Ranked #24 out of 39 in SupportDiscover all Support champions who counter Karma. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Karma in League of Legends and win in Champion Select! Karma Data for all roles taken from 90,9441,2616,65827,09453,6762,275 matches.
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Tips Against Karma in Bottom Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Penguto says “Karma can be really annoying, you cant run away from her stun even with Severum Q, because she has movement speed herself. Her poke is insane because she powers it. Make sure to root her with Gravitum”
EzVeryReal says “Karma is pretty annoying to deal with. You can push her to the Major slot in some cases. The entire point of this matchup is to kill her before she pokes you and your support out. If you fail to do that, it's pretty doomed. Also, beware of Exhaust. She can easily Exhaust + R W you so that she stays healthy while you're stuck in place. Otherwise, she's super squishy and dies pretty easily.”
Delta eGirl says “Despite being a magic damage poke champion, it comes out slow enough that you'll out sustain it. Karma doesn't really provide much outside of that, so consider her a non-factor.”
kingamazin says “Karma can be a tough matchup if you struggle with dodging her q's. Try to stand behind your minions but a little bit further back as to not be hugging them, since she can still hit you with her q if you are too close to them. pick up an early refillable pot to stay healthy in lane and sustain her poke. ”
Trampedach says “Cancer matchup. She will perma poke you and force you to back at really bad timings. If paired with something like Jinx or Cait she will completely fuck you up leaving little to no counterplay. ”
Profesor APH. says “cant dash away from her stune but you can use severum and run away or stune her with gravitum (better option) dont have any dash only higer movement speed with r”
SkittleBtw says “Dodge her poke early, she does big damage very often and can give her ADC great utility with her root/shield/slow on Q, don't feed her and you'll be alryte.”
yers says “High poke and has a PNC tether root. Because of this she will play cocky. Try to stun her as she plays cocky and then combo her for big damage, rinse and repeat until she's dead.”
Jovy says “Karma isn't hard to deal with because she can't interrupt your ultimate and she's very squishy. Her damage is what you need to look out for, but if you're smart you can dodge most of her Qs and it should be all good.”
Camelorry says “Although you can block her q, even when empowered by her ult, she can poke you and kite you very easily. Try to play safe, buy early lifesteal and look for engages from your support.”
eyh4sxdf says “She'll actually wreck you. Her poke is awful to deal with. If she goes ap she'll one bang you, if she goes standard support she has really good healing and shielding. Try to avoid her if she tries to engage, and dodge what you can. Engage on the adc whenever karma is low on mana or is not in lane.”
Terrific says “Try not to get hit by her massive Q too much, if you're able to do that she's pretty easy target. Her shield is pretty annoying but it's not that massive off a problem.”
NediHere says “Her W can counters your invisibility, but if you E her, it will be cancelled. You have to dodge her Q - try to this with your Q and at the same time go in and try to deal her as much as possible.”
Eucalyptus says “Perfectly designed to fuck over kiting champs. She has: an AOE shield and MS buff, an AOE nuke that slows and a chain based point and click root. Avoid this champ.”
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Tips Against Karma in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Drewmatth Taliyah says “Start Doran + 2 Pots if 1) You think you can outplay her and hit your W's to generate a kill at levels 3-5 or 2) You think she will burst you down post 6 (get an extra ring).
Start Corrupting if you think you will not hit your W's (or you will get poked down) and you rely more on wave clear/spammy poke (you will be way more squisher but more durable -- this is recommended if you are sure you will not get hit by CC spells and instantly die).
Her only kill potential is by poking you down heavily (go biscuits if needed) or by using W to setup a gank for their jungler. Go for all ins if you want but in this matchup your main purpose is just to be the better damage dealer overall (which you will). Besides that play around the map and roam or try to help your jungler since you will vastly win any 2vs2 (especially if her empowered Q is on cd).”
