Karthus vs Vayne Counter Build
How to Beat Vayne as Karthus
Summary
We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each week. This Karthus versus Vayne matchup review resulted from an analysis of 8,957 ranked matches where both champions clashed against each other.
This pairing is somewhat uncommon. Karthus has to counter Vayne in only 7.3% of his games. Unfortunitally, Karthus does a pathetic job of beating Vayne. On average, Karthus wins a lowly 46.0% of games the champs battle one another in. In Karthus versus Vayne rounds, Karthus’s team is 5.0% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Vayne.
Matchups Analyzed
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Team First Blood
Best Karthus Items to Counter Vayne
The most important items to have in your Karthus versus Vayne build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Night Harvester. When Karthus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Vayne than with most other common builds.
Best Karthus Runes to Counter Vayne
To have the best probability of beating Vayne as Karthus, Karthus players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ravenous Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Karthus vs Vayne counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. We have also shown the top Vayne runes to counterpick against Karthus in order to help you grasp how she will likely be played against your champion.
Best Karthus Runes
Dark Harvest
Cheap Shot
Eyeball Collection
Ravenous Hunter
Coup de Grace
Presence of MindBest Vayne Runes
Press the Attack
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity Coup de Grace Ravenous Hunter
Taste of BloodStats
The following tables show several strategic Karthus vs. Vayne matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of 2.3 is similar to Vayne’s ratio of 2.1, highlighting that Karthus may be just as central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vayne.
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 often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, Karthus receives a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
In Karthus vs Vayne matchups, Karthus commonly gets much less CS than Vayne. Champions who on average do not acquire a lot of minion kills typically don't need much CS to be useful. Instead, they are able to scale well off of their abilities alone. However, champions with plenty of minion kills, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, work to best the averages displayed here to do well.
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How We Analyze Our Matchups
For this counter guide, we analyzed 8957 Karthus vs Vayne 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 Vayne 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.