This MU is VERY reliant on the skill of the Lee Sin in question; bad Lees are an annoyance that will get outscaled in the late game, while good Lee Sin players will make your game an absolute nightmare from start to finish and prevent any good engage you have by instantly kicking you away from them (said variability is why this matchup is rated as hard; it could easily be Very Hard otherwise). You can fight Lee early on, as long as you are either full HP or he misses his Q, but it’s a waste of time to commit to a fight if he has W up because he will always get away. His clear is also fairly fast, and he can put pressure from very early on, so you will need to track him to make sure you and your team have a chance to retaliate. He is very vulnerable to counterganks, though, and in the mid to late game, while he still has some respectable damage, he will be relegated to an inSec kick bot. Do note however that good Lee Sins will ALWAYS find a way to catch people out, and his objective control is phenomenal; do NOT ever attempt an objective if he is near and he can’t be peeled because he can steal it with ease. Armor also lowers his damage very significantly, which means that DD and Tabi are of great value against him. The key things to remember here is to be careful whenever you attempt a gank if you don’t know where he is, and to make sure he doesn’t snowball every lane out of control.

Easier to use than Lee Sin, and way more hard-hitting early on. Do NOT attempt to fight him early game if you don’t have Conqueror, because he will win that fight thanks to his ridiculously powerful level 3. However, he is VERY vulnerable to counterganks and his clear, while healthy and consistent, is not the fastest in the game, so you could try going for an invade if you know where he is and if your lanes have priority. His objective control is also pretty decent, but not as strong as some other champions on this list. Steal everything he has if he attempts a gank, and try to countergank him yourself once he has used W. In the mid to late game he will pretty much become an annoyance that your carries will take a while to bring down thanks to his R, but he can’t get to them if your team has any sort of peel whatsoever and you can focus on his carries. If he snowballs, however, the game becomes WAY harder. As with Lee Sin, Armor helps tremendously, and the moment you get DD + Tabi he will barely tickle you – but do not commit to a fight with him unless you are 100% sure you will be alone for a while.

Almost as annoying as Poppy, but way easier to take down. The thing about Vi is that her entire kit, if properly used, can HEAVILY deny you in a fight, and if you don’t have EoN up you will pretty much be suppressed until you are bursted down. However, because she is a bruiser instead of a tank, it means that once her Q and R are down, she is toast, since her Q is her main source of burst damage and if you dodge it she is pretty much a deer in the headlights. Early game is easy until she gets 6, just keep track of where she is at every time and try to catch her out with 4 stacks so you can E her the moment she tries Q’ing you. She is also very vulnerable to counterganks, for all the aforementioned reasons. However, there are two things you should keep in mind: never EVER fight her on your own when she is 6 unless you are terribly ahead, and be wary of any early objectives that spawn because she can solo them with ease, so try to either keep them warded or warn your team she might attempt them if they have priority. All in all, this is a rough matchup, but with enough windows to not feel totally unfair.

This is very simple: he lands his Q+E combo? You die. He misses it? You have a window to burst him down, but always being wary of where his team is. The thing about Jarvan that makes him difficult to face as Rengar is that his early to mid game is VERY strong, he has very good ganks as soon as he hits level 2, and you can’t emp E him reliably since his E+Q ignores roots, so if he has them up he can always just book it away from you. His level 6 is also quite dangerous, but a well timed flash can negate the damage entirely. The real advantages you have in this matchup are similar to Vi’s: he is very vulnerable to counterganks and once his E+Q are down he is as good as dead. He also gets outscaled significantly as the game goes on, as long as he didn’t snowball, and his objective control is decent but not fast enough to be able to reliably do objectives alone. However, he is also VERY able to snowball a game out of control very fast, so do not be afraid to ping your team every time you suspect he might be on his way to gank them.

