Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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.
The Pantheon 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, Pantheon 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 worsening shows that Karthus helps Pantheon perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pantheon is an ally to Karthus, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Karthus helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Pantheon is played together 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 with Karthus.
Moreover, when Pantheon plays with Karthus on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Pantheon in teamfights.
There is no ideal synergy for Pantheon that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Karthus is a very typical teammate for Pantheon. By being on the same team as Pantheon, he lowers their win rate by -0.1% to 49.3%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Pantheon and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Karthus has a greater difficulty than Pantheon. That means Pantheon players should be very careful when lining up Karthus teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Pantheon and Karthus together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of cover. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Pantheon in order to synergize with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Pantheon and Karthus synergy build include Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Pantheon used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Karthus than with most other common builds. In fact, Pantheon had an average win rate of 49.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Pantheon players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Pantheon and Karthus pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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