Karthus with Draven
How to Synergize Karthus and Draven
based on 1,379 Karthus with Draven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Karthus Draven Synergy Summary
Best Karthus vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Karthus and Draven
Tips for Playing as Karthus with Draven
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Advice to Understand How Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Karthus Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Karthus in LoL
The Karthus Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Karthus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Draven. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Draven helps Karthus perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Karthus is paired with Draven, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Draven does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Karthus is played with Draven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Draven. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Draven.
Additionally, when Karthus plays with Draven on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Draven does a poor job of covering Karthus during team fights.
Synergies between Karthus and Draven
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Is Karthus better when played alongside Draven?
There is no perfect ally for Karthus that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Draven is a very typical companion for Karthus. By playing on the same team as Karthus, he increases their win rate by 0.6% to 47.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Karthus and Draven that results in them performing better together than alone.
Draven has a greater difficulty than Karthus. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Draven comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing together, Karthus players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Karthus and Draven together, you may not be providing your other teammates much cover. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Draven teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to work well with Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to get in your Karthus and Draven synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Karthus used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Draven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 47.9% helping carry Draven with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Karthus players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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