Corki with Karthus
How to Synergize Corki and Karthus
based on 441 Corki with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Corki Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Corki vs Karthus Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Corki Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Corki and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Corki with Karthus
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Corki Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Corki in LoL
The Corki Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Corki sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Karthus helps Corki perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Corki is an ally to Karthus, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Karthus does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Corki is played with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.
Moreover, when Corki plays with Karthus on the same team, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Corki during team fights.
Synergies between Corki and Karthus
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Is Corki better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no top ally for Corki that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Karthus is a relatively poor ally for Corki. By playing on the same side as Corki, he drops their win rate by -2.7% to 45.4%. This demonstrates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Corki and Karthus that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Karthus has a greater difficulty than Corki. That means Corki players should be cautious when arranging Karthus allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Corki players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by pairing Corki and Karthus together, you will not be giving your other teammates much engage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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How We Calculated Our Corki Karthus Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Corki in order to pair well with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Corki and Karthus synergy build include Infinity Edge, Muramana, and Trinity Force. When Corki used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Karthus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 45.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.4% win rate overall.
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