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How to Win Karthus vs Fiora Counter MatchupKarthus is in the b tier of champions

Karthus vs Fiora

How to Beat Fiora as Karthus in LoLKarthus is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Fiora as Karthus

based on 1,165 Karthus vs Fiora matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Fiora as Karthus resulted from an analysis of 1165 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Karthus has to counter Fiora in only 2.4% of his matches.

Karthus vs Fiora Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus has done a poor job of countering Fiora. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Karthus against Fiora rounds, Karthus’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Fiora.

Best Karthus vs Fiora Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceVoid Staff

Optional Items

ShadowflameStormsurgeLiandry's TormentZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Karthus to level upq
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Second ability for Karthus to level upe
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Last skill for Karthus to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Karthus's passive ability p
Karthus's q ability q
Karthus's w ability w
Karthus's e ability e
Karthus's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Fiora as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Fiora

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 Fiora

Be careful when casting immobilizing disables on Fiora. If her Riposte is available, she can turn their power against you.

Duelist's Dance shows you where Fiora will try to attack from, so be ready to punish her when she tries.

Karthus vs Fiora Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Fiora Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.5
7.3
< Deaths >
6.5
9.3
< Assists >
4.4
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
89
< Minions Killed >
188
0.85
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.29
< Inhibitors >
0.7
244
< Physical Damage >
14,145
27,274
< Magic Damage >
1,546
2,013
< True Damage >
6,630
29,532
< Damage Dealt >
22,323
28,708
< Damage Taken >
34,288
12,561
< Gold Earned >
12,663
1.07
< Towers >
3.1
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,070
< Total Healing >
15,124
14,650
< Experience >
15,804
19
< Vision Score >
17
7
< Wards Placed >
8
212
< Time Dealing CC >
160

How to Counter Fiora with Karthus in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Karthus against Fiora matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiora’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Fiora. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Karthus often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Fiora. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karthus and Fiora

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Fiora
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Fiora

Who is Better, Karthus or Fiora?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Fiora, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter to Fiora.

While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Fiora, when facing one another, Karthus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Fioraas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Karthus also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiora. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Fiora matchups, Fiora is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Karthus is a terribly counter to Fiora. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Fiora.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus

Karthus Loses Against

TaricTaric41.5% winrateMilioMilio42% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench42.1% winrateJannaJanna42.2% winrate

Karthus Wins Against

ZeriZeri52.8% winrateLissandraLissandra52.2% winrateZoeZoe51.9% winrateLuluLulu51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Karthus Players

How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Fiora Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Fiora as Karthus, we analyzed 1,165 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 Fiora as Karthus 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.

Other Useful Resources

Karthus Build Fiora Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Karthus to counter Fiora during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karthus most often accumulates less CS relative to Fiora. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Karthus versus Fiora build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Void Staff. When Karthus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Fiora than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when countering Fiora with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Fiora as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Karthus vs Fiora counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.

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