Tier list / ADC / Karthus

Karthus matchups

Tier 2#6 ADC9Full build
You playKarthus

Tier 255.3% win · #6 adc

Karthus favoured54.3%Karthus wins 54.3% of games into Kai'Sa, a little below the 55.3% Karthus wins overall.
AgainstKai'Sa

Tier 149.0% win · #3 adc

54.3%45.2%

745 gamesSample A 52.0%Sample B 56.3%Sample C 55.0%Gold at 15 +196Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Karthus: Gold 53.8% · Plat 55.5% · Emerald 55.1% · Diamond 57.6%Kai'Sa: Gold 49.5% · Plat 49.8% · Emerald 49.6% · Diamond 48.7%

Lane plan

No lane tip for this matchup yet; the facts on the right still hold.

  • Blackfire Torch

    You complete Blackfire Torch at ~10 min; Kai'Sa completes Kraken Slayer at ~11 min. You spike together.

  • Level 3: Kai'Sa's Void Seeker (W) is 20s, your Defile (E) is 0.5s, so you're back first. Level 6: Kai'Sa's ultimate 130s, yours 200s.

  • Barrier

    Kai'Sa takes Flash + Barrier in 69.0% of games. You take Exhaust + Flash (93.9%).

Build into Kai'Sa

Sample B · Emerald+ · 280 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

  1. Start0:00

    Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

    Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

    98.9% of games · 56.7% win

  2. First back

    Amplifying TomeLost ChapterFated Ashes

    Amplifying Tome, Lost Chapter, Fated Ashes

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item10 min

    Blackfire Torch

    Blackfire Torch

    97.9% of games · 56.9% win

  4. 2nd item17 min

    Shadowflame

    Shadowflame

    58.2% of games · 53.4% win
    • Liandry's Torment63.1%
    • Stormsurge57.6%

  5. 3rd item23 min

    Rabadon's Deathcap

    Rabadon's Deathcap

    21.8% of games · 50.8% win
    • Shadowflame63.5%
    • Stormsurge67.5%

  6. Boots15 min

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    94.3% of games · 57.2% win

  7. Late28–28 min

    Rabadon's Deathcap

    Rabadon's Deathcap

    One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 202 games

SorcerySorcery

  1. Deathfire TouchDeathfire Touchpicked in 72.1%
  2. Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanistpicked in 67.9%
  3. TranscendenceTranscendencepicked in 55.4%
  4. ScorchScorchpicked in 60.0%

PrecisionPrecision

  1. Presence of MindPresence of Mindpicked in 81.4%
  2. Last StandLast Standpicked in 75.7%

Shards

Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealthAdaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 73 games
Q13579
W41415
E28101213
R611

Max

  1. QEW97.1% pick · 266 games57.5%

Kai'Sa: Q start, max QEW10,802 games

Summoner spells

ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash93.9% pick

FlashBarrierKai'Sa: Flash + Barrier, 69.0%77,518 games

Play against Kai'Sa

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Kai'Sa's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana
  1. P Second SkinPassive
  2. Q Icathian Rain10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6s cooldown · 55 mana · 600 range10s10s8s6s
  3. W Void Seeker20 / 18.5 / 17 / 15.5 / 14s cooldown · 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 mana · 3000 range—20s20s20s
  4. E Supercharge16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10s cooldown · 30 mana—16s16s13s
  5. R Killer Instinct130 / 100 / 70s cooldown · 100 mana · 2000 / 2500 / 3000 range——130s130s

Void Seeker (W) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Karthus's abilities

You · uses mana
  1. P Death DefiedPassive
  2. Q Lay Waste0s cooldown · 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 mana · 875 range0s0s0s0s
  3. W Wall of Pain15s cooldown · 70 mana · 1000 range——15s15s
  4. E Defile0.5s cooldown · 30 / 42 / 54 / 66 / 78 mana · 550 range—0.5s0.5s0.5s
  5. R Requiem200 / 180 / 160s cooldown · 100 mana · 10000 range——200s180s

— means not learned yet at that level.

All 3 adc matchups

Karthus's win rate into each one · green beats Karthus's average, rose falls short
54.0%56.0%58.0%60.0%62.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.