Xayah vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Xayah
based on 777 Xayah vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Karthus
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several strategic Xayah against Karthus counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..
Xayah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Karthus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Karthus
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Who is Better, Xayah or Karthus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when taking on Karthus, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes an ok counter for Karthus.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Karthus, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Karthus.
Moreover, Xayah 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Karthus matchups, Karthus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Karthus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically picks up more CS relative to Karthus. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Xayah versus Karthus build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Karthus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Karthus with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Karthus as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Xayah vs Karthus battles, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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