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

Karthus vs Twisted Fate

How to Beat Twisted Fate as Karthus in LoLKarthus is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Mage

How to Beat Twisted Fate as Karthus

based on 1,800 Karthus vs Twisted Fate matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our dataset, Karthus engaged Twisted Fate 1800 times. Using so many games with Karthus versus Twisted Fate provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide actionable data and a recommended build to suppress your opponent. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Karthus has to counter Twisted Fate in only 3.7% of his games.

Karthus vs Twisted Fate Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karthus does a terrible job of beating Twisted Fate. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.7% of games the champions fight one another in. In Karthus against Twisted Fate games, Karthus’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Twisted Fate.

Best Karthus vs Twisted Fate Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Karthus Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
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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Guide to Countering Twisted Fate as Karthus

Tips for Playing as Karthus against Twisted Fate

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 Twisted Fate

Focus on dodging Wild Cards early when your champion doesn't have the hit points to afford getting hit.

If you have low Health, use Destiny as an indicator to run to safety. It will give you a head start in escaping any possible ganks.

Karthus vs Twisted Fate Counter Stats

Karthus Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Twisted Fate Image
7.1
< Kills >
6.6
7.4
< Deaths >
6.7
9.5
< Assists >
8.1
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
93
< Minions Killed >
179
0.88
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.27
< Inhibitors >
0.54
238
< Physical Damage >
2,953
29,685
< Magic Damage >
19,162
1,982
< True Damage >
823
31,905
< Damage Dealt >
22,938
29,499
< Damage Taken >
24,626
12,881
< Gold Earned >
13,395
1.07
< Towers >
2.37
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,108
< Total Healing >
3,723
15,023
< Experience >
15,496
19
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
9
213
< Time Dealing CC >
181

How to Counter Twisted Fate with Karthus in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some important Karthus against Twisted Fate counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Twisted Fate’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Twisted Fate..

Karthus often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Twisted Fate. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karthus and Twisted Fate

Damage Types Compared

Karthus
Twisted Fate
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karthus
Twisted Fate

Who is Better, Karthus or Twisted Fate?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when playing against Twisted Fate, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Karthus makes a bad counter for Twisted Fate.

While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Twisted Fate, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karthus into Twisted Fateas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Twisted Fate. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Twisted Fate matchups, Twisted Fate is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Karthus is a terribly counter to Twisted Fate. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Karthus against Twisted Fate.

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

BriarBriar+ 51.6% 926 GamesTristanaTristana+ 52% 1608 GamesRammusRammus+ 52.9% 346 GamesKledKled+ 52.9% 681 Games

Additional Information for Karthus Players

How We Calculated Our Karthus vs Twisted Fate Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Twisted Fate as Karthus, we analyzed 1,800 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 Twisted Fate 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 Twisted Fate Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Karthus to counter Twisted Fate 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karthus most often racks up less CS relative to Twisted Fate. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Karthus versus Twisted Fate build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Twisted Fate than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Twisted Fate with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Twisted Fate as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Karthus vs Twisted Fate counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.

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