%
BtShLtBlackfire Torch · Shadowflame · Liandry's Torment	3.3%	51	70.6%57% to 81%
BtStLtBlackfire Torch · Stormsurge · Liandry's Torment	2.9%	45	60.0%45% to 73%
MaLtShMalignance · Liandry's Torment · Shadowflame	2.6%	39	46.2%32% to 61%

Skill order

MaxStarts

Karthus's most played skill order as Mid
Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	1		3	4	5		7
W													13	14	15		17	18
E		2						8	9	10		12
R						6					11					16

Max Q, E, WStarts Q, E, Q · 49% · 74351.8%48%–55%
Max Q, E, WStarts Q, E, W · 28% · 42546.8%42%–52%
Max Q, E, WStarts Q, W, E · 5.2% · 8046.3%36%–57%
Max Q, E, WStarts Q, E, E · 3.6% · 5554.6%42%–67%
Max Q, W, EStarts Q, E, W · 2.8% · 4339.5%26%–54%

Other finished items

Finished items in the final inventory, outside the most played core
Item	In inventory	Games	Win rate
Malignance2,700 gold	41%	630	45.4%42% to 49%
Liandry's Torment3,000 gold	36%	550	53.5%49% to 58%
Stormsurge2,800 gold	28%	424	54.7%50% to 59%
Zhonya's Hourglass3,250 gold	12%	184	50.5%43% to 58%
Void Staff3,000 gold	11%	171	50.9%43% to 58%
Mejai's Soulstealer1,500 gold	3.9%	59	72.9%60% to 83%
Rylai's Crystal Scepter2,600 gold	3.5%	54	42.6%30% to 56%
Luden's Echo2,750 gold	2.3%	35	45.7%30% to 62%
Rod of Ages2,600 gold	2.1%	32	50.0%34% to 66%
Horizon Focus2,700 gold	1.9%	29	55.2%38% to 72%

Starting items

Doran's Ring, 2 × Health Potion81% · 1,23551.3%48%–54%
2 × Health Potion, Tear of the Goddess10% · 15437.7%30%–46%
Sapphire Crystal, Refillable Potion1.3% · 2055.0%34%–74%
Doran's Ring0.9% · 1457.1%33%–79%

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes83% · 1,27151.2%48%–54%
No boots11% · 16438.4%31%–46%
Crimson Lucidity4.2% · 6442.2%31%–54%
Swiftmarch1.1% · 1631.3%14%–56%

Summoner spells

Exhaust and Flash43% · 66156.1%52%–60%
Flash and Teleport19% · 29145.7%40%–51%
Exhaust and Ignite15% · 23743.5%37%–50%
Flash and Ignite12% · 18242.3%35%–50%

Most played rune pages

Most played rune pages: a keystone with its secondary tree
Page	Picked	Games	Win rate
Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Precision	37%	572	55.6%52% to 60%
Dark HarvestDomination, with Sorcery	32%	497	45.1%41% to 49%
Dark HarvestDomination, with Precision	11%	173	44.5%37% to 52%
First StrikeInspiration, with Sorcery	7.0%	107	43.0%34% to 52%
Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Domination	5.4%	82	48.8%38% to 59%
Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Inspiration	1.1%	17	58.8%36% to 78%

Every rune, by tree

Sorcery
Primary 45% · secondary 39%

1%2%0%45%

78%7%1%

34%1%14%

31%0%56%

Domination
Primary 44% · secondary 6%

0%44%0%

44%6%0%

2%43%1%

7%0%43%

Precision
secondary 49%

0%0%0%0%

0%7%41%

0%3%0%

14%3%33%

Inspiration
Primary 7% · secondary 1%

0%0%8%

0%2%8%

8%0%2%

9%0%0%

Shards

Offense

Adaptive force 92%Ability haste 7%Attack speed 2%

Flex

Adaptive force 100%

Defense

Health scaling 68%Health 30%Tenacity and slow resist 2%

Shard sets

Adaptive force, Adaptive force, Health scaling60% · 91147.0%44%–50%
Adaptive force, Adaptive force, Health25% · 38956.6%52%–61%
Ability haste, Adaptive force, Health scaling4.8% · 7443.2%33%–55%
Adaptive force, Adaptive force, Tenacity and slow resist1.6% · 2437.5%21%–57%

Net LP a game by rank

LP a game95% rangeRank averageSmall sample

By rank

Mid Karthus by rank: games with an LP figure, win rate, LP a win and a loss, and LP a game with its 95% range
Rank	Games	Win rate	A win	A loss	LP a game
Iron48 games, small sample	48	47.9%	+20.7	−15.8	+1.70±5.50
Bronze182 games, small sample	182	45.6%	+20.8	−17.1	+0.20±2.90
Silver238 games, small sample	238	44.2%	+21.0	−18.9	−1.10±2.61
Gold369 games, small sample	369	46.2%	+20.2	−18.2	−0.40±2.02
Platinum296 games, small sample	296	52.5%	+20.5	−18.3	+2.10±2.28
Emerald173 games, small sample	173	49.7%	+19.9	−18.3	+0.70±2.93
Diamond114 games, small sample	114	60.9%	+20.9	−17.4	+6.10±3.54
Master84 games, small sample	84	55.3%	+30.2	−30.0	+3.70±6.45
Grandmaster8 games, small sample	8	62.5%	+27.0	−33.0	+4.50±21.52