Warwickvs Karthus
Warwick vs Karthus is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Warwick wins with a 56.4% win rate (+12.7%) over Karthus based on 55 games. Warwick holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Warwick build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Warwick vs Karthus matchup.
Warwick Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Warwick 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.
Who Wins the Warwick vs Karthus Matchup?
Warwick vs Karthus Matchup Summary
The Warwick vs Karthus matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 55 recent matches analyzed, Warwick wins with a 56.4% win rate compared to Karthus's 43.6%, giving Warwick a 12.7 percentage point advantage. Warwick dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Karthus players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Warwick leads by 1,335 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Warwick players can confidently pick into Karthus and play aggressively from level 1. Look to establish lane dominance early through favorable trades and zone Karthus away from CS whenever possible. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Warwick vs Karthus Laning Phase Breakdown
Karthus is favored during the laning phase against Warwick, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Karthus holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Warwick Build Against Karthus
Mercury's Treads is the optimal boots choice against Karthus, providing the mobility and stats Warwick needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Warwick against Karthus are Stridebreaker, Blade of The Ruined King and Thornmail. This combination gives Warwick an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 66.7% win rate across 9 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Karthus. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Warwick vs Karthus matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Warwick60.0%
Karthus40.0%Warwick53.3%Karthus46.7%Warwick dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 60.0% win rate — a 20.0 percentage point lead over Karthus. This lopsided early game means Warwick can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Warwick is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 53.3% win rate — 6.7 points above Karthus. Extended games heavily favor Warwick, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Warwick holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Karthus players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Warwick Runes Against Karthus
Precision
Domination
Running Precision primary with Domination secondary allows Warwick to press their advantage against Karthus, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Warwick matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. The table below shows Warwick'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 Warwick build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.67% | 453 | 1.0 | 636 | 12,364 | 54.6% | 45.5% | |
| 48.79% | 330 | 1.0 | 681 | 12,849 | 57.7% | 43.5% | |
| 54.92% | 315 | 0.9 | 625 | 12,109 | 59.2% | 51.2% | |
| 52.67% | 300 | 1.0 | 691 | 12,435 | 53.7% | 52.0% | |
| 47.12% | 278 | 1.1 | 697 | 12,147 | 46.0% | 48.0% | |
| 51.56% | 256 | 1.0 | 641 | 12,322 | 54.2% | 49.3% | |
| 58.77% | 228 | 1.0 | 613 | 11,992 | 61.3% | 56.4% | |
| 61.21% | 214 | 1.1 | 675 | 12,458 | 63.6% | 59.1% | |
| 46.01% | 213 | 1.1 | 576 | 12,082 | 47.6% | 44.5% | |
| 48.11% | 185 | 1.5 | 718 | 12,388 | 50.6% | 45.8% | |
| 44.81% | 183 | 1.0 | 643 | 12,653 | 41.9% | 46.8% | |
| 53.30% | 182 | 1.0 | 628 | 12,624 | 61.4% | 48.2% | |
| 50.94% | 159 | 1.0 | 662 | 12,822 | 56.9% | 46.8% | |
| 57.25% | 138 | 2.0 | 640 | 12,402 | 53.6% | 59.8% | |
