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What decides the jungle matchup: Ivern 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.
Both are farming scaler champions in this lane: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six.
Ivern
jungle · Farming scaler
Ivern free-farms and rarely ganks early. Shove your lane, and don't chase into Daisy later.
Ivern's marking clear leaves lanes alone pre-6; his threat is Daisy plus brush placement in mid-game fights, not early ganks.
Karthus
jungle · Farming scaler
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.
Ivern vs Karthus: Common Questions
- Who wins Ivern vs Karthus?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Ivern 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. Ivern: Ivern free-farms and rarely ganks early. Shove your lane, and don't chase into Daisy later. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six.
- How do you play the Ivern Karthus matchup?
- Ivern and Karthus are both farming scaler champions in the jungle matchup: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Ivern's marking clear leaves lanes alone pre-6; his threat is Daisy plus brush placement in mid-game fights, not early ganks. 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 Ivern?
- Karthus and Ivern are both farming scaler champions: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. What separates them is what each one does with it. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six. Ivern: Ivern free-farms and rarely ganks early. Shove your lane, and don't chase into Daisy later.
- How do I beat Karthus as Ivern?
- 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.