Karthus vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Karthus
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Karthus vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Karthus vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Karthus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Karthus versus Shaco counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shaco..
Karthus often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Shaco
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Who is Better, Karthus or Shaco?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shaco, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes an ok counter for Shaco.
While Karthus does have a higher winrate than Shaco, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karthus into Shacoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. 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 Shaco matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Karthus is a decent counter for Shaco. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus often picks up more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Karthus versus Shaco build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Shadowflame. When Karthus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Shaco than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Shaco with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Shaco as Karthus, Karthus players should use 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 combinations players used for Karthus vs Shaco matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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