Avucado says “You can E out of chain and punish them if they walk up. Look for hooks because you far out trade them. Her shields and speed make her annoying to deal with but you far out damage her and will win the match up if you can hit your Qs.”
peytonqt says “[EASY] [PR] [Long Sword/Corrupting/Tear] This lane isn't that hard. She'll poke you a little bit over the course of the lane. If you just wait for your items you'll kill her instantly. Go for Serpant's Fang because it will negate her shields by a fuck ton. If you want stuff on laning, dodge her Q's and if you see a good opportunity you can trade with her, but she'll just shield and kite you for a little bit. Try to poke her if you started Tear and just wait it out for mid game.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Fairly easy lane, she can never kill you but she is pretty hard to kill due to her healing and shields. Only way you really die in this lane is if your windwall is down and you get snared into RQ which should never happen. Dash out when she casts her E to get out of the tether range then go back in on her. Save ignite when going for an all in and before she heals with her RE. If she plays super safe you can just push her into tower and look for roams instead.”
Katawina52 says “Just play agressive at all times, only time you can lose is if she has consistent accuracy with her Qs. Dodge those and you should be fine. Once you have bork/wits end, you should be able to all in over and over. Mercs is good vs Karma if they have more cc's, but pref sorcs due to her vulnerability to getting solo'd. ”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Just take dshield and fleet and just freely scale. Her poke will be annoying early but the setup should allow you to ignore it. She is a hard champion to kill but later on she has no hard cc for you which makes her very easy to deal with and kill her.”
Hullos says “She had a great shield movement, cc and healing. makes ulting a nightmare and nullifies a lot of your dmg. While she probably will not kill you in lane she can poke you out and make late game hard. Take TP and hope. Just kinda a pain to play against. ”
Dj Memelord says “horrible lane bully that makes it near impossible for you to cs properly without getting your health bar shredded. Second wind and dorans shield is a must.”
mrmundo says “Not played mid often but definitely a terrible matchup. She has burst and range plus she gets shield. Max Q, and only go in for trades when necessary.”
Black Shadow QIYANA says “she is really hard to kill because of her ms,shield,heal and she does alot of dmg will poke you so just farm and roam and try to get her from a bush or something.”
Polarshift says “She can poke you a lot but after some items you'll be able to keep him pushed in, making her choose between minions and or rotating. Careful for her tether, it's an amazing gank setup.”
PASS10NE says “Karma will harass you in lane. Going up against Karma during the laning phase will be difficult. You'll go corruption potion here and your goal is to survive lane until your jungler ganks your lane. ”
BigBushMan says “Karma can be a problem early on, but once it hits level 6, she usually cannot outrun you just due purely to your speed from W as well as dashes. Survive till then. ”
Hiimkata says “Just play agressive at all times, only time you can lose is if she has consistent accuracy with her Qs. Dodge those and you should be fine. Once you have bork/wits end, you should be able to all in over and over. Mercs is good vs Karma if they have more cc's, but pref sorcs due to her vulnerability to getting solo'd.”
CaptianMike says “Stand behind the minions to avoid her Q's. It can be hard to farm under tower due to her strong poke, so you should aim to clear the wave as quickly as possible. Before you Ult her, remember she has a shield ability!”
UnoTrickCho says “She has absolutely 0 kill pressure on you. Take fleet/domination and start e to cheese her level 1 when she doesn't have all her spells.”
KataTocDo says “She has a shield, slow, healing, and does insane damage. Just cancer.
Runes: Conq.-Dom. or Elec. - Prec.
Starting Items: D. Shield or Blade”
BloxNaderYT says “The threat of low economy champions against Sett allows Karma to operate against Sett with the same concept of Seraphine and Lulu. However, Karma's kit is not as overtuned as both of them and can be picked in the case that Seraphine or Lulu is banned.”
Elite500 says “Really annoying, if she wants to she can just push you in and tether then blast her load on you while you're chained up, no counterplay, proto helps a lot because you can just close the distance to her, a perfect karma won't let you close enough to damage her”
invalidd says “She will never kill you unless you get hit by too many Qs and you get rooted when low HP, she's mostly a pick to support the jungler so
she shouldn't be dangerous, your R counters her shields. Complicated to gank.”
Sylvan Lore says “Dont play against this very much, but it is very high damage and very high healing. Any trade where she lands a R->Q is completely lost, especially in early levels. You may be tempted to overplay your lane since you feel like you are against a support but there is absolutely nothing troll about this pick. She has damage, wave clear and movespeed to keep up with the best of mids. Building normal is acceptable but if you see the opportunity, buying early grievous wounds can give you kill pressure, but otherwise I would just farm up and outperform her in lategame. Karma should generally not have kill pressure on you and not keep up with you late game but it really depends on the carries that she is buffing up.”
