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

Karma vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Karma in LoLKarma is in the a tier of champions
MageSupport
AssassinFighter

How to Beat Viego as Karma

based on 3,889 Karma vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.61
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our database, Karma did battle with Viego 3889 times. Including so many matchups for Karma vs Viego gives us faith in our capability to provide actionable stats and a supported build to shatter your rival. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Karma has to counter Viego in only 3.8% of her matches.

Karma vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma does a below average job of countering Viego. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.2% of the time the champions face one another in. In Karma versus Viego matches, Karma’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Viego.

Best Karma vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveMikael's BlessingSolstice SleighLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Viego as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Viego

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 Viego Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Viego Image
2.9
< Kills >
7.5
5.6
< Deaths >
6.1
11.7
< Assists >
6.5
0.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
66
< Minions Killed >
35
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.69
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.45
940
< Physical Damage >
15,458
13,828
< Magic Damage >
2,016
778
< True Damage >
859
15,547
< Damage Dealt >
18,334
18,726
< Damage Taken >
33,305
9,175
< Gold Earned >
12,278
1.95
< Towers >
1.5
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.42
2,636
< Total Healing >
16,768
11,448
< Experience >
13,856
51
< Vision Score >
23
22
< Wards Placed >
6
232
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Counter Viego with Karma in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several valuable Karma vs. Viego matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Viego. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Karma typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Viego. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Viego

Who is Better, Karma or Viego?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when playing against Viego, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a bad counter for Viego.

While Karma does have a lower win rate than Viego, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karma into Viego.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Karma vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Karma is a terribly counter for Viego. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karma against Viego.

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

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Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Karma, we analyzed 3,889 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 Viego 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 Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Karma in order to counter Viego during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma on average picks up more CS compared to Viego. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Karma versus Viego build include Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Viego than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Karma boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Viego with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Viego as Karma, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Karma vs Viego counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.

If you need to get Karma x Viego tips and counter builds for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are computed using all matches played with both champs.