Rough matchup until late game, and even then a full combo of his will chunk you down hard if you don’t have your emp W up. His early game is also pretty rough, but if he has his E down you will be able to win a trade. Be wary of his damage though, since most Jungle Volibears will get PTA and chunk you down with his Q+AA+W reset. Never fight him alone if his E is up, you will always lose. His R is also something to be wary of once he hits 6, since it hits for a ton and the fact it deactivates turrets means his team WILL dive you with abandon. Be careful about early dragons with him too, he will 100% try to do them if he is even or slightly ahead. The main weakpoints he has are his clear (his is slower than yours, so if he wants to contest scuttle you might have an XP lead), and the fact he ends up falling off in late game if he doesn’t get ahead / doesn’t get a bruiser build. Try to countergank him and clear whatever side he left unfarmed, and warn your team every time you suspect he might gank them (same as J4 here).

You will only win this in the VERY late game, and even then if he has R up you might lose. Trundle is an excellent duelist, and he excels against AA based champions – and since you need to be up close to do damage to him, he just loves facing you. Early game you can actually kill him if you get the drop on him with 4 stacks, but if he manages to get you first, just run; you will not win the duel when his Q steals your AD and his W gives him TREMENDOUS attack speed. He also has excellent objective control and good gank set up, but he has a few weaknesses: since he is single target, his clear is VERY slow, to the point he can’t do raptors early on without having to consider sacrificing a camp before scuttle. He is also screwed without his E and W up during counterganks, and since his CDs on those 2 abilities are fairly high, there is a window to abuse too. One thing you should also note is that his W leaves a snowy effect wherever it’s used, so you can kind of tell if he is trying to do an objective if you are nearby without wards. Overall, very rough matchup, and if he gets ahead he will make your life hell- but Tabis screw him up, he can be kited pretty hard late game, and in late game he will pretty much be an ult bot. Do note, however, that building resists against him is NOT a good idea; Tabis + DD is the ideal setup for dealing with him, and even then you will have to disengage whenever he ults you.

Early game god who will make the first 20-25 minutes of the game unbearable, to the point that fighting him after 6 is practically suicide. He is weak early on, when he has thrown his axes, but only if you have 4 fero stacks; else he can still maul you. Getting hit by a single axe also means he will just keep locking you down, until you are a pretty nice fur in his wall. His objective control is also great, too, and his clear is very fast. What you should do in this matchup is to get your lanes ahead asap, and countergank him since he is pretty boned once he is commited, and he falls off quite hard the longer the game goes on. Do be careful after he gets Goredrinker, because he can turn a fight around with ridiculous ease, and NEVER fight him alone.

Fairly dead champion, especially with a rework now incoming, but still a great pain in the ass to play against. His crystals are a priority target in every single game, since being around them gives him a massive stat boost that makes you unable to 1v1 him- and even if he doesn’t, the fact that he can stun and slow you for an eternity makes any attempts on soloing him unadvisable at best and suicidal at worst. However, beyond that, he is not that huge of a deal – it’s just that his kit is very good at denying you, and the suppression in teamfights WILL mean your death if you don’t have 4 stacks. Going bruiser heavily reduces the pressure he has on you, and in late game he is pretty much just an ult bot since he gets outclassed everywhere else. He is good at ganking, but not a great objective contester, and at worst if you countergank him he will just run away. Do consider getting a QSS item against him if he is permanently making a beeline for you in every fight – it will make him utterly worthless.

Let me make one thing totally clear here: you do NOT win 1v1s against this guy. You only have a TINY window in the early game to solo kill him, and that’s when he uses E to remove the scuttle shield – if he does it, ofc, since he might choose to smite it instead. His kit is just a drain tank nightmare that makes soloing at any point of the game completely suicidal, and because of his W his counterganks will make very short work out of you. But that’s where the difficulty lies: his early clear, while safe, is very slow since he only has single target damage abilities, his ganks are nothing to write home about (at least until 6) and he takes a while to scale since his builds are fairly expensive. If a gank is going south, just book it out of there, since he will track you all down and clean house, and be sure to keep vision on every objective, because he can solo them from very early on. In late game he still a very annoying champion but if you have any amount of peel his threat in a teamfight disminishes. You can also try to counterjungle him if you ever see him anywhere on the map. Maw + DD HEAVILY reduces the pressure he has on you in late game, but it might not be enough to make sure you can duel him.

