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 121,0017284,15934,52879,8761,730 matches.
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Tips Against Karma in Bottom Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
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.”
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”
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 Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
I Am Goliath says “Karma top is pretty hard to kill because they usually go tank and play super safe, but honestly she shouldn't kill you either, make sure you buy a Cull in this matchup so you can get a lead through farming, if you are able to get an E on her you can probably kill her, push her into turret really hard early as her waveclear isn't the best, you outscale her really hard so the lane might be somewhat annoying but the longer it goes the more you win.”
xPetu says “Recommended: Sustain Runes & Teleport
Tips: Don't fight her unless you get a gank. Passive shield and W her Q and AA poke to stay healthy while farming. Only engage if she wastes W somehow.”
Sovereign Kitten says “She is a pain due to her mobility/shields/root, which only becomes more annoying as the game goes on longer. She can either go full AP or Tank, the second one being annoying as hell. It's very hard to chase her or trade efficiently, you can utilize your minions as a way to prevent damage from her (Q) or (R) > (Q) combo, but don't be overextended. If you end up shoving your lane under her tower, you will simply be ran down. She can easily clear the entire wave and run after you or get a gank and lock you down with her mobility and root. Try your best to match your waves through wave control so you're by your tower for allies to gank and stack some MR.
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Rhoku says “TL;DR - EVEN MATCHUP SLIGHTLY IN HER FAVOUR. DON’T GET TILTED! KEEP COOL. DSHIELD+SECOND WIND+PHASE RUSH. UNFLINCHING IS GOOD BUT NOT NECESSARY. CONQUEROR WORKS. TRY TO ITEMISE VS HER TEAM. RUN BEHIND HER SO THAT SHE HAS NOWHERE TO RUN. WITH GHOST YOU CAN CHASE HER DOWN EVEN AFTER HER ROOT, JUST MAKE SURE TO W HER AS SHE WALKS OUT OF YOU RANGE SO YOU CAN CATCH UP. STRIDEBREAKER MAKES THIS LANE FREE.
Karma is a very infuriating matchup for a lot of Darius players. In fact, the only way a Karma beats you is by constantly annoying you with her slows, unavoidable CC, shield and movement speed that allows her to kite you while pestering you for days. God forbid a Karma picks up a Phase Rush as at that point, you will be tilted out of your mind. But remember that you being pissed off is what the Karma wants. She wants you to get angry and impatient so that you make a mistake that she can turn into a kill through jungle pressure or through extensive kiting. The good news is that Karma has nowhere near the damage to kill you. A Dshield along with Second Wind allows you to tank through most of her pathetic damage. Patience is the key word here. The best Darius player is one that is perceptive enough to spot mistakes, and patient enough to wait for said mistakes. YOU are a brick wall that THEY are trying to overcome. So just be patient and you will find a crack in their gameplay that you can turn into a kill or a lost summoner spell. Against Karma, you should try not to eat too much poke as per usual. Since she doesn’t do too much damage, the health from dshield should be good enough. Just run her down with Ghost and make her regret picking such a terrible pick. Even if you lose lane, don’t worry. She cannot snowball which means if you bide your time and play safe, you will be able to outdo her in teamfights. The biggest thing, again, is to keep a cool head and not get impatient. On the bright side, Stridebreaker makes this lane quite easy. You just gotta survive until then.”
LoLReal says “Hope they don't play this. Farm under turret and hope your jungler ganks as well. Get an early spectre's cowl too. We're more useful mid game.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “A lot of poke, high base dmg on her Q and a kilometer long snare... Just farm and maybe go for a fight if she uses Q often to farm.”
Vandenelis says “Has insane speed, root and a slow and quite a lot of sustain. so you cant really kill her. She does not do a lot of damage, so if you dodge her q, you should just farm up in lane, and wait for ganks. you outscale her hard lategame.”
