Karthus with Darius
How to Synergize Karthus and Darius
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Karthus Darius Synergy Summary
Best Karthus vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Karthus and Darius
Tips for Playing as Karthus with Darius
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.
Advice to Understand How Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Karthus Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Karthus in LoL
The Karthus Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Karthus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Darius. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Darius helps Karthus perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Karthus plays on the same team as Darius, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Darius helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Karthus is played alongside Darius on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Darius.
Moreover, when Karthus plays with Darius on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Darius does a poor job of protecting Karthus in teamfights.
Synergies between Karthus and Darius
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Is Karthus better when played alongside Darius?
There is no ideal synergy for Karthus that will no matter what be his top ally. However, Darius is a very typical ally for Karthus. By playing on the same side as Karthus, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 47.2%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Karthus and Darius that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Karthus. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Darius teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Karthus and Darius together, you may not be providing your side much utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Darius teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to work well with Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Karthus and Darius synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Darius than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Darius with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
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