Karthus vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Karthus
based on 539 Karthus vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Ivern Counter Build
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Core Karthus Items
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Karthus vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Karthus in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Karthus against Ivern matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ivern. This observation is largely caused by the differences in killsdeaths.
Karthus typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Ivern. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Ivern
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Karthus or Ivern?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Ivern, with a 42.7% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter for Ivern.
While Karthus does have a much lower win rate than Ivern, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Ivernas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Karthus is a terribly counter to Ivern. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Ivern.
Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus
Additional Information for Karthus Players
How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Ivern Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Ivern during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus most often picks up much more CS compared to Ivern. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Ivern build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Ivern than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 42.7% battling Ivern with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Ivern as Karthus, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Karthus vs Ivern counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 42.7% win rate overall.
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