Phrxshn says “You will have to get out of her Focused Resolved(W) aka tether to prevent snaring. Dodge her Inner Flame(Q) and you should be able to make even trades. Make note when she activates her Inspire(E) aka shield as she gains extra movement speed. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Karma) (Recommended Items: Rylai's Scepter, Mercury's Treads) (Outscaling Edge: Singed)”
Phrxshn says “You will have to get out of her Focused Resolved(W) aka tether to prevent snaring. Dodge her Inner Flame(Q) and you should be able to make even trades. Make note when she activates her Inspire(E) aka shield as she gains extra movement speed. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Karma) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Outscaling Edge: Trundle)”
Phrxshn says “You will have to get out of her Focused Resolved(W) aka tether to prevent snaring. Dodge her Inner Flame(Q) and you should be able to make even trades. Make note when she activates her Inspire(E) aka shield as she gains extra movement speed. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Karma) (Recommended Items: Abyssal Mask, Mercury's Treads) (Outscaling Edge: Malphite)”
Phrxshn says “You will have to get out of her Focused Resolved(W) aka tether to prevent snaring. Dodge her Inner Flame(Q) and you should be able to make even trades. Make note when she activates her Inspire(E) aka shield as she gains extra movement speed. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Karma) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick)”
Phrxshn says “You will have to get out of her Focused Resolved(W) aka tether to prevent snaring. Dodge her Inner Flame(Q) and you should be able to make even trades. Make note when she activates her Inspire(E) aka shield as she gains extra movement speed. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Karma) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Outscaling Edge: Dr.Mundo)”
Phrxshn says “You will have to get out of her Focused Resolved(W) aka tether to prevent snaring. Dodge her Inner Flame(Q) and you should be able to make even trades. Make note when she activates her Inspire(E) aka shield as she gains extra movement speed. (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Karma) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Outscaling Edge: Sett)”
raede says “Karma top man... thank god it isn't played more cus Jesus it sucks. She pretty much counters you in every single way and you can't even build bramble vest to counter her healing since she is AP. Honestly if she chains you post 6 just ult on her when the chain is about to pop and try to kill. If you can't don't get greedy.”
MrShykun says “MATCHUP EVEN LÉGÈREMENT DANS SA FAVEUR. PRENEZ BOUCLIER DE DORAN+SECOND SOUFFLE+PHASE RUSH OU CONQUEROR FONCTIONNE EGALEMENT, INEBRANLABLE EST BIEN MAIS PAS INDISPENSABLE. AVEC GHOST VOUS POURREZ L'ATTRAPEZ MEME SI ELLE VOUS ROOT, ASSUREZ VOUS JUSTE DE LA W AU MOMENT OU ELLE S'ELOIGNERA DE VOUS POUR POUVOIR LA RATTRAPER. L'ESTROPIEUR VOUS FACILE BIEN LA TACHE. Karma est un match très exaspérant pour beaucoup de joueurs de Darius. En fait, la seule façon pour une Karma de vous battre est de vous ennuyer constamment avec ses ralentissements, ses CC ciblé, son bouclier et sa vitesse de déplacement qui lui permettent de vous kiter tout en vous harcelant pendant toute la lane. Mais gardez votre calme c'est une lane ou il faut subir, la karma va tout faire pour vous faire greed, Elle veut que vous vous impatientiez pour que vous fassiez une erreur et qu'elle puisse vous tuer a l'aide de son jungle ou encore vous poke inutilement. La bonne nouvelle est que Karma est loin d'avoir les dégâts pour vous tuer. Un bouclier de doran avec Second souffle vous permet de surmonter la plupart de ses dégâts pathétiques. La patience est le maître mot ici. Un bon joueur de Darius saura repérer les erreurs et assez patient pour attendre les dites erreurs. Alors soyez patient et vous trouverez une faille dans son gameplay que vous pourrez transformer en une mise à mort ou un sort d'invocateur perdu. Contre Karma, vous devriez essayer de ne pas vous faire trop poke comme d'habitude. Comme elle ne fait pas trop de dégâts, la regen du bouclier de doran devrait être suffisante. Il suffit de lui courir dessus avec le Ghost et lui fait regretter d'avoir pick un champion aussi naze en toplane. Même si vous perdez elle ne pourra pas vous snowball vous aurez plus d'impact qu'elle en teamfight. C'est une lane qui se joue sur le mental soyez fort :)”
iZeal says “Respect her early damage, though you can kill her if she makes a mistake since her only mobility is movement speed increasing shields that you can stop in their tracks with your knockups.”
SpyDaFX says “really annoying poke but can be killed pretty easily if you can stick to her after she used her stun. go press the attack, doran's shield is recommended (She's in Major threat because i was against her).”
MarkFromSingedMains says “Even with her buffs reverted, Karma has a perfect anti-Singed kit. I normally dodge when it becomes apparent it's a Karma top in champ select.”