Scyrine says “Karma is a troublesome pick into akali. She can reveal you in your shroud, poke you, and basically play with you. You want her to play agro on you though, and when she has her cc on you, instead of running away fight her. Try to get as good of a trade as possible.”
Chili Dog says “Really annoying, if she wants to she can just push you in and tether then blast her load on you while you're chained up, no counterplay, proto helps a lot because you can just close the distance to her, a perfect karma won't let you close enough to damage her. Phase Rush recommended.”
FalleN3 says “Start with Boots + Health Potions against Karma.
Her longer range and high early damage makes her a challenge to lane against.
Pre level 6, without jungler help - she will be a real pain so concentrate on farming.
After level 6, assuming you haven't fed her - you should be able to all in her with (R) Tibbers.”
WolfRider01 says “Karma mid can poke you out of lane, but is fairly easy to deal with as Yasuo. Be careful of her E, but other than that, you can pretty much run her down if she's not smart. If you aren't comfortable with the matchup, take fleet.”
sweodigaming says “Watch out for her W, Q combo. Also she will probably try to ult Q you level 1 so just keep behind minions. When trying to all in just keep in mind that she has a big ass shield to help her.”
FalleN3 says “Rarely seen in mid lane but her range and high early damage makes her a challenge for you to lane against. Pre level 6 is going to be a tough enough game for Fizz. Try to avoid letting her harass you for free. She has a shield, heal and gets tanky. If you can bait out her spells it can be worth trading with her. She will be difficult to 100-0 even after level 6. Concentrate on farming as much as you can and look for picks / roam elsewhere for kills.”
Yuki H. says “A very versatile champion that can adapt to any play style. She can play very passively or aggressively, which means unless the karma does not know what they're doing it is hard to get behind on this champion. She may build semi support-like if she is not snowballing, but can also build full AP which makes short trades really hard. Play around her cooldowns; just remember she has a snare and a shield which speeds her up. Also note her ult snare heals her for missing hp, making laning phase tougher than it should.”
Veralion says “HoB/beads. Riot giveth, and Riot taketh away. Without that movespeed buff, we can once again simply burnout out of her tether and avoid every mantra Q, completely negating her champion design. I expect this lane to go right back to being a farm-off that you will use to outcarry the pants off of her in the midgame. Don’t stand within mantra Q range of your wave. You can still simply run out of her tether if she does it close to max range, or at least gain enough distance that she won’t be able to properly all in after the root, but if you're closer she can now run you down and chunk you. Your W really ruins her ability to do anything in the lane if you're careful, so just farm up. Killing her though is difficult through her shield and movespeed without some outside CC. I wouldn’t count on being able to finish her off without help, but what I would suggest is paying attention to and playing around your jungler. You're much more valuable than she is in an early skirmish.”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Low Minor/Even
If she's AP, you should win by sheer poke power and burst since she's not that tanky but if she's going tank then she's even with you because she still has a lot of damage and heals a lot so get healing reduction early or ignite.”
The PaIe King says “Sustain Karth
Summoner Spells: Teleport/Flash----
Build Path: Rod of Ages, Sorcerers Shoes, Liandry's Torment, Rabadons Death Cap, Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass.
----Rune Page: Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transendence, Scorch, Prescence of Mind, Last Stand .----
”
GrayRiver says “"Karma is a troublesome pick into akali. She can reveal you in your shroud, poke you, and basically play with you. You want her to play agro on you though, and when she has her cc on you, instead of running away fight her. Try to get as good of a trade as possible." Scyrine”
1256 says “wise man once said this might be supp player playing mid, so she has barely knowledge on punishing you, if this is a good player expect some creeps lost, she's getting mrs with athene (abit broken item) so your dmg is smaller too, outscale her
fleet+dom, electro if confident”
Gageowago says “Dodge her q as best as you can and if she starts to root you and there is no jungle vision it might be best to ult or flash out. When she is rooting you is the best time for you to charm her since she will typically overextend onto for the root. She can also use her shield to mitigate some of your damage so be careful in trades.”
