Karthus

Ranked Solo

Off-meta Top

Win rate49.6%−0.4 pts vs Top 50.0%

LP a game+2.90±1.32 · Top +2.36

Games1,189Top · patch 26.20

Pick rate0.12%as Top

Ban rate0.41%any role

Updated 13 Oct, 03:00 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

Lane opponents

No Top opponent has 100 games against Karthus yet.

Build and runes

Most played in Top · 1,189 games

Core items: BtShRd; 58.9%13% played
Boots: SsSorcerer's Shoes; 51.7%78% played
Starting items: DrHpHp; 51.1%83% played
Spells: ExFl; 51.1%28% played

Runes: Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Precision; 53.0%53% played
Shards: Adaptive force · Adaptive force · Health; 51.6%49% played
Skill order: Starts; 51.8%48% played

Full build Every rune

Win rate by rank

Win rate by game length

Minutes

Win rate by patch

The other Top picks are on the Top 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	13%	158	58.9%51% to 66%
BtShZhBlackfire Torch · Shadowflame · Zhonya's Hourglass	8.2%	97	60.8%51% to 70%
BtLtShBlackfire Torch · Liandry's Torment · Shadowflame	7.7%	92	47.8%38% to 58%
BtShLtBlackfire Torch · Shadowflame · Liandry's Torment	4.4%	52	57.7%44% to 70%
MaShRdMalignance · Shadowflame · Rabadon's Deathcap	2.8%	33	66.7%50% to 80%
BtShStBlackfire Torch · Shadowflame · Stormsurge	2.6%	31	61.3%44% to 76%
MaLtShMalignance · Liandry's Torment · Shadowflame	1.9%	22	50.0%31% to 69%
BtLtZhBlackfire Torch · Liandry's Torment · Zhonya's Hourglass	1.7%	20	35.0%18% to 57%

Skill order

MaxStarts

Karthus's most played skill order as Top
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 · 48% · 57351.8%48%–56%
Max Q, E, WStarts Q, E, W · 26% · 31146.9%41%–53%
Max Q, W, EStarts Q, E, W · 4.0% · 4854.2%40%–67%
Max Q, W, EStarts Q, E, Q · 3.5% · 4259.5%44%–73%
Max Q, E, WStarts Q, W, E · 3.4% · 4037.5%24%–53%

Other finished items

Finished items in the final inventory, outside the most played core
Item	In inventory	Games	Win rate
Liandry's Torment3,000 gold	38%	455	51.2%47% to 56%
Malignance2,700 gold	25%	302	45.7%40% to 51%
Zhonya's Hourglass3,250 gold	21%	252	55.6%49% to 62%
Void Staff3,000 gold	17%	208	55.8%49% to 62%
Stormsurge2,800 gold	12%	142	58.5%50% to 66%
Mejai's Soulstealer1,500 gold	3.5%	41	75.6%61% to 86%
Rylai's Crystal Scepter2,600 gold	3.3%	39	46.2%32% to 61%
Morellonomicon2,850 gold	2.9%	34	55.9%39% to 71%
Rod of Ages2,600 gold	1.5%	18	55.6%34% to 75%
Cryptbloom3,000 gold	1.2%	14	71.4%45% to 88%

Starting items

Doran's Ring, 2 × Health Potion83% · 98151.1%48%–54%
2 × Health Potion, Tear of the Goddess8.2% · 9739.2%30%–49%
Amplifying Tome, Control Ward2.3% · 2733.3%19%–52%
Sapphire Crystal, Refillable Potion1.1% · 1361.5%36%–82%

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes78% · 93351.7%48%–55%
No boots18% · 21341.8%35%–49%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity2.1% · 2540.0%23%–59%

Summoner spells

Exhaust and Flash28% · 32951.1%46%–56%
Flash and Teleport19% · 22246.9%40%–53%
Flash and Ignite19% · 22048.2%42%–55%
Exhaust and Teleport13% · 15848.7%41%–56%

Most played rune pages

Most played rune pages: a keystone with its secondary tree
Page	Picked	Games	Win rate
Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Precision	53%	625	53.0%49% to 57%
Dark HarvestDomination, with Sorcery	22%	256	44.9%39% to 51%
Dark HarvestDomination, with Precision	8.8%	104	38.5%30% to 48%
First StrikeInspiration, with Sorcery	8.5%	101	49.5%40% to 59%
Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Domination	3.5%	42	52.4%38% to 67%
Deathfire TouchSorcery, with Inspiration	1.4%	17	64.7%41% to 83%

Every rune, by tree

Sorcery
Primary 59% · secondary 30%

1%0%0%58%

74%15%0%

45%1%14%

49%0%41%

Precision
secondary 62%

0%0%0%0%

0%20%42%

1%1%0%

14%3%47%

Domination
Primary 30% · secondary 4%

0%31%0%

32%2%0%

5%25%1%

5%0%30%

Inspiration
Primary 8% · secondary 1%

0%0%9%

0%1%10%

10%0%1%

9%0%0%

Shards

Offense

Adaptive force 96%Ability haste 4%

Flex

Adaptive force 99%Health scaling 1%

Defense

Health 51%Health scaling 48%Tenacity and slow resist 1%

Shard sets

Adaptive force, Adaptive force, Health49% · 58151.6%48%–56%
Adaptive force, Adaptive force, Health scaling44% · 52347.4%43%–52%
Ability haste, Adaptive force, Health scaling2.0% · 2458.3%39%–76%
Ability haste, Adaptive force, Health1.1% · 1392.3%67%–99%

Net LP a game by rank

LP a game95% rangeRank averageSmall sample

By rank

Top 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
Iron26 games, small sample	26	61.5%	+20.8	−20.6	+4.80±8.02
Bronze83 games, small sample	83	54.2%	+21.0	−16.1	+4.00±4.21
Silver133 games, small sample	133	45.2%	+22.6	−18.3	+0.40±3.57
Gold200 games, small sample	200	50.5%	+21.4	−16.3	+2.80±2.76
Platinum287 games, small sample	287	51.4%	+22.4	−17.9	+2.90±2.44
Emerald224 games, small sample	224	46.7%	+22.2	−19.0	+0.50±2.83
Diamond127 games, small sample	127	46.2%	+28.1	−17.1	+4.30±4.22
Master80 games, small sample	80	51.9%	+42.1	−28.2	+8.70±8.20
Grandmaster4 games, small sample	4	75.0%	+54.7	−33.0	+32.80±42.97
Challengerno LP figure	–	0.0%	–	–	No LP figure