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

Karma vs Katarina

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

based on 3,532 Karma vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. In our dataset, Karma faced Katarina 3532 times. Having so many matchups for Karma vs Katarina gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide informative stats and a recommended build to wreck your foe. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Karma is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Karma vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a dismal job of countering Katarina. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.3% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Karma vs Katarina rounds, Karma’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Katarina.

Best Karma vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongRedemptionDream Maker

Optional Items

Solstice SleighCosmic DriveArdent CenserLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Karma vs Katarina Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Katarina Image
2.8
< Kills >
9.7
6
< Deaths >
6.4
11.6
< Assists >
5.5
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
2.15
63
< Minions Killed >
156
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,009
< Physical Damage >
2,033
12,900
< Magic Damage >
21,425
689
< True Damage >
924
14,599
< Damage Dealt >
24,382
18,871
< Damage Taken >
24,384
8,992
< Gold Earned >
12,198
1.82
< Towers >
1.55
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,532
< Total Healing >
3,409
11,118
< Experience >
14,026
49
< Vision Score >
16
22
< Wards Placed >
7
226
< Time Dealing CC >
37

How to Counter Katarina with Karma in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Karma against Katarina matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Karma often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Katarina. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karma and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Katarina

Who is Better, Karma or Katarina?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when facing off against Katarina, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes a bad counter to Katarina.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Karma into Katarina.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Karma vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Karma is a terribly counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Karma against Katarina.

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 Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Karma, we analyzed 3,532 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 Katarina 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 Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma often racks up less CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The best items to have in your Karma versus Katarina build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Redemption, and Dream Maker. When Karma bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Katarina than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Katarina with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Katarina as Karma, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Karma vs Katarina counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Katarina as Karma are given for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.