One of the most annoying tanks you can face as Rengar, Sejuani gives you the issue of having a decently fast clear (but not faster than yours), VERY heavy CC, some absurd resilience, and being quite slippery for a woman riding a giant boar. A good Sejuani will make every attempt you make to jump onto someone impossible unless you get EoN, and dueling her is a bad idea unless you get the drop on her first. However, this is not to say she is without weaknesses: she is very vulnerable during ganks if she goes in first, their objective clear is steady but slow, and if she gets set behind she becomes a CC bot who can’t do much but tank. However, do note that 1v1 is an exercise in futility at any point during the game, and you only stand a chance to kill her if you build specifically for it, which might not be worth it depending on their comp. Counterjungling her is an option, and if you snowball your lanes she will be unable to do anything all game.

Ok, this is another Lee Sin situation; bad Gragas are just an annoyance, good Gragas will make you permaban the champion out of trauma for a while. He is specially annoying for Rengar, because his E will interrupt your jump every time, his W makes him VERY beefy, and his peel + burst is incredibly annoying. His clear is also reliably fast, too. The key here is to track him down and countergank him everytime he jumps in, you have a window of time where he can’t do jackshit and just carve him a new one. He is also fairly slow on objectives, which means that he will not do them on his own and depends on his team to secure them, and if he gets set behind he won’t get a chance to scale. Getting Maw and / or EoN also helps TREMENDOUSLY against him, and the former will ensure he will rarely kill you on your own. Just be careful in teamfights and try to pick off people instead of going all in.

Another champ that’s fairly skill reliant to be good, Graves can be a real pain in the ass if he knows what he is doing, thanks to his ridiculous damage, fast clear, and decent scaling. The matchup has become significantly easier lately, however, thanks to the DD changes and Tabis helping mitigate a huge source of his damage. In the early game you should be careful around him; do not be afraid to give up scuttle if your lanes don’t have prio, because his shots instantly remove the shield, giving you little to no time to contest. If you do, however, have 4 stacks and are there before him, you can try fighting him out; if he has no E armor stacks, you might win it with conqueror. Try ganking the lanes where he isn’t around, and countergank him whenever possible, since he uses a lot to get in and has few tools to get out if he doesn’t constantly AA. Do NOT invest a lot of time in ganks yourself, too, since he can easily clear your camps before you can do anything about it and start hard outscaling you. Late game, only fight him if you have Tabis + DD, because he can easily tear you apart if you have no armor whatsoever (assassin does VERY poorly into him). If you deny him, he will not scale at all because he is mostly a ball of damage, but do NOT give him any opportunites to crawl back into the game.

Very skill dependant, same as Lee; however, she is way squishier than he is, so getting the drop on her means she will be made short work of quickly. Your R also helps a lot to detect her in teamfights whenever she spams Bush Q, so take that into account and don’t instajump on her unless you are either bot alone or she is about to try to do a hard engage with river Q + R. Early game is relatively easy, since her pressure is very weak early on because she doesn’t have the fastest clear nor the highest amount of instant damage, but do note that if she gets you unaware she can chunk you down VERY easily. You can try invading her if you know where she started and you began on the opposite side, since her clear is too slow to get to the other buff without you having cleared 3-4 camps already. This matchup gets harder as the game goes on though, mostly because of her stupidly tremendous damage, her huge gank potential post 6, and the fact that if you don’t get armor and / or EoN she will blow you up immediately. The key here is to clean her jungle whenever you see gank or just countergank her if she tries anything early, since she is very weak until she gets rolling. Tabis + DD also completely screws her over, and if you get an EoN she will rarely kill you on your own.

