Ivern vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Ivern
based on 539 Ivern vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Karthus
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Ivern in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Ivern versus Karthus matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karthus. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Ivern normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Karthus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ivern and Karthus
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Who is Better, Ivern or Karthus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 57.3% win rate. Therefore, Ivern makes a fantastic counter for Karthus.
While Ivern does have a much higher win rate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ivern into Karthusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ivern also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Karthus matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ivern is a great counter for Karthus. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ivern against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ivern in order to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern often gets a lot less CS relative to Karthus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Ivern versus Karthus build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Karthus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Ivern had an average winrate of 57.3% battling Karthus with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Karthus as Ivern, Ivern players should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ivern vs Karthus fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 57.3% winrate overall.
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