Quinn vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Quinn
based on 590 Quinn vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Quinn vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Quinn vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Quinn
Tips for Playing as Quinn against Karthus
Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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.
Quinn vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Quinn in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Quinn versus Karthus counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the two. Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Quinn often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Karthus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Quinn and Karthus
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Who is Better, Quinn or Karthus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Quinn usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Quinn makes a good counter to Karthus.
While Quinn does have a higher winrate compared to Karthus, when they face off with one another, Quinn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Quinn into Karthus.
Furthermore, Quinn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Quinn vs Karthus matchups, Quinn is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Quinn is a decent counter to Karthus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Quinn against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Quinn in order to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Quinn typically picks up more CS as Karthus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Quinn versus Karthus build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Quinn included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Karthus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Quinn boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Karthus with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Karthus as Quinn, Quinn players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Quinn vs Karthus matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.
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