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

Karma vs Neeko

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

based on 2,721 Karma vs Neeko matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Neeko as Karma came out of an analysis of 2721 ranked games where both champions clashed against each other. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Karma fights Neeko in only 2.7% of her rounds.

Karma vs Neeko Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a pathetic job of countering Neeko. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.5% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Karma against Neeko matches, Karma’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Neeko.

Best Karma vs Neeko 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 BattlesongArdent CenserStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentCosmic DriveRedemptionStormsurge

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
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Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Neeko

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 Neeko

Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.

Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.

Karma vs Neeko Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Neeko Image
3
< Kills >
5.2
5.8
< Deaths >
5.7
11.9
< Assists >
8.4
0.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
66
< Minions Killed >
113
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.49
951
< Physical Damage >
1,332
14,145
< Magic Damage >
17,649
748
< True Damage >
719
15,845
< Damage Dealt >
19,701
19,409
< Damage Taken >
20,958
9,318
< Gold Earned >
10,551
1.85
< Towers >
2
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,806
< Total Healing >
2,511
11,645
< Experience >
12,996
51
< Vision Score >
33
22
< Wards Placed >
15
240
< Time Dealing CC >
184

How to Counter Neeko with Karma in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Karma versus Neeko matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Neeko’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Neeko..

Karma normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Neeko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karma and Neeko

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Neeko
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Neeko

Who is Better, Karma or Neeko?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when playing against Neeko, with a 46.5% win rate. As a result, Karma makes a bad counter for Neeko.

While Karma does have a lower win rate than Neeko, when facing one another, Karma also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Karma into Neeko.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Neeko matchups, Neeko is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Karma is a bad counter to Neeko. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Neeko.

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 Neeko Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Neeko as Karma, we analyzed 2,721 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 Neeko 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 Neeko Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Karma in order to counter Neeko 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 tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma most often accumulates less CS as Neeko. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Karma versus Neeko build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Neeko than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karma boasted an average win rate of 46.5% battling Neeko with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Neeko as Karma, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Karma vs Neeko fights, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Neeko as Karma are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.