Nidalee vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Nidalee
based on 361 Nidalee vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nidalee vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Nidalee vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Karthus
Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.
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.
Nidalee vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Nidalee in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some critical Nidalee vs. Karthus counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Nidalee normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Karthus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nidalee and Karthus
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Who is Better, Nidalee or Karthus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a good counter to Karthus.
While Nidalee does have a higher winrate compared to Karthus, when they face off with one another, Nidalee also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nidalee into Karthusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nidalee also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 Nidalee vs Karthus matchups, Nidalee is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nidalee is a decent counter for Karthus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nidalee in order to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nidalee on average picks up less CS as Karthus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Nidalee versus Karthus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better versus Karthus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nidalee had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Karthus with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Karthus as Nidalee, Nidalee players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Nidalee vs Karthus counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
If you would like to get Nidalee vs Karthus tips and builds for a an individual skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all games completed with these champs.