Kind of an even matchup, but only if you take conqueror; if you get First strike it’s considerably riskier since you effectively won’t have a rune if she manages to get the drop on you. The problem about Diana (which is also what gives her a small edge in this matchup) is that her clear is stupidly fast and she scales very well as the game goes on, and if she managed to land her Q she can get a significant edge in most duels. You can deal with her fairly reliably, however, as long as you get the jump on her and are near bushes; she can’t do much early game about it. At 6 is where it gets harder, since her R gives her a huge damage spike and she can interrupt your jump mid-air if she times it properly, completely screwing you up. This is, thankfully, compensated by the fact that her early ganks are nothing to write home about and you can gank significantly better than she does thanks to your E. You do have to note though that you need to be wary of when you decide to gank, since she might decide to counterjungle you and leave you with nothing. For itemization, Mercs + Maw + DD will make sure she will never kill you on her own. All in all, it’s a fairly do-able matchup where you mostly need to be wary of her getting the drop on you and being sure you don’t pick a bad teamfight.

This is basically another Nunu situation; the champ is busted, he is stupidly strong at what he does, and because of his E works, ganks from him are quite hard to see coming. His teamfighting is also godly for a Flubber expy, and come late game, fighting him on your own is an exercise in futility. This is set back, however, by the fact that his early clears are VERY poor and if he tries to put pressure on early he is sacrificing his jungle; he also sucks at doing objectives on his own. What you need to do here is to counterjungle him whenever he tries ganking a lane, and to keep track of where he MIGHT be at all times. Keeping a control ward on you at all times helps a lot to deep ward him and deny him pressure, but do not be afraid to spam ping your teammates if you suspect he might be going towards them. He is also VERY vulnerable to counterganks, because he can’t do shit to flee when his E is down. Passive is a non-issue until minute 14, which is where his teammates can screw you up by TPing to a blob. The longer the game goes on, however, the harder it gets, so try to set him back as much as possible and win before that time comes. Maw helps here if you REALLY need to reduce his damage, but mercs isn’t that great because all of his CC is knockups, which Tenacity doesn’t affect.

Late game teamfight monster who does pretty well into you, especially after 6, and who has an obscene amount of damage for what is considered a tank. He is, however, a sitting duck before level 6, and the only problem you have if he doesn’t engage on you first is the fact that he can withstand you for a long time thanks to his E passive. Early game it’s easy, just clear normally unless he tries to set up a gank in your side, in which case you should countergank him; counterjungling him isn’t that great an option because of how fast he can clear, and you might be wasting your time looking for him while he is already elsewhere. Counterganking him before 6 is not too hard, he commits a lot when going in and has no way to get out, but post-6 he is significantly more dangerous because of how brutal his Q+R+Q cc combo can be. His objective clear is also decent, so you should be careful if him and one of his laners is missing. Other than that, however, what you should focus on is on getting objectives yourself and keeping at least one lane ahead, since he needs resources to scale and he can be dealt with until late game unless he has a huge lead. If he is the biggest issue of the team, get Maw + Mercs; it will help tremendously against his damage.

He is an extremely frustrating matchup, pretty much mostly because of how broken his E is in the jungle. His damage is also incredibly stupid and gives little to no way to retaliate if he gets the drop on you, and when he gets ahead he is a nightmare. You do have a few ways to deal with him, though; his early isn’t stronger than yours, his clear isn’t as absurdly fast as it was before the nerfs, and you can fight him evenly until 6, after which it’s a “who gets the drop on who” situation. Try to keep track on where he can be all the time; if you get the drop on him after he uses E on the wall in a countergank he is toast. His damage is brutal, however, so you will either need to be fast to ensure your laner doesn’t die or make sure you heavily warn your teammates where he is at any given moment. Mid-to-late game is still rough, since he can still deal out stupid amounts of damage, but Tabs + DD helps significantly, he will last very little if he has no defenses whatsoever, and if you know where he is you can try using R so he can’t get the drop on your team. All in all, a pretty snowbally matchup that can go either way.

