Taliyah vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Taliyah
based on 565 Taliyah vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Karthus
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Taliyah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Taliyah against Karthus matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Taliyah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taliyah and Karthus
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Karthus?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Karthus, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes an ok counter for Karthus.
While Taliyah does have a lower win rate compared to Karthus, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Taliyah into Karthus.
Furthermore, Taliyah has a good 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Karthus matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Taliyah is a somewhat poor counter for Karthus. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taliyah to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Karthus. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Taliyah versus Karthus build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Karthus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average winrate of 49.2% battling Karthus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Karthus as Taliyah, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Taliyah vs Karthus LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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