# Karthus Counters Who counters Karthus? Best and worst picks against Karthus by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Karthus in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) ## Page Content [Karthus guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) [Play against Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/how-to-play-against/) [Karthus counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/counters/) Best and worst picks against Karthus in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Dr. Mundo, Nidalee and Gragas beat Karthus most often. Master Yi and Graves win the laning phase against Karthus by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Karthus Highest win rate versus Karthus in Jungle. - 1 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 151 games 60.3% - 2 [Nidalee](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/) 109 games 58.7% - 3 [Gragas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gragas/) 203 games 58.6% - 4 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 178 games 58.4% - 5 [Bel'Veth](https://baronbuff.com/champions/belveth/) 111 games 57.7% - 6 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 133 games 57.1% - 7 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 163 games 56.4% - 8 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 252 games 55.6% - 9 [Kayn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/) 353 games 55.5% - 10 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 234 games 55.1% - 11 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 198 games 55.0% - 12 [Vi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vi/) 145 games 54.5% - 13 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 120 games 54.2% - 14 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 123 games 53.7% - 15 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 427 games 53.2% ## Worst picks against Karthus Lowest win rate versus Karthus in Jungle. - 1 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 112 games 41.1% - 2 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 338 games 42.0% - 3 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 121 games 43.8% - 4 [Kha'Zix](https://baronbuff.com/champions/khazix/) 323 games 45.2% - 5 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 224 games 46.0% - 6 [Jarvan IV](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jarvaniv/) 219 games 47.5% - 7 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 232 games 47.8% - 8 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 282 games 48.2% - 9 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 239 games 49.0% ## Best lane counters vs Karthus Largest gold lead over Karthus at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Master Yi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/) 131 games +179 - 2 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 137 games +169 ## How to play against Karthus Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Crash early waves cleanly, then let the bounce protect you from slow gank paths. Recall before staying at low health where his ult can finish you. - Reset earlier than usual before dragons and towers if his ult is available. Force skirmishes when he is far from the fight or has already spent it. - Keep health high before Baron and Elder starts. Disengage and reset after close fights instead of giving his passive and ult a cleanup window. ## Where Karthus is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Karthus is immobile and cannot force targets to stay, so gap closers and disengage punish his positioning. - His damage is strongest when fights stay extended or low-health, making clean resets deny his global cleanup. ## Karthus counters: questions ### Who counters Karthus in Jungle? At Gold+, Dr. Mundo (60.3%), Nidalee (58.7%) and Gragas (58.6%) have the highest win rates against Karthus. ### Who does Karthus counter? Karthus wins most often against Zed (41.1%), Viego (42.0%) and Rengar (43.8%). ### Who wins lane against Karthus? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Master Yi (+179) and Graves (+169) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Karthus. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Master Yi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/masteryi/counters/) - [Graves counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)