Fairly annoying matchup where who wins is determined by who gets the drop on who early; you make mincemeat out of them if you start the fight, but they can chunk you with contemptuous ease if they manage to hit Q+E on you. The key in this matchup is to make sure they get as few marks as possible, so track down where they might start so you can rotate to the crab on the other side, which will be the first camp mark they will get. After they get that one, always be ready to clear your camps as fast as possible, and then go for a gank or countergank; if they are counterjungling you, just steal whatever camps they might have left. They are very vulnerable to any counterganks you make pre-6, since she has little damage without their E and their W forces them to commit; but post 6 it’s another matter entirely. If you get the drop on them, force them to use R, then rinse and repeat later; you need to make sure they waste the ult as much as possible before teamfights, because it’s THAT much of a gamechanger. If you manage to set them behind you will have successfully denied them, since they need to get a lead to scale and secure camp and enemy marks; but if they scale be ready for a rough time. Tabis + DD help a lot here.

Very volatile matchup: he hard outscales you, he is incredibly difficult for you to kill if he is ahead because of his W, and kiting him post 6 is impossible because of his R and Q. He is, however, very weak early game (but he can stall with W so his team can go help him) and if he gets set behind he will barely do anything unless he gets shutdowns. What's important here is to get your lanes ahead as much as possible; his clear is decent enough to make invading him a risky proposition and the moment he gets Tabis he becomes very hard for you to kill, so you should hit him at the most vulnerable place he has- his lack of pressure. Do be careful post-6 tho, as his ganks improve massively by the fact that his DPS is increased tenfold. If you get ahead you can kill him with ease until he gets 2 to 3 items, but I would advise not taking every fight since he can turn it around if you are not careful. Tabis help against him a tiny bit, but because of the fact that he has an stupid amount of true damage and DPS, if he focuses you down the only thing you can hope for is to root him and your team to finish him off. GA is also good if he keeps focusing you, so he wastes his time focusing you down.

By far one of the most excruciating matchups on this list, Shaco is based around confusing you so much you basically kill yourself and getting the drop on you before you get any chance to react. The thing that makes Shaco so frustrating is that, due to his Q being invisibility and him not needing to take flash, he has huge pressure on you early game thanks to ignite. There is, however, a caveat; while his ganks are strong from very early on, once he goes in, he is forced to commit, which makes him EXTREMELY vulnerable to counterganks. Tracking him is also key; do not be afraid to constantly warn your teammates he might be around, since his Q allows him to flank lanes very well and if he gets ahead he becomes harder and harder to deal with. Post 6 you need to be careful around his R, because he can use it to avoid your Leap damage and kill you because his DPS has effectively doubled. The key to knowing who the real Shaco is is to keep an eye on his items; when he has a mythic, the real one will have a gold border around said item, whereas the clone won’t. The clone also takes a huge amount of damage, so if you see he falls down TOO quickly, stop attacking him. Another thing to note is that this matchup changes tremendously in approach depending on whether he is AP or AD; AP makes killing the clone an absolute death sentence, whereas AD has stupidly huge DPS because of how HoB works on him. Should he be set behind, he will be useless, and his Q in teamfights gets screwed by your R. Do be wary of dragons once he is 6- he will 100% use the clone to rush them. This is pretty much a snowballing matchup; whoever gets the lead will pretty much make the other useless.

Yeah, this matchup can be hair-pulling levels of frustrating. While she isn't seen much nowadays, Taliyah is still a jungler to be wary of, thanks to her huge amount of damage, decent peel, and the fact that her W and E fuck you over the moment you try jumping onto her. If she manages to land a Q on you, you have pretty much lost the fight, because it's what we call a "cycle of hurting". Her ganks, while not the cleanest in the game, are also pretty good, and her passive allows her to gank with significant ease. The fact that she has such a pretty low playrate also means that if you meet a Taliyah player, it means she KNOWS how to play her. She is, however, still a mage, and you can abuse that. Early on if you manage to get the drop on her she is boned, and if you manage to get her on a countergank she can't do nothing but flash since her peel is reliant on her W. She can't contest objectives that well either, but you should still be wary of her Q damage and make sure you always keep track of her, since she can rush dragons once she gets some AP under her belt. For the most part, you win games against her by being careful, ganking the lanes where she isn't at, and getting ahead just enough to deal with her W and kill her quickly. Maw, Mercs and EoN completely nullify her threat level, but EoN tends to be enough if what you seek is to one shot her.

