How to Win Karthus vs Katarina Counter Matchup Karthus is in the a tier of champions

Karthus vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Karthus in LoL Katarina is in the s tier of champions
Mage
Assassin Mage

How to Beat Katarina as Karthus

based on 1,512 Karthus vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Katarina as Karthus resulted from an analysis of 1512 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Karthus fights Katarina in only 4.1% of his rounds.

Karthus vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus does a poor job of countering Katarina. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.4% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Karthus vs Katarina rounds, Karthus’s side is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Katarina.

Best Karthus vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
HailbladeRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishRabadon's DeathcapVoid Staff

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMorellonomiconShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Karthus to level up q
>
Second ability for Karthus to level up e
>
Last skill for Karthus to max out w

Runes

Domination Dark Harvest Taste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Precision Presence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive Adaptive MagicRes
Karthus's passive ability p
Karthus q ability q
Karthus w ability w
Karthus e ability e
Karthus's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Katarina

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Advice to Win Against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Karthus vs Katarina Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Katarina Image
7.9
< Kills >
10.4
7.8
< Deaths >
6.8
9.3
< Assists >
5.6
1.88
< Killing Sprees >
2.3
86
< Minions Killed >
150
0.85
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.29
< Inhibitors >
0.38
261
< Physical Damage >
3,960
27,481
< Magic Damage >
15,954
1,598
< True Damage >
1,163
29,340
< Damage Dealt >
21,079
23,467
< Damage Taken >
25,581
12,749
< Gold Earned >
12,367
1.19
< Towers >
1.46
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,521
< Total Healing >
3,992
14,240
< Experience >
13,992
17
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
7
176
< Time Dealing CC >
22

How to Counter Katarina with Karthus in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Karthus vs. Katarina matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina..

Karthus normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karthus and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Katarina

Who is Better, Karthus or Katarina?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Katarina, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes an ok counter for Katarina.

While Karthus does have a lower win rate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Karthus into Katarinaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Karthus is a somewhat poor counter to Katarina. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus

Karthus Loses Against

Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 41.7% winrate Shyvana Shyvana 42.2% winrate Kog'Maw Kog'Maw 44.1% winrate Yorick Yorick 45.3% winrate

Karthus Wins Against

Aphelios Aphelios 57.8% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 55% winrate Renekton Renekton 54.8% winrate Zeri Zeri 54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Talon Talon + 55.6% 1216 Games Kha'Zix Kha'Zix + 55.8% 740 Games Rengar Rengar + 56.2% 844 Games Rammus Rammus + 57% 186 Games

Additional Information for Karthus Players

How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Karthus, we analyzed 1,512 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 Katarina 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 Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will 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 Katarina. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Karthus versus Katarina build include Liandry's Anguish, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Void Staff. When Karthus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Katarina than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 49.4% battling Katarina with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Katarina as Karthus, you should use the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Karthus vs Katarina counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.

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