Karthus, League of Legends champion
Win Rate
48.9%
Pick Rate
1.0%
Ban Rate
0.5%

Karthus vs Nidalee

Karthus D TierMage
Patch
26.19
Games
937
Lane
All Lanes
Tier
All Tiers
Last Updated
Oct 4, 2026 UTC
Methodology
Data Methodology

Karthus vs Nidalee is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Karthus wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Nidalee based on 6 games. Nidalee wins the early laning phase while Karthus scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Karthus build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Karthus vs Nidalee matchup.

Karthus Matchup Breakdown

Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Karthus performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.

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Karthus
Karthus
58.3%
VS
Nidalee
41.7%
Nidalee

Who wins Karthus vs Nidalee?

Too few games to callInsufficient data

Karthus wins 58.3% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 32.0% and 80.7% (95% range).

Expected
51.8%
From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
Matchup effect
+6.5 pts
Observed minus expected
Sample
12 games
Lane: Jungle
vs patch 26.18
—
Not enough games on both patches

Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28

Key takeaways

  • Only 12 Karthus vs Nidalee games were recorded in the Jungle role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
How we calculate this

Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.

A game only counts when Karthus and Nidalee played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.

The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.

Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.

"What changes" compares Karthus's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).

Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.

Karthus vs Nidalee Laning Stats

KarthusNidalee

Only 11 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.

Whole-game averages

1.4
CS / min
1.0
1,179
DMG / min
759
14,585
Gold / game
13,040
314
Heal / min
669
473
DMG Mitigated / min
609
0.6
CC / min
0.3

Karthus vs Nidalee Win Rate by Game Length

Karthus's win rate against Nidalee by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.

Too few games
Under 20 min
1 games
Too few games
20–25 min
1 games
Too few games
25–30 min
2 games
Too few games
30–35 min
6 games
Too few games
35+ min
2 games
Karthus vs Nidalee95% rangeKarthus usual (Jungle)

No game length stands out: Karthus's results against Nidalee in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.

Karthus vs Nidalee Power Spikes

Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.

  1. Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
  2. First itemInsufficient data
  3. Games under 20 minInsufficient data
  4. 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
  5. 30+ min gamesInsufficient data

What Karthus Changes Against Nidalee

Only 12 games so far — too few to compare what Karthus players do in this matchup with their usual choices (needs 20).

Best Karthus Build vs Nidalee

Usual Karthus build (Jungle)

71.1% win rate · 38 games

Against Nidalee

Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 0 of 12 Karthus games against Nidalee carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Karthus's standard build instead.

Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.

Best Karthus Runes vs Nidalee

Usual Karthus runes (Jungle)

Deathfire TouchDeathfire Touch
Sorcery
Axiom ArcanistAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Precision
TriumphLast Stand
Adaptive Force (offense)Adaptive Force (flex)Health Scaling (defense)

57.0% win rate · 79 games

Against Nidalee

Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.

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Karthus matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Karthus's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Karthus build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.

Other Karthus Matchups

Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.

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Karthus vs Nidalee FAQ - Patch 26.19

Who wins Karthus vs Nidalee?

Only 12 Karthus vs Nidalee games were recorded in the Jungle role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.

What is Karthus's win rate against Nidalee?

Karthus wins 58.3% of 12 Jungle games against Nidalee on patch 26.19 (95% range 32.0–80.7%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 51.8% would be expected.

Does Karthus counter Nidalee?

There are only 12 Karthus vs Nidalee games in this lane on patch 26.19 — too few to answer reliably yet.

Who wins lane, Karthus or Nidalee?

There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (11) to say who wins lane.

Does Karthus outscale Nidalee?

There are too few games of each length to tell yet.

When is Nidalee strongest against Karthus?

On current data there is no stage of the game where Nidalee is ahead of Karthus beyond the margin of error.

What should Karthus build against Nidalee?

There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Karthus's usual Jungle core: Liandry's Torment, Stormsurge, Shadowflame.

What runes should Karthus use against Nidalee?

Use Karthus's usual Deathfire Touch page (Sorcery + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.