ChevalierArlo says “Tome cuidado com o poke. Não é uma matchup difícil, só é irritante. Recomendo usar a build 4 pra evitar que ela corra de você, mas as outras (Tirando conquistador) são melhores.”
LoLReal says “Annoying match up, she can poke us early and kite around. We win post 6 and we are much more useful mid game. Build cowl farm and be patient for your R.”
aurus666lol says “All her power is healing with R+W combo, but now with that mana problems, you won't get destroyed. Maybe she will build Moonstone and Staff of Floating Water, but I dont think that she will be more powerfull with it VS you.”
ERNESTSAURUS says “FLEET FOOTWORK / SPELLBOOK SETUP - DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS + POT =
Karma top nowadays became more of a counter pick to aggressive laner such as Darius or Tryndamere, since she has a lot of CC and utility to stop them and outpoke them but when it comes to Nasus, she can poke him a lot but as we go with Fleet Footwork with out runes, she can't poke us out of lane and if you decide to go for Spellbook, you lose on early game surviviability but it will guarantee a better scaling due to having way more summoners spells. Karma top is a really versatile pick, they can go for Arcane Comet to try to poke you, they can go Spellbook to look to provide utility and even in their build they can choose to go full AP or to go for more of a support build. In this lane look to use the toplane bushes to dodge her Q and autoattacks also you can sit behind your minions and bait her into trying to Q you and then she will hit the wave making it push towards you. Karma once you get Trinity Force + Boots can't really solo kill you, in this stage look to get as much Stacks as you can so then later on to the game, when you force a splitpush situation, you can kill her easily.”
Grayified says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Karma has really strong poke early on so try to avoid damage by dodging her q's and using the brushes top lane to avoid auto attacks. You can take short trades into Karma if you are able to build up fury without taking too much damage and maybe her q or w are on cooldown. Punishing cooldowns is the best way to handle a ranged matchup like karma. If she misses an ultimate Q or wastes her shield, that could be a good time for a trade. Tryndamere will outscale Karma in the 1v1 going into the mid-late game with about 2-3 items. Make sure when you allin that you use your ignite early to reduce the effectiveness of her heal from her mantra W. When using your W slow keep in mind that Karma will turn back to face you when she auto attacks, uses her q, or uses her w.”
EntxRecoil says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Karma has really strong poke early on so try to avoid damage by dodging her q's and using the brushes top lane to avoid auto attacks. You can take short trades into Karma if you are able to build up fury without taking too much damage and maybe her q or w are on cooldown. Punishing cooldowns is the best way to handle a ranged matchup like karma. If she misses an ultimate Q or wastes her shield, that could be a good time for a trade. Tryndamere will outscale Karma in the 1v1 going into the mid-late game with about 2-3 items. Make sure when you allin that you use your ignite early to reduce the effectiveness of her heal from her mantra W. When using your W slow keep in mind that Karma will turn back to face you when she auto attacks, uses her q, or uses her w.”
wallobear53 says “Her W is the ability which you want to play around in this lane. It is the main reason which makes her so obnoxious and you can’t fight her as long as she has her W. Do your best to bait it out before all-in’ing her.
Invest in some Grievous Wounds items in order to cut her healing during the early laning phase. This can help you win the laning phase quite easily as long as you don’t get hit by her Q and get slowed down.
Try to set up ganks on her when her E is down. Make sure you try to keep the wave near your tower so that she has to over extend and then call your Jungler for help. If you are the Jungler then you should keep an eye out for such a setup from your top laner.
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Kingarthur720 says “Lethal Tempo Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Karma has really strong poke early on so try to avoid damage by dodging her q's and using the brushes top lane to avoid auto attacks. You can take short trades into Karma if you are able to build up fury without taking too much damage and maybe her q or w are on cooldown. Punishing cooldowns is the best way to handle a ranged matchup like karma. If she misses an ultimate Q or wastes her shield, that could be a good time for a trade. Tryndamere will outscale Karma in the 1v1 going into the mid-late game with about 2-3 items. Make sure when you allin that you use your ignite early to reduce the effectiveness of her heal from her mantra W. When using your W slow keep in mind that Karma will turn back to face you when she auto attacks, uses her q, or uses her w”
BloodyDream81 says “Match up impossible, les même recommandations que pour cassiopeia, il n'y vraiment rien à faire en 1 vs 1, prendre de la résistance magique te permettra d'éviter de mourir, mais n'espère pas la tuer, farm un maximum et endure ! ”
Hunter Frenzy says “1v1: SA & Dom |
vs Burst JG: E & Res |
vs MS JG: PR & Dom |
Boots: Swifty's |
1st Core Item: Nashor's Tooth |
Optional Item: Null-Magic Mantle”
Hijitori says “Her Q ability slows and stuns you, also deals a lot of damage. Makes you some troubles mostly in mid game. Her movement speed makes her hard to hit with your Q.”
