Rengar with Karthus
How to Synergize Rengar and Karthus
based on 844 Rengar with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rengar Karthus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rengar and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Rengar with Karthus
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Rengar in LoL
The Rengar 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, Rengar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Karthus helps Rengar perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rengar tries to synergize with Karthus, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Karthus supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rengar is played with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Karthus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.
Additionally, when Rengar plays with Karthus on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Karthus does a poor job of covering Rengar during teamfights.
Synergies between Rengar and Karthus
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Is Rengar better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no ideal companion for Rengar that will always be his best teammate. However, Karthus is a not very good ally for Rengar. By being on the same team as Rengar, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 47.3%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Rengar and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Karthus has a lower difficulty than Rengar. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Karthus comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Rengar and Karthus together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much cover. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to pair well with Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to use in your Rengar and Karthus synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Karthus than with many other common builds. In fact, Rengar boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when playing alongside Karthus with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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