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How to Win Anivia vs Karma Counter MatchupAnivia is in the s tier of champions

Anivia vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Anivia in LoLAnivia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Anivia

based on 1,495 Anivia vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. In our data, Anivia battled Karma in 1495 matches. Having so many matchups for Anivia versus Karma provides us confidence in our ability to prepare informative data and a solid build to suppress your foe. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Anivia encounters Karma in only 2.7% of her games.

Anivia vs Karma Matchup Summary

Anivia does a decent job of beating Karma. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.4% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Anivia against Karma rounds, Anivia’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Karma.

Best Anivia vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Anivia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceRod of Ages

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentStormsurgeZhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Anivia to level upe
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Second ability for Anivia to level upq
>
Last skill for Anivia to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Anivia's passive ability p
Anivia's q ability q
Anivia's w ability w
Anivia's e ability e
Anivia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
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E
4
W
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Karma as Anivia

Tips for Playing as Anivia against Karma

Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.

It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.

Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.

Advice to Win Against Karma

Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.

Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.

Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.

Anivia vs Karma Counter Stats

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Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
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5.2
< Kills >
3
4.9
< Deaths >
5.7
7.7
< Assists >
11.9
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
0.66
161
< Minions Killed >
69
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,247
< Physical Damage >
1,047
17,147
< Magic Damage >
15,361
1,132
< True Damage >
777
19,527
< Damage Dealt >
17,187
27,094
< Damage Taken >
19,217
11,227
< Gold Earned >
9,321
2.07
< Towers >
1.97
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,071
< Total Healing >
2,790
14,987
< Experience >
11,654
24
< Vision Score >
51
11
< Wards Placed >
22
990
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Counter Karma with Anivia in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Anivia against Karma counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma..

Anivia usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Karma. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Anivia and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Anivia
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Anivia
Karma

Who is Better, Anivia or Karma?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when taking on Karma, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a good counter to Karma.

While Anivia does have a higher win rate compared to Karma, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Karmaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Anivia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Karma matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Anivia is a decent counter to Karma. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Karma.

Additional Information for Anivia Players

How We Calculated Our Anivia vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Anivia, we analyzed 1,495 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 Karma as Anivia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Anivia to counter Karma during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Anivia on average gets more CS relative to Karma. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Anivia versus Karma build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Karma than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Karma with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Karma as Anivia, Anivia players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Anivia vs Karma clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.

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