Karthus with Yasuo
How to Synergize Karthus and Yasuo
based on 3,802 Karthus with Yasuo pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Karthus Yasuo Synergy Summary
Best Karthus vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Karthus and Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Karthus with Yasuo
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 Yasuo Will Play
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Karthus Yasuo Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yasuo as Karthus in LoL
The Karthus Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Yasuo. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Yasuo helps Karthus perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Karthus is an ally to Yasuo, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This may signal that Yasuo provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Karthus is played with Yasuo on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Yasuo.
Additionally, when Karthus plays with Yasuo on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Yasuo does a poor job of covering Karthus during teamfights.
Synergies between Karthus and Yasuo
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Is Karthus better when played alongside Yasuo?
There is no top ally for Karthus that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Yasuo is a superb ally for Karthus. By locking into the same side as Karthus, he improves their win rate by 3.0% to 50.3%. This proves that there is an important bond between Karthus and Yasuo that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Yasuo has a greater difficulty than Karthus. That means Karthus players must be cautious when lining up Yasuo comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater 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 to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Karthus and Yasuo together, you probably will not be granting your side enough engage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Yasuo ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus in order to synergize with Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Karthus and Yasuo synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Stormsurge. When Karthus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Yasuo than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing alongside Yasuo with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take 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 runes that we analyzed for Karthus and Yasuo pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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