Karthus vs Diana JUNGLE Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Karthus vs Diana

Updated Jun 4, 2026

Overview

Prioritize full clears and avoid early river fights to protect your tempo against Diana's medium early pressure.
Use your superior clear speed and scaling to outpace Diana and influence objectives with global damage.
Play around your lack of mobility by tracking Diana's position and avoiding isolated skirmishes where her burst and mobility excel.

Jungle Plan

Focus on efficient camp cycling and full clears to reach your first AP item spike faster than Diana.
Contest river control and objectives only when you have lane priority or numerical advantage to avoid Diana's burst and mobility punish.
Track Diana's pathing to set up counter-ganks after she uses (E) aggressively or commits to ganks, then use (R) to finish low-health enemies.

Danger windows

Vulnerable to early invades before reaching your first full clear reset; avoid overextending in river without vision.
Isolated river fights are risky due to Diana's burst and mobility; avoid contesting Scuttle without lane priority.
Objective fights can become dangerous if (R) is up; ensure vision control and avoid forced smite fights when low on health.

Early game

Start with a full clear path toward your safest side to avoid Diana's early level 3 burst combo.
Contest first Scuttle only if nearby lanes have priority to support and prevent Diana from resetting her (E).
Avoid early invades and counter-invade only when you have vision and lane priority to prevent losing tempo.

Power spikes

Level 6 unlocks (R), enabling you to influence fights globally and finish off low-health targets; use this to punish extended fights.
First completed AP item boosts your clear speed and objective damage; cycle camps quickly to leverage this advantage.
Respect Diana's level 3 burst combo with (Q)+(E) and her level 6 (R) all-in threat; avoid extended fights when these are available.

Win conditions

Use your faster clear speed and efficient full clears to reach key item spikes before Diana and pressure objectives.
Leverage your global (R) to secure kills and assist lanes after skirmishes lower enemy health.
Deny Diana early tempo by avoiding her burst windows and punishing her cooldowns to scale into a powerful late-game damage threat.