Karthus vs Lillia
How to Beat Lillia as Karthus
based on 2,883 Karthus vs Lillia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Lillia Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Lillia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lillia as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Lillia
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.
Karthus vs Lillia Counter Stats
How to Counter Lillia with Karthus in LoL
The stats shown here feature some valuable Karthus vs. Lillia counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lillia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lillia. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.
Karthus typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Lillia. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Lillia
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Who is Better, Karthus or Lillia?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when playing against Lillia, with a 44.4% win rate. Thus, Karthus makes a bad counter to Lillia.
While Karthus does have a much lower winrate compared to Lillia, when facing one another, Karthus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Karthus into Lilliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Karthus has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Karthus is a terribly counter to Lillia. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Lillia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karthus to counter Lillia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed 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 compared to Lillia. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Karthus versus Lillia build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Lillia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 44.4% battling Lillia with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Lillia as Karthus, Karthus players should take 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 builds players picked for Karthus vs Lillia counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lillia as Karthus are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.