Ahri vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Ahri
based on 1,362 Ahri vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Karthus
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Ahri against Karthus matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Ahri usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Karthus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Karthus
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Who is Better, Ahri or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when taking on Karthus, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes an ok counter to Karthus.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Karthus.
Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter to Karthus. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ahri against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri on average accumulates more CS as Karthus. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Ahri versus Karthus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Karthus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Karthus with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Karthus as Ahri, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Ahri vs Karthus counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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