The issues with this matchup only begin once he is level 6; his ult gives him a tremendous amount of safety and makes catching him impossible unless he is slow on the take. His weakpoint is his early game: he has a safe but slow-ish clear until he has some AP, so invading him is an option and the more you set him behind the more useless he will be. Counterganking him Is also a great option, and if you can’t react to his ganks, just steal his jungle. Do note, however, that this matchup gets harder the longer the game goes on, because his burst is insane and killing him while his ult is up is an exercise in futility. Do NOT do objectives while he is alive and in the area, too, because he will steal them thanks to his E+W+R combo. Mercs + Maw will help tremendously with reducing his damage, but try to not let him get to the point where you need defenses against him.

The early game AP jungler. Elise is a very skill reliant matchup, where whoever gets a lead will make the other one useless all game long. The issues here are her safety and her insane damage from very early on; if you get hit with E without 4 stacks you will lose the trade and perhaps your life. This also applies in reverse though, because you can easily chunk her down if she is unaware and force her flash or a retreat. Counterganks destroy her, especially if she has already committed with her rappel. Be wary of any early attempts of doing drake, because she can do it easily enough from the moment it spawns. Mid-to-late game she has the same problem you have: you are both single target burst based champions who depend on catching people out to chunk them out. Because of her cocoon, however, she will seek teamfights more than you do, but it’s still possible to catch her out on your own and kill her. Maw, Mercs, DD and EoN all help, and the first 2 will make sure she will have trouble bursting you down on her own.

Early game it’s pretty easy; he has a faster clear than you do but he is also extremely weak, regardless of what rune you take. You can easily take scuttles from him and fight him at any point if he is alone. Counterganks also screw him over, and he will try to gank a LOT because of his passive, so keep track of where he is and deny him his form as long as possible. Mid-to-late game is where it gets harder, however; his forms are a huge powershift and it changes the way you have to approach him. Blue Kayn is do-able if you went bruiser, and a huge cointoss if you went assassin, whereas fighting Rhaast on your own is just a waste of time thanks to his heal and R allowing him to stall. He still has weaknesses though; he can’t do objectives on his own if he isn’t too ahead (since he is quite slow because he mostly depends on his Q) and he can’t take down turrets easily because of his slow AA animation, so he will clear waves but not commit to splitpushing. Other than that, this matchup is pretty much reliant on you shutting him down from very early to avoid his powerspikes, which allow him to just obliterate you. DD + Tabis work well against both forms.

It’s only fitting Rengar’s greatest rivalry in lore is also one of his most even matchups. Kha’zix is basically you if your kit was designed about being an AD caster assassin instead of the bruiser-assassin mix you technically are; hell, even your abilities are similar, and can be empowered too. You have the lead in the early game regardless of rune (albeit conqueror gives you an edge), and if you get the drop on him you can easily force him to flash. Mid to late game is where it gets tricky, his damage spikes through the roof and he can easily solo kill you if you are both even and isolated – but he can’t teamfight well if he didn’t evolve W and either E or R and if he gets set behind he is basically useless. Ganking is key here: you have more pressure than he does early on (except for mid lane because he can just jump) and if you get your lanes rolling he will have a hard time coming back unless he gets a pick. In mid to late game your main role is to keep track of him to make sure he can’t get the drop on your team during fight, and if you are head enough, to immediately kill him. Your ult completely counters his in teamfights, too. Do be wary of him doing drakes after his 6, if he evolves Q and has some AD he can do them quite fast. DD + Tabis heavily mitigates his damage, but tbh most builds work here.

