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

Karma vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Karma in LoLKarma is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Karma

based on 1,191 Karma vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches every week. Within our dataset, Karma fought Ivern 1191 times. With so many matchups for Karma versus Ivern provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a pro build to suppress Ivern. This pairing is relatively rare. Karma has to counter Ivern in only 1.2% of her matches.

Karma vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a pathetic job of countering Ivern. On average, she wins a lowly 45.8% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Karma vs Ivern matches, Karma’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Ivern.

Best Karma vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

MorellonomiconCosmic DriveStormsurgeStaff of Flowing Water

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
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Karma vs Ivern Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Ivern Image
2.9
< Kills >
2.5
5.5
< Deaths >
4.6
11.4
< Assists >
13.8
0.65
< Killing Sprees >
0.54
66
< Minions Killed >
19
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.18
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.59
962
< Physical Damage >
2,847
13,843
< Magic Damage >
6,133
661
< True Damage >
1,076
15,467
< Damage Dealt >
10,056
18,907
< Damage Taken >
17,724
9,242
< Gold Earned >
10,050
1.94
< Towers >
1.95
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
2,735
< Total Healing >
6,731
11,193
< Experience >
12,990
52
< Vision Score >
26
23
< Wards Placed >
7
245
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Ivern with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Karma vs. Ivern matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, showing that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ivern..

Karma normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Ivern. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Ivern

Who is Better, Karma or Ivern?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karma usually loses when trying to fight Ivern, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Karma makes a poor counter for Ivern.

While Karma does have a much lower winrate than Ivern, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Karma into Ivern.

Furthermore, Karma also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karma vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a much 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 terribly counter to Ivern. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Ivern.

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 Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Karma, we analyzed 1,191 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 Ivern 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically racks up much more CS as Ivern. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Karma versus Ivern build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Karma incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Ivern than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 45.8% when countering Ivern with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Ivern as Karma, you should equip 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 players chose for Karma vs Ivern battles, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.8% winrate overall.

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