Hecarim vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Hecarim
based on 1,211 Hecarim vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Karthus
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Hecarim against Karthus counter stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Hecarim often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Karthus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Karthus
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually wins when playing against Karthus, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a good counter for Karthus.
While Hecarim does have a higher winrate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Hecarim into Karthus.
Moreover, Hecarim also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Karthus matchups, Hecarim is the better champ 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.
Hecarim is a good counter to Karthus. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Karthus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Hecarim
Additional Information for Hecarim Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim to counter Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim usually racks up less CS as Karthus. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Hecarim versus Karthus build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Hecarim bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Karthus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 52.2% battling Karthus with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Karthus as Hecarim, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Karthus battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
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