Renekton vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Renekton
based on 773 Renekton vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Renekton vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Karthus
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Renekton in LoL
The stats shown here feature some strategic Renekton versus Karthus counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..
Renekton often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Renekton and Karthus
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Who is Better, Renekton or Karthus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually fairs equally well when taking on Karthus, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Renekton makes an ok counter to Karthus.
While Renekton does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Renekton also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Renekton into Karthus.
Furthermore, Renekton has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Karthus matchups, Renekton is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Renekton is a decent counter to Karthus. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Renekton against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Renekton in order to counter Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton most often gets more CS as Karthus. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Renekton versus Karthus build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Karthus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Renekton boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Karthus with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Karthus as Renekton, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Renekton vs Karthus counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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