Karthus vs Ryze Counter Build
How to Beat Ryze as Karthus
Summary
We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This Karthus versus Ryze matchup review resulted from an analysis of 1,690 ranked matches where both champions faced each other.
This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Karthus has to counter Ryze in only 1.4% of his games. Karthus does a decent job of countering Ryze. Typically, Karthus wins a acceptable 51.0% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Karthus against Ryze matches, Karthus’s team is 8.0% less likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Ryze.
Matchups Analyzed
Win Rate
Team First Blood
Best Karthus Items to Counter Ryze
The most important items to use in your Karthus versus Ryze build consist of Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Anguish. When Karthus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Ryze than with most other common builds.
Best Karthus Runes to Counter Ryze
To have the highest probability of beating Ryze as Karthus, Karthus players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ravenous Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes. Out of all the runes players used for Karthus vs Ryze clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. We have also displayed the top Ryze runes to counterpick against Karthus in order to help you infer how he will likely be built to try to beat you.
Best Karthus Runes
Dark Harvest
Cheap Shot
Eyeball Collection
Ravenous Hunter
Presence of Mind
Coup de GraceBest Ryze Runes
Phase Rush
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Gathering Storm Ravenous Hunter
Taste of BloodStats
The following tables emphasize several strategic Karthus against Ryze counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of 2.2 is close to Ryze’s KDA ratio of 2.0, indicating that Karthus may be just as central to his team's team fighting potential than Ryze.
Battle Stats
Kills
Deaths
Assists
Largest Killing Spree
Damage Dealt
Damage Taken
Objective Stats
Towers Destroyed
Inhibitors Destroyed
Dragons Killed
Barons Killed
Gold Earned
Minions Killed
Karthus normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, Karthus receives a similar amount of damage to Ryze. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Karthus often earns much less CS than Ryze. Champions that do not acquire very much CS typically don't need much CS to be useful. Instead, they are capable of scaling adequately off of their abilities alone. However, champions with plenty of CS, such as carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values presented here to do well.
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How We Analyze Our Matchups
For this counter guide, we analyzed 1690 Karthus vs Ryze 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 Ryze 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.