Itreallyhim says “Annoying, but no threat. She will Q, W and E constantly, but has no pressure on killing you, she can setup kills but thats it, Don't try catching her without ult, Her movespeed spam is too much.”
Circas says “Tank top Karma is not really meta at the moment but you might see it. Karma wins most top match ups by kiting people to death but you have too many gap closing abilities for her to do that.
Land abilities and win hard.”
ThatTaylorGuy says “We can force Karma out of lane easily by freezing our towers and hitting our E's under tower. She can deal some damage so don't go too crazy, just focus on whittling down her health with E's near your tentacles.”
Canis858 says “Sie hat auf der Lane keine Chance gegen Yorick. Full-Tank-Karma kann den Push nicht abhalten und Full-AD-Karma wird schnell gekillt und mit Magieresistenz schnell gecountert.
Runen: 3 (eventuel 2)”
9690 says “Annoying match up, she can poke us early and kite around. We win post 6 and we are much more useful mid game. Build cowl farm and be patient for your R.”
Loevely says “Ranged matchup, go Fleet. She shouldnt be able to kill you and neither should you. All in her as often as possible and keep her shoved by rushing Tiamat. ”
TakuyaDJ TW TV says “Extremely annoying to play against. Shields to stop your 1 shots, and E to tether you in place.
Obnoxious but honestly not strong.”
CrimsonAngel1 says “A good karma top should be able to poke you down, and not die. A great way to counter this is building Doran's shield and a Spectres cowl.”
Angela du Seithr says “Pick qui peut devenir très difficile à cause de sa faculté à être très défensif. Pantheon est capable d'effectuer de nombreux tower dives, mais Karma est tout à fait capable de les retourner en sa faveur grâce à son kit.”
TheMess says “A pain in the ass. She will poke you all the lane phase and cover pretty good her adc at the same time. Try to avoid her R attacks and punish her with Q whenever you can. ”
E61K says “Karma is the embodiment of a lot of things Darius hates. Ranged, heavy slows, targeted hard CC, shields and movement speed steroids on demand. Go for Phase Rush, Doran's Shield and Second Wind to deal with her strong poke and take Ghost. The good thing is that she can't reliably solo kill you. Also she doesn't get picked that often. Even less in Top. If you land your E on her makes sure to quickly AA>W to proc Phase Rush and then stick as close to her as possible since she will try to root you to get herself away from you. If you stick to her as close as you can after procing Phase Rush before you get rooted you will be able to keep running her down. ”
SwiftOblivion says “Strengths: Shields, Sustain, AP, High Mobility. Weaknesses: Squishy, Predictable CC, out scaled. A bit annoying when she builds tank but nothing difficult. Her Q slow makes it hard to jump onto her on top of her E Shield and speed boost making it even harder. Her root is easy to riposte once you have the timing down so don’t worry about this matchup.”
lunarstaff says “Is deceptively tanky with her shield and empowered tether ( which heals her by 25% missing hp twice). You still can one shot her though, but mess up and you die.”
E61K says “Almost her entire kit is windwallable and her kit is pretty straight forward. Walk up to try and root you and then use ult empowered ability. Once you get the hang of dashing out of her root and then reengaging she becomes easy to deal with. Windwalling her ultimate is pretty easy since she always speaks some BS when using her ult.”
undeadsoldiers says “Lane Aproach: trade 3+, roam if she has 2-3 items. You can all in if she wastes R.
Key CDs:W
Notes:CP, roam once she has some items. You wont be able to kill her (assuming tank karma with 40%cdr).”
CaioOP1985 says “Her Q hurts, specially the empowered version, her W heals a lot and her E can be frustrating. And even so, she is not a serious problem once you actually catch up to her (easier said than done).”
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Tips Against Karma in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
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 “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.”
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).”
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.”
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. ”
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.”
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. ”
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.”
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. ”
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.”
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 .----
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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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