Thresh vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Thresh
based on 1,839 Thresh vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Karthus
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Thresh vs. Karthus matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karthus. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Thresh usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Karthus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Karthus
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Who is Better, Thresh or Karthus?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when taking on Karthus, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter for Karthus.
While Thresh does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Karthusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Thresh also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Karthus matchups, Thresh is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a decent counter to Karthus. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh often accumulates less CS as Karthus. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Thresh versus Karthus build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Karthus than with many other common builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Karthus with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Karthus as Thresh, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Thresh vs Karthus counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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