A relatively recent addition to the jungle, Zed is similar to all the ones mentioned on this list: if he gets ahead he obliterates you, but if he is behind he is completely useless. His clear is deceptively fast, thanks to his heavy AoE and his passive permaproccing on low monsters all the time, but he doesn’t really have that much going for him before 6 and if you get him with his shadow down he drops fast regardless of build. Tracking him down at all times is extremely important: he depends on snowballing to keep himself in the game and if he can’t assassinate anyone then he is utterly worthless. Counterganks also screw him over, and if he tries doing an objective early on you can easily turn it around. Post-6, just be wary about his R, and save your W and emp W to heal off his early burst so his R doesn’t kill you; if you are ahead, however, just go ham on his ass because you will win the fight before he finishes you off. Mid-to-late game is similar in approach, but his ult CD is obscenely low and you need to be wary of him having it up at all times, and if you underestimate his burst you are screwed. If you really want to screw him over, DD+ GA + Tabis will make him curse you and your bloodline.

He is basically a full AP Amumu: a complete teamfight monster who can easily turn a game entirely on a good R. He is also a pretty fast clearer and a quite unorthodox jungle to fight against, to boot, because he will try avoiding you at all costs until he has enough of a lead to take you on. This is compensated, however, by the fact that his early to mid game is VERY weak if he doesn't get going and if you manage to stop him on his tracks there is very little he can do about it. Fiddle will try to gank before 6 if he gets the chance, and the moment he wastes Q he is a dead scarecrow because there is not much he can do to stop you from bursting him down. Whenever he reaches 6 you should treat him like a Zac, trying to keep vision in his jungle as much as possible to ensure his R doesn't inmediately fear your entire team whenever he goes in. Be also careful of his dragon attempts, he is not the fastest but he heals off enough to attempt it on his own. The most annoying parts of his kit are his E and Q, because they ensure that you won't be able to chase him down without some tenacity or EoN. In the mid to late game, try to make sure you keep track of where he is and burst him down so he can't ult. Maw + Mercs SIGNIFICANTLY reduces his threat level unless he is very fed, while EoN does the same if you are going full Assassin.

You have a HARD lead before 6, if she is smart she will try avoiding you at all costs before then. While her clear is fast, if you know where she started you can easily invade her and force a flash while also stealing her camps – she will also probably concede scuttles if you attempt to fight her for it. You can gank at your leisure, she won’t countergank unless you force too much and she can see you coming, so you would at the very absolute least be wary of her. Post 6 it gets trickier, she can dodge your R leap with hers (similar to Shaco) and the longer the game goes on the harder she will hit; however, if her ult is down at any moment you make mincemeat out of her. Be wary of any objectives, she can try to sneak them out. One thing to note is that her W will point in the direction of where she is once it’s stacked up, so if you are wary you can predict from where she might be attempting a gank. Mercs + Maw does wonders here to make sure you don’t lose to her in late game, but if you get ahead you can get away with any build you want.

She is a late game scaling powerhouse whose damage and sustain is a sight to behold. She is also a melee champion who needs items to scale and whose damage is relatively mediocre until she gets 6. You win any duels you take against her unless you are low pre-6, the only problem is that her W makes her untargetable and thus doesn’t allow you to jump to her or land bolas outside her zone. Your pressure is also significantly higher than hers, so you can gank whenever you choose- but do be wary of any counterganks because if she has ghost she can easily turn the fight around and get fed from it. Track her at all times and keep her on her toes, if she doesn’t get rolling she is basically useless, but if she gets to her late you will have a VERY hard time killing her. Mercs + Maw help against her, but you might want to consider Spirit Visage if they don’t have hard AP burst – since the HP will help if you get hit by her Q sweetspot and allow you to sustain throughout fights, even though fighting her with her R up is unadvisable at best.

Yeah, this matchup is more annoying that anything. The thing about Ivern in the early game is that you need to always be careful around your camps in case he might want to cheese your camps, which you can deal with by placing a pinkward wherever you are not starting to make sure you know where he is. What also makes him frustrating is his shields + Q, the peel he can do with that is enormous and if you underestimate it you will find yourself dying a lot. But other than that, yeah, you existing makes him using his W completely suicidal at worst and if they don’t have any frontline you will make very short work of him. Do note that he scales pretty well and he will constantly try to steal camps from you, but he is also one of the easiest junglers to countergank since he has to leave his camps alone for a while, so if he ever tries anything on one side, do not be afraid to check and steal whatever isn’t nailed down. His counterganks are also pretty good, so do not underestimate him at any point. While you should never itemize for his damage, Mercs helps a lot with the CC, and if you really need it, Serpent’s Fang helps a lot against his shields.

