Karthus vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Karthus
based on 1,211 Karthus vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Karthus vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several strategic Karthus against Hecarim matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..
Karthus often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Karthus or Hecarim?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Hecarim, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Karthus makes a bad counter for Hecarim.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Hecarimas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Karthus is a bad counter for Hecarim. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Hecarim.
Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus typically picks up more CS relative to Hecarim. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Hecarim build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Hecarim than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 47.8% battling Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Hecarim as Karthus, Karthus players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Karthus vs Hecarim battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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