Ornn with Karthus
How to Synergize Ornn and Karthus
based on 1,068 Ornn with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ornn Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Ornn vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Ornn and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Ornn with Karthus
Volcanic Rupture can be used to set up zoning areas to threaten enemies.
Learning build paths of items can help quickly select upgrades in lane.
The order of your abilties matters! Try to optimize Brittle usage.
Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play
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.
Ornn Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Ornn in LoL
The Ornn Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ornn sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Karthus helps Ornn perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ornn is an ally to Karthus, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Karthus provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ornn is played with Karthus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Karthus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Karthus.
Additionally, when Ornn plays with Karthus on the same side, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Ornn during team fights.
Synergies between Ornn and Karthus
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Is Ornn better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no perfect companion for Ornn that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Karthus is a below average teammate for Ornn. By being on the same side as Ornn, he decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 48.0%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Ornn and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Karthus has a greater difficulty than Ornn. That means you must be careful when finding Karthus allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Ornn players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Ornn and Karthus together, you probably will not be granting your team very much attack damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Karthus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Ornn in order to synergize with Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Ornn and Karthus synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and The Unspoken Parasite. When Ornn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Karthus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ornn had an average win rate of 48.0% helping carry Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ornn and Karthus pairings, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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