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How to Win Seraphine vs Karthus Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Karthus

How to Beat Karthus as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karthus as Seraphine

based on 2,162 Seraphine vs Karthus matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.86
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Karthus as Seraphine resulted from an examination of 2162 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Seraphine fights Karthus in only 1.2% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Karthus Matchup Summary

Seraphine does a good job of countering Karthus. Normally, she wins a fantastic 52.5% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Seraphine vs Karthus matches, Seraphine’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Karthus.

Best Seraphine vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreMorellonomiconCelestial OppositionStaff of Flowing Water

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Seraphine

Advice to Win Against Karthus

Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.

Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.

Seraphine vs Karthus Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Karthus Image
3.5
< Kills >
6.6
5.7
< Deaths >
7.3
12.8
< Assists >
9.2
0.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
102
< Minions Killed >
86
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.94
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.3
1,349
< Physical Damage >
235
12,199
< Magic Damage >
27,388
454
< True Damage >
1,887
14,003
< Damage Dealt >
29,511
18,752
< Damage Taken >
29,185
10,234
< Gold Earned >
12,561
2.29
< Towers >
1.11
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.23
4,998
< Total Healing >
9,341
12,334
< Experience >
14,712
42
< Vision Score >
19
19
< Wards Placed >
7
251
< Time Dealing CC >
221

How to Counter Karthus with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several critical Seraphine against Karthus counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karthus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karthus..

Seraphine often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Karthus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Karthus

Who is Better, Seraphine or Karthus?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Seraphine usually wins when taking on Karthus, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Seraphine makes a good counter to Karthus.

While Seraphine does have a higher winrate compared to Karthus, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Seraphine into Karthus.

Moreover, Seraphine has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Karthus matchups, Seraphine is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Seraphine is an above average counter to Karthus. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Seraphine against Karthus.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Karthus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karthus as Seraphine, we analyzed 2,162 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Karthus as Seraphine comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Seraphine Build Karthus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Seraphine in order to counter Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine typically gets a similar amount of CS as Karthus. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Seraphine versus Karthus build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Seraphine bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Karthus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Seraphine boasted an average win rate of 52.5% battling Karthus with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Karthus as Seraphine, Seraphine players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Seraphine vs Karthus fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.

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