Draven vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Draven
based on 1,576 Draven vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Karthus
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.
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.
Draven vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Draven vs. Karthus matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Karthus..
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Karthus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Karthus
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Who is Better, Draven or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 56.0% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a fantastic counter for Karthus.
While Draven does have a much higher win rate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Draven into Karthusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Karthus matchups, Draven is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Draven is a great counter to Karthus. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Draven against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven typically gets more CS as Karthus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Draven versus Karthus build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Hubris. When Draven incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Karthus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 56.0% battling Karthus with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Karthus as Draven, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Draven vs Karthus counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 56.0% win rate overall.
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