MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions

Karthus build, with receipts

Jungle · Items from patches 26.1-26.12

Banned in 1.6% of 1,102,922 ranked games

Most-played choices

What most players pick in each slot.

Most finished three-item core

Blackfire Torch then Shadowflame then Rabadon's Deathcap

53.6% · 1,882 games

Win rates count the games where the item set got finished - the receipt for the completed build.

Most-played starting items

Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion

4,699 games

First finished item

Blackfire Torch

8,818 games

Summoner spells

Exhaust + Smite

8,136 games

Level 1 skill and first max

Q at level 1

16,423 games

Max Q first

16,250 games

Most-played rune page

Dark Harvest — Domination: Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter + Sorcery: Axiom Arcanist, Gathering Storm; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling

4,277 games

Full comparisons

Cores, first items, boots and starting items

The finished core

  • Blackfire Torch then Shadowflame then Rabadon's Deathcap: 53.6% · 1,882 games
  • Blackfire Torch then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass: 52.6% · 1,474 games
  • Blackfire Torch then Liandry's Torment then Shadowflame: 52.8% · 762 games
  • Blackfire Torch then Liandry's Torment then Zhonya's Hourglass: 52.4% · 517 games
  • Malignance then Shadowflame then Rabadon's Deathcap: 52.7% · 410 games

First finished item

  • Blackfire Torch: 50.4% · 8,818 games
  • Malignance: 44.6% · 1,873 games
  • Liandry's Torment: 49.3% · 203 games

Boots

  • Sorcerer's Shoes: 50.1% · 9,967 games
  • Ionian Boots of Lucidity: 43.4% · 205 games

Starting shop

  • Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion: 49.8% · 4,699 games
  • Scorchclaw Pup: 50.0% · 3,422 games
  • Gustwalker Hatchling: 48.9% · 1,014 games
Runes, shards and summoner spells

Most played full page

Dark Harvest — Domination: Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter + Sorcery: Axiom Arcanist, Gathering Storm; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling. 46.4% · 4,277 games.

Runes

  • Dark Harvest: 48.7% · 12,361 games
  • First Strike: 49.4% · 2,109 games
  • Deathfire Touch: 53.9% · 1,949 games

Rune trees

  • Domination + Precision: 50.6% · 6,821 games
  • Domination + Sorcery: 46.4% · 5,418 games
  • Inspiration + Sorcery: 49.4% · 1,907 games

Stat shards

  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling: 48.5% · 12,886 games
  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health: 53.2% · 2,264 games

Summoner spells

  • Exhaust + Smite: 48.2% · 8,136 games
  • Flash + Smite: 50.1% · 7,544 games
  • Smite + Ignite: 57.0% · 737 games
Level 1 skill and first max
  • Q at level 1: 49.4% · 16,423 games
  • Max Q first: 49.6% · 16,250 games