Karthus vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Karthus
based on 564 Karthus vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Braum
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.
Advice to Win Against Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Karthus vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several strategic Karthus against Braum matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between these two champs. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Karthus usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Braum. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Braum
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Who is Better, Karthus or Braum?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when playing against Braum, with a 46.3% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter for Braum.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Braum, when facing one another, Karthus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Braumas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Karthus is a bad counter to Braum. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Karthus to counter Braum during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus most often picks up more CS relative to Braum. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Karthus versus Braum build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Braum than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 46.3% battling Braum with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Braum as Karthus, Karthus players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Karthus vs Braum matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.
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