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What decides the jungle matchup: Jarvan IV 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.
Jarvan IV
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
His flag-and-drag lands from range. Stand behind your minions and ward river at 2:30.
Window: before three minutes
E-Q crosses distance no normal gank can, so hugging your own minion line and early river vision beat the knock-up.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Karthus: Common Questions
- Who wins Jarvan IV vs Karthus?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Jarvan IV 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. Jarvan IV: His flag-and-drag lands from range. Stand behind your minions and ward river at 2:30. Karthus: He full-clears and barely ganks. Trade aggressively early, but track his ult from six.
- How do you play the Jarvan IV Karthus matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between an early ganker and a farming scaler. E-Q crosses distance no normal gank can, so hugging your own minion line and early river vision beat the knock-up. 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 Jarvan IV?
- Karthus is a farming scaler: Clears camps rather than ganking early, which leaves the lanes free to play forward before six. Jarvan IV 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. Jarvan IV: His flag-and-drag lands from range. Stand behind your minions and ward river at 2:30.
- How do I beat Karthus as Jarvan IV?
- 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.