Xayah vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Xayah
based on 1,309 Xayah vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Karthus
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Xayah against Karthus matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..
Xayah typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Karthus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Karthus
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Who is Better, Xayah or Karthus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Karthus, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter to Karthus.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate than Karthus, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Karthus.
Furthermore, Xayah also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Karthus matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a trash counter for Karthus. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Karthus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often gets more CS as Karthus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Xayah versus Karthus build consist of Navori Quickblades, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Karthus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Karthus with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Karthus as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Xayah vs Karthus fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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