Kayle vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Kayle
based on 1,403 Kayle vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Karthus
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Advice to Win Against Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Kayle vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Kayle versus Karthus matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Kayle usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Karthus
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Who is Better, Kayle or Karthus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Karthus, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes a great counter for Karthus.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Karthusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Karthus matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kayle is a great counter for Karthus. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle usually accumulates more CS relative to Karthus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Kayle versus Karthus build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Riftmaker, and Kraken Slayer. When Kayle included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Karthus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 53.6% battling Karthus with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Karthus as Kayle, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kayle vs Karthus clashes, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.6% win rate overall.
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