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

Karma vs Nilah

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

based on 1,478 Karma vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our dataset, Karma engaged Nilah in 1478 games. Including so many matchups for Karma versus Nilah provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening data and a solid build to annihilate your rival. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Karma is forced to battle against Nilah in only 1.4% of her games.

Karma vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a awful job of beating Nilah. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.7% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Karma vs Nilah rounds, Karma’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Karma vs Nilah 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 BattlesongZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Echoes of HeliaStormsurgeArdent CenserLuden's Companion

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

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
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
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Nilah

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.

Karma vs Nilah Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
Nilah Image
3.1
< Kills >
7.4
5.6
< Deaths >
6.5
12.1
< Assists >
5.9
0.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
67
< Minions Killed >
169
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.55
1,071
< Physical Damage >
17,329
14,440
< Magic Damage >
150
787
< True Damage >
391
16,299
< Damage Dealt >
17,869
18,300
< Damage Taken >
24,109
9,136
< Gold Earned >
12,417
1.91
< Towers >
2.56
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,539
< Total Healing >
8,527
11,376
< Experience >
13,071
47
< Vision Score >
16
20
< Wards Placed >
8
246
< Time Dealing CC >
84

How to Counter Nilah with Karma in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several strategic Karma against Nilah counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Karma typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nilah. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karma and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Nilah

Who is Better, Karma or Nilah?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karma usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 45.7% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes a poor counter to Nilah.

While Karma does have a much lower winrate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karma into Nilah.

Furthermore, Karma has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. 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 in League of Legends, in Karma vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

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

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 Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Karma, we analyzed 1,478 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 Nilah 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically picks up less CS as Nilah. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Karma versus Nilah build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Nilah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Karma boasted an average winrate of 45.7% when playing against Nilah with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nilah as Karma, Karma players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Karma vs Nilah clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.7% win rate overall.

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