| 53.49% | 129 | 1.8 | 678 | 11,852 | 56.5% | 50.8% | |
| 54.76% | 126 | 1.1 | 653 | 12,213 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 45.16% | 124 | 1.1 | 635 | 12,650 | 42.9% | 46.7% | |
| 52.54% | 118 | 1.1 | 650 | 12,444 | 58.5% | 47.7% | |
| 51.72% | 116 | 0.9 | 628 | 11,878 | 50.0% | 53.5% | |
| 47.06% | 102 | 1.1 | 650 | 12,208 | 50.0% | 44.6% | |
| 44.12% | 102 | 1.0 | 640 | 12,287 | 47.8% | 41.1% | |
| 61.22% | 98 | 1.2 | 711 | 13,065 | 67.4% | 56.4% | |
| 49.48% | 97 | 1.0 | 675 | 12,900 | 41.2% | 54.0% | |
| 65.22% | 92 | 0.9 | 623 | 12,257 | 73.8% | 58.0% | |
| 57.14% | 91 | 1.2 | 621 | 11,650 | 59.6% | 54.5% | |
| 51.11% | 90 | 2.9 | 652 | 10,892 | 48.1% | 55.6% | |
| 45.98% | 87 | 0.9 | 661 | 11,488 | 34.9% | 56.8% | |
| 56.32% | 87 | 3.8 | 756 | 12,727 | 65.7% | 50.0% | |
| 55.81% | 86 | 1.0 | 658 | 13,229 | 62.9% | 51.0% | |
| 46.43% | 84 | 4.0 | 730 | 11,336 | 51.4% | 42.5% | |
| 48.19% | 83 | 1.0 | 631 | 12,145 | 48.6% | 47.8% | |
| 60.53% | 76 | 1.1 | 628 | 12,479 | 60.7% | 60.4% | |
| 45.83% | 72 | 3.4 | 627 | 10,927 | 47.2% | 44.4% | |
| 52.24% | 67 | 2.6 | 676 | 11,513 | 50.0% | 54.3% | |
| 56.06% | 66 | 3.3 | 978 | 12,415 | 58.6% | 54.0% | |
| 48.48% | 66 | 1.1 | 663 | 12,246 | 51.7% | 46.0% | |
| 53.85% | 65 | 1.1 | 629 | 13,118 | 46.1% | 59.0% | |
| 52.38% | 63 | 5.4 | 741 | 11,431 | 41.7% | 59.0% | |
| 61.90% | 63 | 1.3 | 716 | 12,859 | 65.4% | 59.5% | |
| 48.33% | 60 | 1.4 | 778 | 12,318 | 51.7% | 45.2% | |
| 64.91% | 57 | 2.3 | 682 | 12,974 | 68.2% | 62.9% | |
| 56.36% | 55 | 1.1 | 705 | 12,873 | 60.0% | 53.3% | |
| 40.74% | 54 | 3.1 | 727 | 11,535 | 36.0% | 44.8% | |
| 55.77% | 52 | 2.5 | 821 | 12,120 | 48.0% | 63.0% | |
| 45.10% | 51 | 1.2 | 684 | 12,922 | 54.2% | 37.0% | |
| 54.90% | 51 | 1.1 | 662 | 11,989 | 52.2% | 57.1% | |
| 53.06% | 49 | 5.6 | 811 | 10,922 | 43.3% | 68.4% | |
| 54.17% | 48 | 3.3 | 752 | 12,368 | 68.4% | 44.8% | |
| 47.83% | 46 | 3.2 | 749 | 12,002 | 47.8% | 47.8% | |
| 55.56% | 45 | 0.9 | 592 | 11,305 | 51.9% | 61.1% | |
| 59.09% | 44 | 4.8 | 933 | 11,858 | 56.0% | 63.2% | |
| 42.86% | 42 | 3.8 | 748 | 11,484 | 50.0% | 36.4% | |
| 42.86% | 42 | 2.0 | 675 | 12,123 | 35.7% | 46.4% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 3.5 | 868 | 12,752 | 53.3% | 34.6% | |
| 50.00% | 40 | 3.4 | 768 | 12,692 | 62.5% | 41.7% | |
| 54.05% | 37 | 3.4 | 828 | 11,901 | 55.6% | 52.6% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 1.3 | 772 | 12,664 | 50.0% | 38.1% | |
| 48.65% | 37 | 1.0 | 666 | 13,032 | 50.0% | 47.6% | |
| 55.56% | 36 | 5.2 | 866 | 11,930 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 58.82% | 34 | 1.2 | 622 | 12,893 | 63.6% | 56.5% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 1.0 | 613 | 11,958 | 53.3% | 35.3% | |
| 41.38% | 29 | 5.9 | 887 | 12,336 | 25.0% | 52.9% | |
| 50.00% | 28 | 2.8 | 591 | 11,409 | 46.7% | 53.9% | |
| 71.43% | 28 | 1.8 | 763 | 14,222 | 88.9% | 63.2% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 1.9 | 817 | 13,965 | 30.0% | 52.9% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 5.9 | 993 | 12,096 | 50.0% | 61.5% | |
| 59.26% | 27 | 6.0 | 940 | 14,191 | 37.5% | 68.4% | |
| 66.67% | 24 | 5.6 | 864 | 10,955 | 63.6% | 69.2% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 5.7 | 707 | 13,047 | 66.7% | 38.9% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 6.2 | 896 | 13,402 | 16.7% | 55.6% | |
| 61.90% | 21 | 3.3 | 765 | 11,295 | 58.3% | 66.7% | |
| 66.67% | 21 | 6.4 | 926 | 12,858 | 77.8% | 58.3% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 5.5 | 823 | 13,291 | 57.1% | 46.1% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 4.7 | 741 | 11,976 | 36.4% | 50.0% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 5.3 | 1,020 | 13,639 | 42.9% | 33.3% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 4.1 | 648 | 12,292 | 37.5% | 77.8% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 3.0 | 744 | 11,793 | 28.6% | 88.9% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 1.8 | 766 | 14,588 | 75.0% | 45.5% | |
