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How to Win Karma vs Fiddlesticks Counter MatchupKarma is in the b tier of champions

Karma vs Fiddlesticks

How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Karma in LoLKarma is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Karma

based on 1,688 Karma vs Fiddlesticks matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Fiddlesticks as Karma resulted from an examination of 1688 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Karma encounters Fiddlesticks in only 1.6% of her rounds.

Karma vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma does a poor job of beating Fiddlesticks. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.5% of matches the champions face each other in. In Karma versus Fiddlesticks games, Karma’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Fiddlesticks.

Best Karma vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Mikael's BlessingArdent CenserCosmic DriveMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Karma's passive ability p
Karma's q ability q
Karma's w ability w
Karma's e ability e
Karma's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Fiddlesticks

Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.

Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.

When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.

Karma vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Fiddlesticks Image
3.1
< Kills >
5.8
5.9
< Deaths >
6.2
12.4
< Assists >
9.2
0.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
67
< Minions Killed >
38
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.21
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,003
< Physical Damage >
306
14,488
< Magic Damage >
18,095
755
< True Damage >
1,196
16,247
< Damage Dealt >
19,599
20,136
< Damage Taken >
34,233
9,477
< Gold Earned >
11,507
1.92
< Towers >
1.21
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
2,990
< Total Healing >
17,935
11,787
< Experience >
13,237
54
< Vision Score >
48
24
< Wards Placed >
4
237
< Time Dealing CC >
765

How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Karma against Fiddlesticks counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Fiddlesticks..

Karma usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Fiddlesticks

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Fiddlesticks
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Fiddlesticks

Who is Better, Karma or Fiddlesticks?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karma usually loses when playing against Fiddlesticks, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes a bad counter for Fiddlesticks.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Karma into Fiddlesticks.

Additionally, Karma has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karma vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Karma is a garbage counter to Fiddlesticks. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Karma against Fiddlesticks.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Fiddlesticks Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Fiddlesticks as Karma, we analyzed 1,688 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 Fiddlesticks as Karma 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 Karma in order to counter Fiddlesticks during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma usually racks up more CS relative to Fiddlesticks. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Karma versus Fiddlesticks build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Karma bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Fiddlesticks than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karma boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when playing against Fiddlesticks with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Fiddlesticks as Karma, Karma players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Karma vs Fiddlesticks clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.

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