Karthus vs Yone
How to Beat Yone as Karthus
based on 2,882 Karthus vs Yone matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Yone Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Yone Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yone as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Yone
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 Yone Counter Stats
How to Counter Yone with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Karthus vs. Yone matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yone’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yone. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Karthus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Yone. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Yone
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Who is Better, Karthus or Yone?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Yone, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter for Yone.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate than Yone, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Yoneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yone. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Yone matchups, Yone is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Karthus is a garbage counter for Yone. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Yone.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Yone during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus often picks up less CS as Yone. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Karthus versus Yone build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Yone than with many other typical builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Yone with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Yone as Karthus, Karthus players should take 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 Yone counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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