| 66.67% | 15 | 6.5 | 770 | 12,061 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 71.43% | 14 | 1.0 | 663 | 13,830 | 87.5% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 1.1 | 551 | 9,852 | 71.4% | 42.9% | |
| 76.92% | 13 | 5.3 | 764 | 13,010 | 50.0% | 88.9% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 1.9 | 801 | 9,834 | 12.5% | 60.0% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 6.0 | 985 | 10,490 | 71.4% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 5.2 | 756 | 12,015 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 5.1 | 634 | 11,439 | 20.0% | 42.9% | |
| 83.33% | 12 | 5.3 | 830 | 14,318 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 0.9 | 705 | 12,462 | 33.3% | 57.1% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 0.7 | 634 | 11,454 | 42.9% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.7 | 740 | 12,084 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.7 | 715 | 12,328 | 40.0% | 60.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.4 | 584 | 11,222 | 75.0% | 40.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 5.5 | 764 | 13,953 | 100.0% | 37.5% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 4.7 | 657 | 11,960 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 0.7 | 479 | 10,307 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.1 | 715 | 12,941 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.2 | 701 | 13,055 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 5.6 | 556 | 11,087 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 3.9 | 771 | 11,691 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.1 | 700 | 9,837 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
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Warwick vs Karthus - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Warwick do against Karthus in League of Legends?
Warwick wins the Warwick vs Karthus matchup with a 56.4% win rate compared to Karthus's 43.6%, a 12.7 percentage point difference. This data is based on 55 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Warwick do against Karthus in the early game?
In the early game, Warwick has the advantage against Karthus with a 60.0% win rate versus 40.0%. Warwick players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Warwick do against Karthus in the late game?
In the late game, Warwick takes over the Warwick vs Karthus matchup with a 53.3% win rate compared to 46.7%. Warwick scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Warwick vs Karthus matchup?
Warwick wins the matchup against Karthus with a 56.4% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 12.7 percentage point advantage means Warwick is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 55 games analyzed.
What is the best Warwick build against Karthus?
The best Warwick build against Karthus includes Stridebreaker, Blade of The Ruined King, Thornmail with Mercury's Treads. This build achieves a 66.7% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Warwick runes against Karthus?
The best Warwick runes against Karthus use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 60.0% win rate in the Warwick vs Karthus matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Warwick counter Karthus?
Yes, Warwick has a favorable matchup against Karthus with a 56.4% win rate. Warwick strongly counters Karthus in lane based on current patch 26.11 data.
How do I play Warwick against Karthus?
When playing Warwick against Karthus, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.