Karthus vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Karthus
based on 712 Karthus vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Karthus vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Karthus versus Viktor counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Viktor..
Karthus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Viktor. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Viktor
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Who is Better, Karthus or Viktor?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Viktor, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter to Viktor.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Viktor, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Viktoras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Karthus is a terribly counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karthus in order to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus most often gets less CS relative to Viktor. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Karthus versus Viktor build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Viktor than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 46.2% battling Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Viktor as Karthus, you should equip 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 runes players picked for Karthus vs Viktor fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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