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What decides the jungle matchup: Hecarim 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.
Hecarim
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
Window: before four minutes
Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision 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.
Hecarim vs Karthus: Common Questions
- Who wins Hecarim vs Karthus?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Hecarim 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. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six.
- How do you play the Hecarim Karthus matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between an early ganker and a farming scaler. Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision 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 Hecarim?
- Karthus is a farming scaler: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Hecarim is an early ganker: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
- How do I beat Karthus as Hecarim?
- 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.