Brand vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Brand
based on 3,172 Brand vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Karthus
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Advice to Win Against Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Brand vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Brand in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Brand vs. Karthus matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Brand often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Karthus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Karthus
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Who is Better, Brand or Karthus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Karthus, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes a great counter to Karthus.
While Brand does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when facing one another, Brand also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Karthus.
Moreover, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Karthus matchups, Brand is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Brand is a great counter for Karthus. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Karthus. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Brand versus Karthus build include Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Karthus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Karthus as Brand, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Brand vs Karthus counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
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