Lee Sin vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Lee Sin
based on 1,441 Lee Sin vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Karthus
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here feature some valuable Lee Sin against Karthus counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Karthus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Karthus
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Karthus?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually wins when taking on Karthus, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a great counter for Karthus.
While Lee Sin does have a higher win rate compared to Karthus, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Lee Sin into Karthus.
Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Karthus matchups, Lee Sin is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lee Sin is a great counter for Karthus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually accumulates less CS compared to Karthus. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Lee Sin versus Karthus build include Black Cleaver, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Karthus than with most other common builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Karthus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Karthus as Lee Sin, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Lee Sin vs Karthus battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.2% win rate overall.
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