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How to Synergize Urgot with Karthus on the Same TeamUrgot is in the s tier of champions

Urgot with Karthus

How to Win With Urgot and Karthus Paired TogetherUrgot is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Urgot and Karthus

based on 1,025 Urgot with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each week. Urgot has fought alongside Karthus in 1025 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data from the publishers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can present to you high-quality, insightful builds to help Urgot synergize with Karthus. It is very rare for Urgot to play alongside Karthus as teammates. This has only taken place in approx. 1.4% of games with Urgot.

Urgot Karthus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Urgot does a poor job of teaming up with Karthus. Normally, he wins an acceptable 48.8% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to play better as Urgot when fighting on the same team as Karthus by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Urgot vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCull

Core Urgot Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverForce of Nature

Optional Items

Death's DanceSpear of ShojinTitanic HydraJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Urgot to level upw
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Second ability for Urgot to level upe
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Last skill for Urgot to max outq

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Urgot's passive ability p
Urgot's q ability q
Urgot's w ability w
Urgot's e ability e
Urgot's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Urgot and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Urgot with Karthus

Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.

Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage

Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.

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.

Urgot Karthus Synergy Stats

Urgot Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Karthus Image
7
< Kills >
6.7
6.2
< Deaths >
5.9
5.4
< Assists >
5.1
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
188
< Minions Killed >
181
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.56
20,378
< Physical Damage >
19,815
127
< Magic Damage >
137
1,852
< True Damage >
1,746
22,358
< Damage Dealt >
21,699
29,909
< Damage Taken >
28,475
12,913
< Gold Earned >
12,467
2.7
< Towers >
2.66
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,520
< Total Healing >
5,244
15,808
< Experience >
15,306
20
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
250
< Time Dealing CC >
247

How to Play with Karthus as Urgot in LoL

The Urgot 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, Urgot 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 drop shows that Karthus helps Urgot perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Urgot plays on the same team as Karthus, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This may signal that Karthus helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Urgot is played with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.

Moreover, when Urgot plays with Karthus on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Urgot in team fights.

Synergies between Urgot and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Urgot
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Urgot
Karthus

Is Urgot better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Urgot that will always be his best synergy. However, Karthus is a not very good companion for Urgot. By playing on the same team as Urgot, he drops their win rate by -2.3% to 48.8%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Urgot and Karthus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Karthus has a lower difficulty than Urgot. That means Urgot players don't need to be very careful when lining up Karthus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Working cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by pairing Urgot and Karthus together, you may not be providing your other allies a lot of support. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Karthus teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Urgot Players

How We Calculated Our Urgot Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Urgot and Karthus, we analyzed 1,025 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Urgot with Karthus comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Urgot in order to synergize with Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Urgot and Karthus synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Force of Nature. When Urgot used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Karthus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Urgot had an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Karthus with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.

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