Karthus vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Karthus
based on 3,305 Karthus vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Karthus vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Karthus in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some critical Karthus versus Yasuo counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Karthus typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Karthus or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Karthus makes a poor counter to Yasuo.
While Karthus does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often 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 Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Karthus is a garbage counter to Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually racks up less CS as Yasuo. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Karthus versus Yasuo build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Yasuo than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 47.2% battling Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Yasuo as Karthus, you 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 rune builds players used for Karthus vs Yasuo battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
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