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

Karma vs Rengar

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

based on 3,657 Karma vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our data, Karma faced Rengar in 3657 matches. Including so many matchups for Karma vs Rengar gives us faith in our ability to produce informative data and a pro build to shatter Rengar. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Karma has to counter Rengar in only 3.6% of her matches.

Karma vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a below average job of beating Rengar. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Karma vs Rengar matches, Karma’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Karma vs Rengar 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

Solstice SleighCosmic DriveMalignanceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Karma vs Rengar Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Rengar Image
3
< Kills >
8.6
6
< Deaths >
6.9
12.1
< Assists >
6.1
0.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
66
< Minions Killed >
42
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,027
< Physical Damage >
18,709
13,221
< Magic Damage >
1,273
679
< True Damage >
1,159
14,929
< Damage Dealt >
21,142
19,508
< Damage Taken >
34,216
9,242
< Gold Earned >
13,209
1.95
< Towers >
1.35
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
2,739
< Total Healing >
16,451
11,492
< Experience >
14,226
51
< Vision Score >
21
22
< Wards Placed >
5
232
< Time Dealing CC >
237

How to Counter Rengar with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Karma versus Rengar counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rengar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Karma normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Rengar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Karma and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Rengar

Who is Better, Karma or Rengar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rengar, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Karma makes an ok counter to Rengar.

While Karma does have a lower winrate than Rengar, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Karma into Rengar.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karma vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Karma is a somewhat poor counter to Rengar. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Rengar.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Karma, we analyzed 3,657 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 Rengar 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 truly master Karma in order to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma usually gets more CS as Rengar. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Karma versus Rengar build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Rengar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karma boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Rengar with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Rengar 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 we have analyed for Karma vs Rengar counters, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.

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