Kalista vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Kalista
based on 467 Kalista vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Karthus Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Kalista Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Karthus
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Kalista against Karthus counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..
Kalista normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Karthus
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Who is Better, Kalista or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually wins when taking on Karthus, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a good counter for Karthus.
While Kalista does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when facing one another, Kalista also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kalista into Karthusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kalista has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Karthus matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kalista is a decent counter for Karthus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Karthus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kalista
Additional Information for Kalista Players
How We Calculated Our Kalista vs Karthus Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista most often accumulates more CS as Karthus. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Kalista versus Karthus build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Karthus than with many other common builds. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Karthus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Karthus as Kalista, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kalista vs Karthus counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
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