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

Karma vs Hecarim

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

based on 2,586 Karma vs Hecarim matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Hecarim as Karma came out of an examination of 2586 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Karma has to counter Hecarim in only 2.5% of her games.

Karma vs Hecarim Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma does a dismal job of countering Hecarim. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Karma versus Hecarim rounds, Karma’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Hecarim.

Best Karma vs Hecarim Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial MandateStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Mikael's BlessingEchoes of HeliaMoonstone RenewerRedemption

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Karma to level upq
>
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
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Hecarim as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Hecarim

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.

Advice to Win Against Hecarim

Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.

Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.

Karma vs Hecarim Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Hecarim Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.7
5.5
< Deaths >
6
11.8
< Assists >
7.9
0.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
64
< Minions Killed >
34
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.5
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.36
995
< Physical Damage >
14,145
13,149
< Magic Damage >
2,609
727
< True Damage >
732
14,872
< Damage Dealt >
17,488
18,372
< Damage Taken >
40,595
8,985
< Gold Earned >
12,108
1.96
< Towers >
1.19
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
2,735
< Total Healing >
21,166
11,209
< Experience >
14,032
50
< Vision Score >
19
22
< Wards Placed >
5
228
< Time Dealing CC >
236

How to Counter Hecarim with Karma in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some critical Karma against Hecarim counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..

Karma often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Hecarim. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Hecarim

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Hecarim
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Hecarim

Who is Better, Karma or Hecarim?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes an ok counter for Hecarim.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karma into Hecarim.

Additionally, Karma has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Karma vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Karma is a somewhat poor counter for Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karma against Hecarim.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karma

Karma Loses Against

BraumBraum44.4% winrateLilliaLillia44.6% winrateRakanRakan45% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45% winrate

Karma Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54% winrateZoeZoe52.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 52.8% 915 GamesJannaJanna+ 54.2% 625 GamesRenata GlascRenata Glasc+ 54.4% 237 GamesBraumBraum+ 54.8% 294 Games

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Hecarim Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hecarim as Karma, we analyzed 2,586 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 Hecarim 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.

Other Useful Resources

Karma Build Hecarim Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Karma to counter Hecarim 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma usually racks up more CS relative to Hecarim. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Karma versus Hecarim build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Hecarim than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Hecarim with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Hecarim as Karma, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Karma vs Hecarim fights, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.

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