Karthus vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Karthus
based on 749 Karthus vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Karthus vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Karthus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several influential Karthus against Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Karthus typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Karthus or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 46.5% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a bad counter for Heimerdinger.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Karthus into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This 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 Karthus vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Karthus is a trash counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to counter Heimerdinger 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Heimerdinger build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Heimerdinger than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Heimerdinger as Karthus, you should equip 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 sets we have analyed for Karthus vs Heimerdinger matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% winrate overall.
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