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How to Win Shaco vs Karthus Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Karthus

How to Beat Karthus as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karthus as Shaco

based on 1,867 Shaco vs Karthus matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our data, Shaco engaged Karthus 1867 times. Including so many games with Shaco vs Karthus provides us confidence in our ability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to suppress Karthus. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Shaco fights Karthus in only 1.4% of his matches.

Shaco vs Karthus Matchup Summary

Shaco has done a ok job of countering Karthus. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Shaco versus Karthus rounds, Shaco’s team is 0.2% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Karthus.

Best Shaco vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeSerylda's GrudgeVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeBlade of The Ruined KingMaw of MalmortiusHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upw
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Second ability for Shaco to level upe
>
Last skill for Shaco to max outq

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Karthus as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Karthus

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

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.

Shaco vs Karthus Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Karthus Image
7.6
< Kills >
7.8
6.7
< Deaths >
7.9
8.3
< Assists >
9.3
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
36
< Minions Killed >
90
1.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.94
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.29
7,947
< Physical Damage >
242
9,737
< Magic Damage >
30,974
1,653
< True Damage >
2,098
19,338
< Damage Dealt >
33,315
28,962
< Damage Taken >
31,263
11,905
< Gold Earned >
13,496
1.07
< Towers >
1.11
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
9,966
< Total Healing >
9,765
13,860
< Experience >
15,668
32
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
7
607
< Time Dealing CC >
225

How to Counter Karthus with Shaco in LoL

The stats shown here feature some influential Shaco versus Karthus matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karthus..

Shaco usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Karthus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Karthus

Who is Better, Shaco or Karthus?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when playing against Karthus, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Shaco makes an ok counter to Karthus.

While Shaco does have a lower win rate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Shaco also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Karthusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco vs Karthus matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Karthus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Karthus.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

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Shaco Wins Against

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Karthus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karthus as Shaco, we analyzed 1,867 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 Shaco 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Shaco to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often accumulates less CS compared to Karthus. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, 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 exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Shaco versus Karthus build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Shaco included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Karthus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Shaco had an average winrate of 49.9% battling Karthus with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating Karthus as Shaco, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Shaco vs Karthus counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.

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