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

Karma vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Karma in LoLKarma is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Karma

based on 1,051 Karma vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Kennen as Karma came out of an examination of 1051 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Karma encounters Kennen in only 1.0% of her matches.

Karma vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Karma has done a good job of beating Kennen. Normally, she wins a whopping 52.1% of matches the champions face each other in. In Karma vs Kennen games, Karma’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Kennen.

Best Karma vs Kennen 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 RealmspikeStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRedemptionMalignanceMorellonomicon

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 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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
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 Kennen as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Karma vs Kennen Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Kennen Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.2
5.6
< Deaths >
6
11.9
< Assists >
6.1
0.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
66
< Minions Killed >
162
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.43
909
< Physical Damage >
2,200
13,426
< Magic Damage >
20,431
716
< True Damage >
599
15,051
< Damage Dealt >
23,230
18,766
< Damage Taken >
21,924
9,167
< Gold Earned >
11,375
1.96
< Towers >
1.95
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,669
< Total Healing >
3,117
11,402
< Experience >
14,423
50
< Vision Score >
19
22
< Wards Placed >
9
233
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Kennen with Karma in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some important Karma versus Kennen counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kennen. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Karma often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kennen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Kennen

Who is Better, Karma or Kennen?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karma usually wins when taking on Kennen, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Karma makes a good counter to Kennen.

While Karma does have a higher winrate than Kennen, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Karma into Kennen.

Furthermore, Karma also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kennen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Kennen matchups, Karma is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Karma is a good counter to Kennen. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Kennen.

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 Kennen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kennen as Karma, we analyzed 1,051 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 Kennen 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 Kennen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karma in order to counter Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically gets less CS as Kennen. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require 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 prioritize in your Karma versus Kennen build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Kennen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Kennen with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Kennen 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Karma vs Kennen fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kennen as Karma are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.