Qiyana vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Qiyana
based on 659 Qiyana vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Qiyana vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Qiyana vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Qiyana
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.
Qiyana vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Qiyana in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some strategic Qiyana vs. Karthus counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..
Qiyana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Karthus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Qiyana and Karthus
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Who is Better, Qiyana or Karthus?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when playing against Karthus, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Qiyana makes a bad counter for Karthus.
While Qiyana does have a lower win rate than Karthus, when facing one another, Qiyana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Qiyana into Karthusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Qiyana also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Karthus matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Qiyana is a somewhat poor counter to Karthus. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Qiyana against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Qiyana to counter Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Qiyana usually racks up more CS compared to Karthus. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Qiyana versus Karthus build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Qiyana included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Karthus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Qiyana had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Karthus with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Karthus as Qiyana, Qiyana players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Qiyana vs Karthus counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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