Aphelios vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Aphelios
based on 1,102 Aphelios vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Karthus
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Aphelios against Karthus counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Karthus
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Karthus, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Karthus.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate than Karthus, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Karthusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Karthus matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Karthus. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios on average picks up more CS relative to Karthus. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Karthus build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Karthus than with many other common builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Karthus with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Karthus as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Aphelios vs Karthus LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
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