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How to Win Karthus vs Shyvana Counter MatchupKarthus is in the b tier of champions

Karthus vs Shyvana

How to Beat Shyvana as Karthus in LoLKarthus is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Shyvana as Karthus

based on 670 Karthus vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Shyvana as Karthus resulted from an analysis of 670 ranked games where both champs faced each other. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Karthus encounters Shyvana in only 1.4% of his matches.

Karthus vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus has done a poor job of countering Shyvana. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.2% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Karthus against Shyvana rounds, Karthus’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Shyvana.

Best Karthus vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameVoid StaffStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Karthus to level upq
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Second ability for Karthus to level upe
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Last skill for Karthus to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Karthus's passive ability p
Karthus's q ability q
Karthus's w ability w
Karthus's e ability e
Karthus's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Shyvana

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 Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Karthus vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Shyvana Image
6.7
< Kills >
7
7.5
< Deaths >
6.1
9.7
< Assists >
6.4
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
80
< Minions Killed >
71
0.84
< Dragons Killed >
1.78
0.28
< Inhibitors >
0.48
234
< Physical Damage >
5,361
28,063
< Magic Damage >
14,963
2,020
< True Damage >
1,081
30,318
< Damage Dealt >
21,405
30,054
< Damage Taken >
36,542
12,603
< Gold Earned >
13,003
1.06
< Towers >
1.81
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
9,673
< Total Healing >
13,508
14,862
< Experience >
15,379
19
< Vision Score >
23
7
< Wards Placed >
7
224
< Time Dealing CC >
215

How to Counter Shyvana with Karthus in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Karthus versus Shyvana matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shyvana..

Karthus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karthus and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Shyvana

Who is Better, Karthus or Shyvana?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Shyvana, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter to Shyvana.

While Karthus does have a lower win rate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Karthus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Shyvanaas his relative depth means that 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 Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Karthus is a garbage counter for Shyvana. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Shyvana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karthus

Karthus Loses Against

TaricTaric41.5% winrateMilioMilio42% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench42.1% winrateJannaJanna42.2% winrate

Karthus Wins Against

ZeriZeri52.8% winrateLissandraLissandra52.2% winrateZoeZoe51.9% winrateLuluLulu51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Karthus Players

How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Karthus, we analyzed 670 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shyvana as Karthus comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Karthus Build Shyvana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karthus on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Shyvana. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Karthus versus Shyvana build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Shyvana than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Shyvana with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Shyvana as Karthus, you should equip 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 rune builds players chose for Karthus vs Shyvana fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.

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