Kha'Zix vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Kha'Zix
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Kha'Zix vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Karthus
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Advice to Win Against Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Kha'Zix vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some important Kha'Zix against Karthus counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Karthus..
Kha'Zix normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Karthus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Karthus
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when taking on Karthus, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Karthus.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kha'Zix into Karthus.
Furthermore, Kha'Zix has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Karthus matchups, Karthus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kha'Zix is a somewhat poor counter to Karthus. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kha'Zix against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kha'Zix in order to counter Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix most often gets less CS relative to Karthus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kha'Zix versus Karthus build include Duskblade of Draktharr, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kha'Zix included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Karthus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Karthus as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kha'Zix vs Karthus matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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