Karthus

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KarthusKarthusJungle · Common
All · 16.19 · Total gold38 games 20W 18L · 52.6% win rate Pro 3 games · Specialist 35 games

Starting items

Starting purchase set excl. wards · lane diff 1–5m

Starting set · 38 games total2 variants
  • 52.8%

    95% · 36 games

    GoldCS1m+7.802m+17.4-0.13m-14.704m+4.1-1.95m-27.4-1.8
  • 50.0%

    5% · 2 games

    GoldCS1m+2.502m+28+23m-242+0.54m-222.5+15m-318.5-5

Mid items

Laning buys before core 1 · +1 to +5m after purchase

  • Item 250854.8%

    32.3% · 31 games

    Avg 5.7m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-263.6-5.4+1m-185.6-4.4+2m-115.8-3.4+3m-169-3.8+4m-91.9-3.6+5m-103.1-4.9
  • Item 380248.4%

    32.3% · 31 games

    Avg 5.2m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-15.3-3.6+1m-133.8-4.2+2m-77.9-4.4+3m-55.2-4.5+4m-56.5-3.5+5m+35.2-4.8
  • Item 105239.1%

    24.0% · 23 games

    Avg 4.6m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase-80.5-2.9+1m-36.9-3+2m-97.6-3.8+3m-92.7-3+4m-20.7-1.7+5m-197.6-2.2
  • Item 102750.0%

    6.3% · 6 games

    Avg 5.4m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+209.2+1+1m+394.5+3.3+2m+467.8+5.5+3m+331.5+4.2+4m+437+4.7+5m+193.8+3.7
  • Item 202250.0%

    4.2% · 4 games

    Avg 5.8m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+136.3+1.8+1m+263.3+8.5+2m+172.5+9.3+3m+85+9.5+4m-52.5+6+5m-212.3+3.8
  • Item 1082100.0%

    1.0% · 1 games

    Avg 3.2m to buy

    GoldCSAt purchase+8+4+1m+112-6+2m+401-4+3m+468-1+4m+5640+5m+702+2

Core slots

Core 1·2·3 distribution · lane diff +0 to +5m after completion

Core 1· 38 games

  • Item 250352.6%38 games
    100.0%

    Avg 9.4m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion-3.3-4.5+1m+34.2-4.7+2m+101-4.1+3m+162-1.8+4m+177.6-2.1+5m+216.2-1.8

Core 2· 31 games

  • Item 464568.8%16 games
    51.6%

    Avg 17.2m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+409.2+7.6+1m+748.1+11.6+2m+1024.2+14.6+3m+1544.1+17.3+4m+3082+18.5+5m+4783+45
  • Item 665360.0%15 games
    48.4%

    Avg 16.2m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+631.5-0.9+1m+748.3-2.8+2m+1098.4+5.7+3m+1367.8+9.4+4m+2067.3+13.1+5m+2203.8+15.6

Core 3· 22 games

  • Item 315777.8%9 games
    40.9%

    Avg 21.2m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+2754+13+1m+2510+5
  • Item 464571.4%7 games
    31.8%

    Avg 22.3m to complete

    GoldCSAt completion+1847.5+4.5
  • Item 3089100.0%*2 games
    9.1%

    Avg 24.8m to complete

  • Item 31350.0%*2 games
    9.1%

    Avg 23.1m to complete

  • Item 6653100.0%*1 games
    4.5%

    Avg 22.4m to complete

  • Item 3118100.0%*1 games
    4.5%

    Avg 22.1m to complete

Boots

Tier-2 boots adoption

92.1%

35 games57.1%

7.9%

3 games0.0%

Skill order

Master priority · level-up distribution

1 variants · 38 games total
  • QEW
    38 games52.6%

    11 level-up orders merged

Runes

Primary · secondary · shards

Rune page · 38 games total3 variants
  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8000
    35 games54.3%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8200
    2 games50.0%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

  • Rune 8100
    Rune 8000
    1 games0.0%

    Primary

    Secondary

    Shards

Stat shard combos

Win rate · adoption per 3-shard combo

ShardsGames
54.3%92.1%35
33.3%7.9%3

Summoner spells

Spell pair distribution

Summoner spell pairs · 38 games total2 variants
  • 24 games54.2%
  • 14 games50.0%

Item path

Core purchase order

Core order (boots · legendary) · 38 games total17 variants
  • 7 games0.0%
  • 5 games40.0%
  • 4 games50.0%
  • 4 games75.0%
  • 2 games100.0%
  • 2 games100.0%

Looking at Karthus in the Jungle role on patch 16.19, the record covers 38 games at a 52.6% win rate. All 38 games in this patch sample come from solo queue. With no competitive appearances, the pick priority here can differ from what pro drafts show. By sample size, the lane has been shared most often with Hecarim, Lee Sin, Qiyana.

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