Karthus vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Karthus
based on 5,403 Karthus vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Karthus vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Karthus against Jhin counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jhin. This observation is largely caused by the differences in deaths.
Karthus often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jhin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Jhin
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Who is Better, Karthus or Jhin?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Jhin, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter for Jhin.
While Karthus does have a lower win rate than Jhin, when facing one another, Karthus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Karthus into Jhinas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Karthus is a terribly counter for Jhin. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Jhin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus often racks up less CS compared to Jhin. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Karthus versus Jhin build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Karthus used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Jhin than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when playing against Jhin with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Jhin 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 rune combinations players chose for Karthus vs Jhin clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
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