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

Karma vs Mordekaiser

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

based on 6,449 Karma vs Mordekaiser matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
6.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Mordekaiser as Karma resulted from an evaluation of 6449 ranked games where both champs engaged one another. This champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Karma has to counter Mordekaiser in only 6.3% of her matches.

Karma vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma does a below average job of countering Mordekaiser. On average, she wins a lowly 47.5% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Karma against Mordekaiser rounds, Karma’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Mordekaiser.

Best Karma vs Mordekaiser Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongMikael's BlessingZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveLiandry's TormentCryptbloom

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
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Last skill for Karma to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Mordekaiser

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 Mordekaiser

Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.

Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside

Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health

Karma vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Mordekaiser Image
3
< Kills >
6.8
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
12.1
< Assists >
4.7
0.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
64
< Minions Killed >
157
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
953
< Physical Damage >
2,745
14,304
< Magic Damage >
20,081
743
< True Damage >
606
16,002
< Damage Dealt >
23,433
19,289
< Damage Taken >
32,341
9,276
< Gold Earned >
11,787
1.91
< Towers >
2.04
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,884
< Total Healing >
9,671
11,570
< Experience >
15,163
51
< Vision Score >
17
22
< Wards Placed >
8
237
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Mordekaiser with Karma in LoL

The stats provided here feature some influential Karma vs. Mordekaiser counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the two. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Karma typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Mordekaiser. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Mordekaiser

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Mordekaiser
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Mordekaiser

Who is Better, Karma or Mordekaiser?

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

While Karma does have a lower win rate than Mordekaiser, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Karma into Mordekaiser.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Karma is a garbage counter to Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Mordekaiser.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Mordekaiser Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Mordekaiser as Karma, we analyzed 6,449 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 Mordekaiser 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 in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically accumulates less CS compared to Mordekaiser. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Karma versus Mordekaiser build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Mikael's Blessing, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Karma combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Mordekaiser than with most other common item sets. In fact, Karma boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Mordekaiser with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Mordekaiser as Karma, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Karma vs Mordekaiser battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.

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