Draven vs Karthus Counter Build
How to Beat Karthus as Draven
Summary
At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. Within our data, Draven engaged Karthus 9,181 times. Having so many games with Draven vs Karthus gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide actionable statistics and a supported build to crush your foe.
This counter matchup is somewhat common. Draven fights Karthus in 13.9% of his matches. Draven does a decent job of countering Karthus. Normally, Draven wins a acceptable 51.0% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Draven against Karthus rounds, Draven’s team is 5.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Karthus.
Matchups Analyzed
9,181
Team First Blood
Great
Win Rate
Average
Best Draven Items to Counter Karthus
The top items to use in your Draven versus Karthus build consist of Sanguine Blade, The Collector, and Eclipse. When Draven used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Karthus than with most other common item sets.
Best Draven Runes to Counter Karthus
To have the best probability of vanquishing Karthus as Draven, Draven players should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ravenous Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Draven vs Karthus matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. We have also shown the top Karthus runes to fend off Draven to help you interpret how he will probably be setup against your champion.
Best Draven Runes
Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot
Eyeball Collection
Ravenous Hunter
Presence of Mind
Legend: BloodlineBest Karthus Runes
Dark Harvest
Taste of Blood Eyeball Collection
Ultimate Hunter Presence of Mind
Coup de GraceStats
The subsequent tables feature several strategic Draven against Karthus counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of 2.2 is close to Karthus’s ratio of 2.3, demonstrating that Draven may be just as central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus.
Battle Stats
Kills
Deaths
Assists
Largest Killing Spree
Damage Dealt
Damage Taken
Objective Stats
Towers Destroyed
Inhibitors Destroyed
Dragons Killed
Barons Killed
Gold Earned
Minions Killed
Draven often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, Draven receives a similar amount of damage to Karthus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Draven commonly racks up much more CS than Karthus. Champions who on average don't earn a lot of minion kills usually do not have to have much CS to be useful. They are able to scale well off their skills and stats alone. Yet, champions with plenty of CS, such as ADCs, usually have to have a lot of items to be useful. In either situation, work to beat the values shown here to do well.
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How We Analyze Our Matchups
For this counter guide, we analyzed 9181 Draven vs Karthus matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Karthus as Draven comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.
