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How to Win Trundle vs Karthus Counter MatchupTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle vs Karthus

How to Beat Karthus as Trundle in LoLTrundle is in the b tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Karthus as Trundle

based on 2,824 Trundle vs Karthus matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League matches every week. In our dataset, Trundle did battle with Karthus in 2824 games. Having so many games with Trundle vs Karthus gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare actionable statistics and a recommended build to suppress Karthus. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Trundle is forced to battle against Karthus in only 1.2% of his games.

Trundle vs Karthus Matchup Summary

Trundle does a great job of countering Karthus. On average, he wins a fantastic 55.5% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Trundle against Karthus rounds, Trundle’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Karthus.

Best Trundle vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerSheen

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraThornmailHullbreaker

Optional Items

Experimental HexplateTrinity ForceTitanic HydraWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Trundle to level upq
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Second ability for Trundle to level upw
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Last skill for Trundle to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Trundle's passive ability p
Trundle's q ability q
Trundle's w ability w
Trundle's e ability e
Trundle's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Trundle

Tips for Playing as Trundle against Karthus

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

Advice to Win Against Karthus

Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.

Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.

Trundle vs Karthus Counter Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
Karthus Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.9
6.4
< Deaths >
7.3
5.5
< Assists >
9.4
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
153
< Minions Killed >
88
0.55
< Dragons Killed >
0.89
0.9
< Inhibitors >
0.25
16,727
< Physical Damage >
252
2,504
< Magic Damage >
28,729
550
< True Damage >
1,938
19,782
< Damage Dealt >
30,919
39,670
< Damage Taken >
28,673
13,090
< Gold Earned >
12,550
3.56
< Towers >
1.01
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
18,802
< Total Healing >
9,063
15,482
< Experience >
14,729
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
7
344
< Time Dealing CC >
222

How to Counter Karthus with Trundle in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Trundle versus Karthus counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Trundle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Trundle may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..

Trundle typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Karthus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Trundle and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Trundle
Karthus

Who is Better, Trundle or Karthus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Trundle usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 55.5% win rate. As a result, Trundle makes a fantastic counter to Karthus.

While Trundle does have a much higher winrate compared to Karthus, when facing one another, Trundle also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Trundle into Karthus.

Additionally, Trundle has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Trundle vs Karthus matchups, Trundle is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Trundle is a great counter to Karthus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Trundle against Karthus.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle vs Karthus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karthus as Trundle, we analyzed 2,824 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Karthus as Trundle comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Trundle in order to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Trundle most often gets more CS compared to Karthus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Trundle versus Karthus build include Ravenous Hydra, Thornmail, and Hullbreaker. When Trundle included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Karthus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Trundle had an average win rate of 55.5% when countering Karthus with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Karthus as Trundle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Trundle vs Karthus fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.5% win rate overall.

If you need to see Trundle vs Karthus tips and counter stats for a a distinct skill level, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and guides given are calculated using every match completed with these champions.