Tristana vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Tristana
based on 1,516 Tristana vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Tristana vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Tristana vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Tristana
Tips for Playing as Tristana against Karthus
Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.
Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.
Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.
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.
Tristana vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Tristana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Tristana versus Karthus counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Tristana normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Karthus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Tristana and Karthus
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Who is Better, Tristana or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Tristana makes a good counter for Karthus.
While Tristana does have a higher win rate than Karthus, when on opposite teams, Tristana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tristana into Karthus.
Additionally, Tristana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Tristana vs Karthus matchups, Tristana is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Tristana is a decent counter to Karthus. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Tristana against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Tristana 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 should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tristana on average accumulates more CS relative to Karthus. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Tristana versus Karthus build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Karthus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tristana had an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Karthus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Karthus as Tristana, Tristana players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Tristana vs Karthus fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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