Karthus vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Karthus
based on 2,253 Karthus vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Karthus vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Karthus vs. Graves counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Graves..
Karthus normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Graves
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Who is Better, Karthus or Graves?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Graves, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a bad counter to Graves.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate than Graves, when facing one another, Karthus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Karthus into Gravesas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Karthus is a bad counter to Graves. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus on average accumulates more CS compared to Graves. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Karthus versus Graves build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Karthus included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karthus had an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Graves as Karthus, you 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Karthus vs Graves clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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