Evelynn vs Karthus Counter Pick

Karthus enters every fight with 21 base armor and 46 attack damage, the profile of a champion built on never being reached. Evelynn reaches him, and the outcome is 58.1% across 186 games on patch 16.13.1.

Camouflage after level 6 is the mechanism. Karthus holds no dash, no shield and no reliable disengage — Wall of Pain slows and strips magic resist from anything crossing it, which only helps when placed before contact, and camouflage removes the warning that would prompt it. Allure charms while cutting magic resist further, so her damage lands on a target whose 100.9 armor at level 18 is irrelevant against it, and Hate Spike into Whiplash generally covers the 2,490 health he finishes with. Two things stop it being free. Death Defied keeps him casting from a spirit form after death, so a kill inside Defile still costs health, and Requiem ignores position entirely — a fight won at a camp can still end with a global execute somewhere else. Demon Shade also needs quiet time to heal between clears, and Defile’s persistent aura denies exactly that. Mana runs out faster for him than for her, since Defile drains continuously while active, and that drained window is when a 335 movement speed chase actually catches a champion who has none. Ratings of 10 against 7 show how much of the advantage rests on approach angle. Kit details: Karthus and Evelynn.