Champion sheet · Jungle

Karthus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

1.3%#170 of 173 champions

Pick: 0.6%picked in 179 of 28,531 games
Ban: 0.7%171 bans over 23,258 games, against 2.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle46.2% between 39.5% and 53.0% over 145 gamesSoloQ 50.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.7 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itDark Harvest, then Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 100% of junglers.Map pressureDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.2%
SoloQ
0.9%
0.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.8%
SoloQ
2.3%
0.8% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 2.3% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.7 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 28.7 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.
SpellsExhaust + Smite instead of Flash + Smite
Amateur
61%
SoloQ
51%
Played in 61% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Smite (51%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Dark Harvest, then Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDark Harvest58% · 10,105

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite51% · 9,019

≠ Amateur: Exhaust + Smite instead of Flash + Smite. 61% · 160 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 57 games

Core (3 legendaries)19% · 1,826

19%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Amateur: Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass (30%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 100% of junglers.

Team damagetop1%26% · junglers: 17%
Map pressuretop9%5.5 · junglers: 4.7

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure
Damage
Poke

Like other junglers

Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Invade

What it is not

Nothing below junglers.

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 99 in lane, 99 in mid game and 99 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

589+205 vs 383

1,328+532 vs 796

1,597+541 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Karthusjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 87% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 99 of 100 among junglers589 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 99 of 100 among junglers1,328 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 99 of 100 among junglers1,597 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 86 of 100 among junglers+309 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 87 of 100 among junglers+532 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 91 of 100 among junglers5.5 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 9 of 100 among junglers416 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 69 of 100 among junglers54% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 51 of 100 among junglers20% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 55 of 100 among junglersrank 55 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 38 of 100 among junglers0.7 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 100 of 100 among junglers26% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 83 of 100 among junglers69 · median 66
Invade · rank 72 of 100 among junglers8% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.