Miss Fortune vs Karthus — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Miss Fortune against Karthus · 54.7% win rate over 1,084 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Miss Fortune is favoured — Miss Fortune owns 6 of the 7 game windows. Miss Fortune wins 54.7% of games vs Karthus in bot lane (adc) (1,084 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Miss FortuneAt level 1 your burst combo out-trades an immobile, mana-hungry Karthus.
Level 2Miss FortuneLevel 2 stays yours as you punish his poke-and-farm playstyle.
Level 3Miss FortuneAt 3 your Double Up combo beats him straight-up with no self-peel on his side.
Levels 4-5Miss FortuneThrough levels 4-5 his zero mobility lets you walk him down on Wall of Pain cooldowns.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 Requiem's global execute evens the phase - low-HP misplays let his ult punish you.
First itemMiss FortuneAt one item your Bullet Time burst re-establishes the edge on a squishy caster.
Two+ itemsMiss FortuneBy two-plus items you still out-duel his defenseless frame up close.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You beat bot-lane Karthus levels 1-2: he's an immobile caster who wants to farm and poke with Lay Waste, and your Love Tap plus Double Up out-trade him whenever he steps up. Punish his mana-hungry early game and zone him off CS while respecting his Wall of Pain slow.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Miss Fortune vs Karthus report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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