Fairly easy champ to deal with early on, if you take Conqueror you will win every fight if he doesn’t land his W – and if he does, use Emp W + W to run away or just cleanse and then turn around. His early pressure is not that huge against you and whatever fights you take against him, you will probably win if you get the drop on him. His ganks are decent enough, however, and if gets snowballing he will be a NIGHTMARE to deal with- so keep track of him at all times, deny him whatever resources you can, and try to be ready to countergank him. The problem with Viego is that he scales decently well and has enough build variety to make sure he either does obscene damage or lasts for way longer than he should, but in exchange his early is nothing to write home about and it can be abused. Tabis + DD completely fuck up his damage, especially if you got Eclipse and some hp / armor pen to go along with it.

A fairly rare pick nowadays, Nidalee is a matchup where you have an inherent lead, since both of you seek to fight near bushes to abuse your passives – only yours is stronger than hers by a mile and if she gets jumped on she is screwed. Be wary of her traps and spears, a single hit might spell doom depending on how low you are and even healing it off might not do the trick because she has tools to keep chasing you down. She is VERY skill and snowball reliant, however, so if you get a lead early she is pretty much done with no way of coming back. You will pretty much be tracking one another all game, fitting the fact you are both hunters, and whoever gets the drop on the other first wins the fight (which includes ganks and counterganks). Mid to late game you should be wary of her spears, because her landing a single one can mean certain death – but she depends on catching people out otherwise and if she gets caught herself there is not much she can do. Mercs + Maw HEAVILY deny her damage.

Another rare pick, Lillia players tend to play It safe until they get a few levels going, which Is where her damage and speed start ramping up significantly. Early on however her pressure is almost non-existant, which you can abuse by ganking other lanes and fighting her at scuttle – invading her is not as recommended, however, due to her relatively fast clear if she knows what she is doing. Fighting objectives against her is easy too, due to the fact that her solo pressure is very weak. Come mid-late game, the real issue with her is her ult, because it can be an absolute gamechanger in fights. If she uses it on you, however, just cleanse it the moment it takes effect and act accordingly. Do not also try to fight her for long, if she manages to gain distance she will just whittle you down with Q and E. So in summary, this matchup is defined by being proactive at her weakest and trying to abuse your windows of power. Maw helps a tiny bit, but unless she is building tank and she is the biggest threat of her team, you should not itemize against her.

The only problems this matchup should give you are the fact that she is a pretty decent duelist should she take PTA or Conq, that she can become an absolute nightmare if she gets ahead, and that she clears very, VERY fast. Other than that, however, this matchup is pretty doable, since you can match her from pretty early on in damage if you get the drop on her and she is not that big of an issue until she starts to get rolling with her core items. There is however, ONE THING you should always keep in mind, and that is to WARD EVERY SINGLE DRAKE FROM THE MOMENT THEY SPAWN, because she is one of the fastest dragon killers in the game bar none. If you do manage to get ahead, however, she is pretty much done, because she depends on snowballing a bit to make sure she still outstats you. Tabis work well against her bruiser builds, while maw + mercs do the same against AP.

An actual sitting duck. He is stupidly strong when played properly, yes, and good Karthus players will make you want to have a polite chat with Riot while you burn their offices down, but the thing about him is that he is pretty much a scaling jungler who is pretty much just a ball of damage. Early on you can literally beat him to death with contemptuous ease, with the only problem being most Karthus players worth their salt will take exhaust against you so you can’t just burst them down the moment you see them, which will buy them enough time for their team mates to arrive. Abuse your early pressure as much as you can, because the longer the game goes on the bigger of a monster he will become, and his R is very hard to deal with as Rengar. If you do manage to get ahead however, congrats, he is pretty much boned. Mercs + Maw help INMENSELY against him, and the latter can in fact ensure he will not kill you with ult in late game if the shield is up.