Karthus vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Karthus
based on 526 Karthus vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Corki Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Karthus Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Corki as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Karthus vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some influential Karthus versus Corki matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Corki’s ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Corki..
Karthus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Corki. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Corki
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Karthus or Corki?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually fairs equally well when playing against Corki, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Karthus makes an ok counter to Corki.
While Karthus does have a higher win rate compared to Corki, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Karthus into Corkias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Corki. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Corki matchups, Karthus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Karthus is a decent counter for Corki. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Corki.
Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus
Additional Information for Karthus Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus most often picks up less CS as Corki. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Karthus versus Corki build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Corki than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 50.8% battling Corki with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Corki as Karthus, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Karthus vs Corki LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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