Karthus vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Karthus
based on 361 Karthus vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Karthus vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some strategic Karthus against Nidalee counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Karthus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Karthus or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Nidalee, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a bad counter to Nidalee.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Karthus into Nidaleeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Nidalee matchups, Nidalee is the better champion with a 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 somewhat poor counter to Nidalee. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually gets more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Nidalee build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Nidalee than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nidalee as Karthus, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Karthus vs Nidalee clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nidalee as Karthus are presented for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.