GravesVSKarthus
What decides the jungle matchup: Graves vs Karthus in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Graves
jungle · Jungle invader
Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing.
He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes.
Window: before three minutes
Graves out-duels nearly every jungler pre-6 and invades off it; brush control turns his auto-reset burst against him.
Karthus
jungle · Farming scaler
Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six.
He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six.
Karthus junglers path for farm; lane pressure is nearly free pre-6, then Requiem punishes low-HP trades globally.
Graves vs Karthus: Common Questions
- Who wins Graves vs Karthus?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Graves against Karthus to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Graves: He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six.
- How do you play the Graves Karthus matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between a jungle invader and a farming scaler. Graves out-duels nearly every jungler pre-6 and invades off it; brush control turns his auto-reset burst against him. Karthus junglers path for farm; lane pressure is nearly free pre-6, then Requiem punishes low-HP trades globally.
- What should I know about Karthus vs Graves?
- Karthus is a farming scaler: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Graves is a jungle invader: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six. Graves: He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes.
- How do I beat Karthus as Graves?
- Karthus junglers path for farm; lane pressure is nearly free pre-6, then Requiem punishes low-HP trades globally. He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Karthus you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.