Karthus vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Karthus
based on 770 Karthus vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Nilah
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.
Karthus vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Karthus vs. Nilah counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..
Karthus normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Nilah
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Who is Better, Karthus or Nilah?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 43.5% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a bad counter to Nilah.
While Karthus does have a much lower winrate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Karthus into Nilahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Nilah matchups, Nilah 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 Nilah. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karthus to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather 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 gets less CS relative to Nilah. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Nilah build include Malignance, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Nilah than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus had an average win rate of 43.5% when playing against Nilah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Nilah as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Karthus vs Nilah battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 43.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Karthus are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.