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How to Win Braum vs Karma Counter MatchupBraum is in the a tier of champions

Braum vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Braum in LoLBraum is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Braum

based on 1,121 Braum vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
55.6 %
K/D/A
3.12
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Karma as Braum resulted from an analysis of 1121 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Braum is forced to battle against Karma in only 2.4% of his games.

Braum vs Karma Matchup Summary

Braum has done a great job of beating Karma. Normally, he wins a fantastic 55.6% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Braum vs Karma games, Braum’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Karma.

Best Braum vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Braum Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Braum's passive ability p
Braum's q ability q
Braum's w ability w
Braum's e ability e
Braum's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Karma as Braum

Tips for Playing as Braum against Karma

Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.

Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.

Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.

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.

Braum vs Karma Counter Stats

Braum Image
Win Rate
55.6 %
VS
Win Rate
44.4 %
Karma Image
1.6
< Kills >
3
5.2
< Deaths >
5.7
14.6
< Assists >
11.8
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
0.63
27
< Minions Killed >
68
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,404
< Physical Damage >
978
6,186
< Magic Damage >
14,657
678
< True Damage >
799
8,269
< Damage Dealt >
16,434
23,314
< Damage Taken >
18,742
8,446
< Gold Earned >
9,157
1.93
< Towers >
1.95
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,586
< Total Healing >
2,584
10,496
< Experience >
11,290
57
< Vision Score >
49
24
< Wards Placed >
21
275
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Karma with Braum in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some important Braum vs. Karma counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karma..

Braum often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Karma. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Braum and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Braum
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Braum
Karma

Who is Better, Braum or Karma?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when trying to fight Karma, with a 55.6% win rate. As a result, Braum makes a fantastic counter to Karma.

While Braum does have a much higher win rate than Karma, when they face off with one another, Braum also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Braum into Karma.

Moreover, Braum has a good 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 lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Braum vs Karma matchups, Braum is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Braum is a great counter for Karma. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Braum against Karma.

Additional Information for Braum Players

How We Calculated Our Braum vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Braum, we analyzed 1,121 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 Braum 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Braum to counter Karma during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Braum on average accumulates less CS as Karma. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Braum versus Karma build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Karma than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average winrate of 55.6% when countering Karma with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Karma as Braum, Braum players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Braum vs Karma LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.6% win rate overall.

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