Karthus
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions- Pick
- 0.6%picked in 179 of 28,531 games
- Ban
- 0.7%171 bans over 23,258 games, against 2.3% in soloQ
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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.Draft
- How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 80% of ADC.Duelist
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.0%
- SoloQ
- 0.5%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.8%
- SoloQ
- 2.3%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Deathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesDeathfire Touch83% · 8,505
SpellsExhaust + Flash96% · 9,843- Blackfire Torch
- Shadowflame
- Stormsurge
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 80% of ADC.
- Takes its kills in duelstop20%22% · ADC: 19%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC
What marks it
- Duelist
Like other ADC
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Plays teamfights
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- Little damage
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 53% of ADC against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among ADC · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 58 of 100 among ADC-15 · median -54
- Gold at 20 min · rank 47 of 100 among ADC-88 · median -85
- Absorbs damage · rank 4 of 100 among ADC200 · median 361
- Plays teamfights · rank 44 of 100 among ADC55% · median 56%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 80 of 100 among ADC22% · median 19%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 40 of 100 among ADC0.4 · median 0.6
- Team damage · rank 24 of 100 among ADC19% · median 23%
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.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Viktor6 games—SoloQ: 53.5% · 415 g
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as ADC
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.5%9,349 picks of 1,794,600ban 2.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.0%12 picks of 38,304ban 0.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
1.6% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as ADCNot enough series yet: published from 30.