Karthus vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Karthus
based on 2,923 Karthus vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Akali
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Karthus vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Karthus in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Karthus against Akali matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Karthus typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Akali
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Who is Better, Karthus or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Akali, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a bad counter for Akali.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Akalias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Karthus is a trash counter for Akali. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Karthus in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus most often racks up less CS relative to Akali. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Akali build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 47.8% when countering Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Akali as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Karthus vs Akali LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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