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How to Synergize Trundle with Karthus on the Same TeamTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle with Karthus

How to Win With Trundle and Karthus Paired TogetherTrundle is in the b tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Synergize Trundle and Karthus

based on 2,602 Trundle with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
1.6
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Trundle has fought alongside Karthus in 2602 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Trundle play with Karthus. It is very rare for Trundle to play alongside Karthus as allies. This has only taken place in about 1.1% of matches with Trundle.

Trundle Karthus Synergy Summary

Trundle does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Karthus. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.2% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Trundle when playing alongside Karthus by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Trundle vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

HullbreakerWit's EndThornmailRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport 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: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Trundle and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Trundle with 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 Understand How Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Trundle Karthus Synergy Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Karthus Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.4
6.8
< Deaths >
6.3
5.5
< Assists >
5.5
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
168
< Minions Killed >
143
0.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.5
0.9
< Inhibitors >
0.82
16,804
< Physical Damage >
15,758
2,513
< Magic Damage >
2,360
537
< True Damage >
546
19,855
< Damage Dealt >
18,664
37,849
< Damage Taken >
36,023
12,901
< Gold Earned >
12,372
3.67
< Towers >
3.4
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
16,789
< Total Healing >
16,624
15,386
< Experience >
14,565
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
342
< Time Dealing CC >
339

How to Play with Karthus as Trundle in LoL

The Trundle Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Trundle sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Karthus helps Trundle perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Trundle tries to synergize with Karthus, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Karthus provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Trundle is played with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Karthus.

Additionally, when Trundle plays with Karthus on the same team, he usually receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Karthus does a poor job of covering Trundle in team fights.

Synergies between Trundle and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Trundle
Karthus

Is Trundle better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no one best ally for Trundle that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Karthus is a relatively poor companion for Trundle. By being on the same side as Trundle, he lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 51.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Trundle and Karthus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Karthus has a greater difficulty than Trundle. That means you should be very careful when arranging Karthus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Working together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Trundle and Karthus together, you will not be providing your other allies very much protection for burst damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Karthus ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Trundle and Karthus, we analyzed 2,602 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Trundle with Karthus comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Trundle in order to pair well with Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Trundle and Karthus synergy build include Trinity Force, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Trundle used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Karthus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Trundle had an average win rate of 51.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.

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