Lil Tidepod says “Karma mid isn't too common but it really shouldn't be a problem for you as long as you dodge her Q. Just poke her down and kite her. Stand behinds minions and her Q won't hit you.”
ahrienthusiastmain says “You can't kill her pre-6. Once you have your ult, you can kill her even without landing your charm. Karma is significantly better in teamfighting, but she can't ever match your waveclear mid-late game and you do more damage.”
Dgraider says “Call in your jungler to help. You probably won't be able to kill her without using flash unless she mispositions and she won't be able to kill you either”
LONERlSM says “If she is mid she can aoe shield the entire team and ruin your ultimate. Best to try and wait to cast your ulitmate if she is grouped. Besides that she doesnt have that much kill threat but can make your ultimate void.”
MarkeleleYasuo says “annoying lane, and vs good karma its unwinnable, she will kite you and always shield your 3rd Q
farm up and push her so she cant go help her team, get mid prio and look for fights with your jg”
Tayna says “As a main Karma myself, i know very well she can poke 10 times more than you. And get out of your ult, She can dodge your Q easily, but u can get out of her root too.”
Vispectra says “A very annoying lane because well...Shields and movement speed + poke, but she has low kill pressure against you , you can negate most of her damage with a well timed Q and later on you'll just one-shot her. I recommend playing passive until 11.”
Poleseas16 says “Any Karma player with half a brain will never let you kill her. Play for farm, roam, and vision. Karma is somewhat gankable, but has high sustain with Corrupting Potion and high burst with AP build.”
unownreality says “out sustains with health, and can shield your burst. Chances are, you will not burst her out, so play the lane slow, and look for oppurtunities to trade. Only attempt a full burst if she is below 60%hp. ”
SmokeyEggs says “Karma mid is pretty uncommon but i have matched up with quite a few and she's not that hard to deal with, but as long as you know when to trade, she's gonna lose. ”
AzureArmatt says “Karma is support champion that found herself place in mid lane because of her strong poke. her empowered Q can deal big damage one she gets items but early she can really just farm, push wave and run away from you. she will need help of her jungler to kill you. to counter her poke and root you can buy mercury's treads and if she somehow get too strong to handle consider buying banshe's veil for even more magic resist. one she "connects" to you with her link try to break it and she won't be able to follow with her damage. remember her Q explode on hit dealing AoE damage even if not empowered by her R so don't stay too close to the minions”
thedonk says “Just farm, you will not win any trade against Karma. If you W in, she will R+W you which will heal her. She also has a shield to avoid your damage.”
Jenkinsu says “She's mad oppressive. Play safe behind your wave and don't let her catch you out of position or else it hurts. She's really good at setting up ganks as well”
moutenn says “Karma, can before 6, just put her chain on you. Then you have 2 options. W out, or W in. If you W out her CD is lower then yours, so she can do it again before you get you W. If you engage, there is a chance you can juke her incoming, Q by taking er W when her Q comes. She does take a lot of damage, and does not have an escape, so not the hardest after 6.”
Draczor says “Karma is a difficult one to face in the laming phase. She is strong and it's hard to win trades against her because she got a shield, movement speed, slow/root and damage. Always try to stand behind minions and outside Karma's W range to avoid taking damage from her Q and getting rooted. It's better to focus on pushing instead of trading since Karma has a hard time farming under turret. Trade her back if she wants to damage you but avoid doing that multiple times. Once you get your second hexcore upgrade you have the ability to kill her but it is still hard to do. You definitely want Karma to take all the damage from your ultimate. For example, Karma wants to hurt you so she goes in with shield, movement speed and tries to root you with her W so she can afterwards use her empowered Q. The moment she does that she most likely is deep enough in lane so you can all in on her once her shield, movement speed dies. Make sure to pay attention that she didn't use empowered W instead cause then you probably won't be able to kill her. If you all in she won't have the movement speed to run away and ends up taking full damage from your ultimate. That combined with your other abilities should be enough to kill her especially is she get's stunned by gravity field while deep in lane.”
asffg123 says “Karma has no real danger other than her upgraded Q and rooting you. Play safe and watch for ganks. You should have an equal laning phase.”
Smol Jelly says “Karma's got good poke, but you've got a stronger laning phase than she does. Just be careful of her root, and you'll be alright. Her poke hurts, but you should be able to avoid large parts of it.”
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