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How to Win Miss Fortune vs Karthus Counter MatchupMiss Fortune is in the a tier of champions

Miss Fortune vs Karthus

How to Beat Karthus as Miss Fortune in LoLMiss Fortune is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karthus as Miss Fortune

based on 6,423 Miss Fortune vs Karthus matchups
Win Rate
56.2 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League matches each week. In our database, Miss Fortune did battle with Karthus in 6423 games. Having so many matchups for Miss Fortune versus Karthus provides us faith in our capability to produce actionable stats and a supported build to smash your foe. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Miss Fortune fights Karthus in only 1.2% of her matches.

Miss Fortune vs Karthus Matchup Summary

Miss Fortune does a great job of beating Karthus. Typically, she wins a whopping 56.2% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Miss Fortune against Karthus rounds, Miss Fortune’s side is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Karthus.

Best Miss Fortune vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Miss Fortune Items

~22 Mins
The CollectorSerylda's GrudgeHubris

Optional Items

Guardian AngelEdge of NightAxiom ArcVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Miss Fortune to level upq
>
Second ability for Miss Fortune to level upw
>
Last skill for Miss Fortune to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Miss Fortune's passive ability p
Miss Fortune's q ability q
Miss Fortune's w ability w
Miss Fortune's e ability e
Miss Fortune's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Miss Fortune

Tips for Playing as Miss Fortune against Karthus

Miss Fortune ramps up speed if she hasn't recently taken damage. Avoid getting hit to move very fast.

Use Double Up on the furthest enemy minion if enemy champions are hiding in back; it will bounce to them for lots of damage.

Make sure to utilize Love Tap while Strut is on cooldown to maximize the active's availability.

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.

Miss Fortune vs Karthus Counter Stats

Miss Fortune Image
Win Rate
56.2 %
VS
Win Rate
43.8 %
Karthus Image
8.9
< Kills >
7
6.4
< Deaths >
7.8
7.2
< Assists >
9.2
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
179
< Minions Killed >
89
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.87
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.26
21,142
< Physical Damage >
242
1,261
< Magic Damage >
29,566
1,006
< True Damage >
2,051
23,409
< Damage Dealt >
31,860
22,572
< Damage Taken >
30,010
13,473
< Gold Earned >
12,836
2.5
< Towers >
1.02
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
5,395
< Total Healing >
9,195
13,692
< Experience >
14,976
21
< Vision Score >
19
10
< Wards Placed >
7
155
< Time Dealing CC >
223

How to Counter Karthus with Miss Fortune in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some critical Miss Fortune vs. Karthus matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. As an example, Miss Fortune’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Miss Fortune may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Karthus..

Miss Fortune often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Miss Fortune and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Miss Fortune
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Miss Fortune
Karthus

Who is Better, Miss Fortune or Karthus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Miss Fortune usually wins when facing off against Karthus, with a 56.2% win rate. Therefore, Miss Fortune makes a fantastic counter for Karthus.

While Miss Fortune does have a much higher winrate than Karthus, when they face off with one another, Miss Fortune also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Miss Fortune into Karthus.

Furthermore, Miss Fortune has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Miss Fortune vs Karthus matchups, Miss Fortune is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Miss Fortune is a great counter for Karthus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Miss Fortune against Karthus.

Additional Information for Miss Fortune Players

How We Calculated Our Miss Fortune vs Karthus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karthus as Miss Fortune, we analyzed 6,423 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 Karthus as Miss Fortune 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Miss Fortune to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Miss Fortune often picks up more CS relative to Karthus. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Miss Fortune versus Karthus build consist of The Collector, Serylda's Grudge, and Hubris. When Miss Fortune bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Karthus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Miss Fortune boasted an average win rate of 56.2% when playing against Karthus with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Karthus as Miss Fortune, Miss Fortune players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Miss Fortune vs Karthus clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 56.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Karthus as Miss Fortune are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.