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How to Win Kha'Zix vs Karthus Counter MatchupKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions

Kha'Zix vs Karthus

How to Beat Karthus as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karthus as Kha'Zix

based on 1,401 Kha'Zix vs Karthus matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. Within our database, Kha'Zix engaged Karthus 1401 times. Having so many matchups for Kha'Zix versus Karthus provides us confidence in our capacity to provide useful data and a supported build to defeat your rival. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Kha'Zix encounters Karthus in only 1.3% of his games.

Kha'Zix vs Karthus Matchup Summary

Kha'Zix does a good job of beating Karthus. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.0% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Kha'Zix versus Karthus rounds, Kha'Zix’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Karthus.

Best Kha'Zix vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusProfane HydraSerylda's GrudgeYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Karthus

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

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.

Kha'Zix vs Karthus Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Karthus Image
9.1
< Kills >
7.2
6.7
< Deaths >
7.7
6.4
< Assists >
9.3
2.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
29
< Minions Killed >
91
1.89
< Dragons Killed >
0.87
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.29
18,893
< Physical Damage >
242
1,153
< Magic Damage >
28,870
1,036
< True Damage >
1,983
21,083
< Damage Dealt >
31,095
36,719
< Damage Taken >
30,004
13,546
< Gold Earned >
13,038
1.01
< Towers >
1.14
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
17,797
< Total Healing >
9,214
15,043
< Experience >
15,186
24
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
8
230
< Time Dealing CC >
218

How to Counter Karthus with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some influential Kha'Zix versus Karthus matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. For instance, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..

Kha'Zix usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Karthus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Karthus

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Karthus?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes a good counter to Karthus.

While Kha'Zix does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kha'Zix into Karthus.

Moreover, Kha'Zix also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Karthus matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kha'Zix is a decent counter for Karthus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Karthus.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Karthus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karthus as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 1,401 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 Karthus as Kha'Zix 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix most often gets a lot less CS relative to Karthus. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Karthus build consist of Edge of Night, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Karthus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Karthus with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Karthus as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kha'Zix vs Karthus matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.

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