How to win lane as Veigar against Karthus · 58.85% win rate over 192 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karthus | Karthus's level-1 Lay Waste poke out-ranges and out-trades your empty kit. |
| Level 2 | Karthus | At level 2 his Q bombs keep chunking you off every last-hit. |
| Level 3 | Karthus | Through level 3 his poke plus Wall of Pain zoning denies you safe farm. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karthus | At levels 4-5 his relentless Q spam keeps you pinned and behind. |
| Level 6 | Karthus | At 6 his global Requiem execute pressures you anywhere and outpaces your engage. |
| First item | Karthus | Into the first-item window his AoE clear and undying passive still out-value your trades. |
| Two+ items | Veigar | Very late your deeply stacked Q burst plus Event Horizon finally deletes him before Requiem lands. |
Karthus controls levels 1-2: his Lay Waste bombs poke you off every last-hit and out-range your kit, so concede the push, farm Baleful Strike from max distance, and never step into a Wall-of-Pain-slowed trade.
The full Veigar 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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