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How to Win Karthus vs Renata Glasc Counter MatchupKarthus is in the b tier of champions

Karthus vs Renata Glasc

How to Beat Renata Glasc as Karthus in LoLKarthus is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Renata Glasc as Karthus

based on 430 Karthus vs Renata Glasc matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Renata Glasc as Karthus resulted from an analysis of 430 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Karthus is forced to battle against Renata Glasc in only 0.9% of his matches.

Karthus vs Renata Glasc Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus does a dismal job of beating Renata Glasc. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Karthus versus Renata Glasc games, Karthus’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood against Renata Glasc.

Best Karthus vs Renata Glasc Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Karthus to level upq
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Second ability for Karthus to level upe
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Last skill for Karthus to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Karthus's passive ability p
Karthus's q ability q
Karthus's w ability w
Karthus's e ability e
Karthus's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Renata Glasc as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Renata Glasc

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 Renata Glasc Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Renata Glasc Image
7.1
< Kills >
2
7.3
< Deaths >
6.3
9.6
< Assists >
15.1
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
0.3
90
< Minions Killed >
32
0.95
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.52
317
< Physical Damage >
1,210
28,574
< Magic Damage >
6,049
2,109
< True Damage >
2,480
31,000
< Damage Dealt >
9,740
29,411
< Damage Taken >
21,236
12,921
< Gold Earned >
8,881
1.11
< Towers >
1.91
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,445
< Total Healing >
2,771
14,994
< Experience >
11,380
19
< Vision Score >
65
8
< Wards Placed >
29
222
< Time Dealing CC >
252

How to Counter Renata Glasc with Karthus in LoL

The stats provided here feature several critical Karthus versus Renata Glasc counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Renata Glasc’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Renata Glasc. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Karthus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Renata Glasc. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karthus and Renata Glasc

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Renata Glasc
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Renata Glasc

Who is Better, Karthus or Renata Glasc?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Renata Glasc, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a bad counter to Renata Glasc.

While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Renata Glasc, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karthus into Renata Glascas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Karthus has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Renata Glasc. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Renata Glasc matchups, Renata Glasc is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Karthus is a somewhat poor counter to Renata Glasc. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Renata Glasc.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus

Karthus Loses Against

TaricTaric41.5% winrateMilioMilio42% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench42.1% winrateJannaJanna42.2% winrate

Karthus Wins Against

ZeriZeri52.8% winrateLissandraLissandra52.2% winrateZoeZoe51.9% winrateLuluLulu51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Karthus Players

How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Renata Glasc Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Renata Glasc as Karthus, we analyzed 430 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 Renata Glasc 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 Renata Glasc Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Karthus in order to counter Renata Glasc during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karthus on average racks up more CS as Renata Glasc. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Karthus versus Renata Glasc build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Renata Glasc than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Renata Glasc with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Renata Glasc as Karthus, Karthus players should take 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 sets we have analyed for Karthus vs Renata Glasc clashes, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.

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