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

Karma vs Viktor

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

How to Beat Viktor as Karma

based on 1,530 Karma vs Viktor matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.78
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Viktor as Karma came out of an examination of 1530 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Karma is forced to battle against Viktor in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Karma vs Viktor Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a below average job of beating Viktor. On average, she wins a lowly 47.6% of the time the champs face each other in. In Karma against Viktor rounds, Karma’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Viktor.

Best Karma vs Viktor Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

RedemptionMorellonomiconImperial MandateCosmic Drive

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
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Viktor

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 Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.

Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Karma vs Viktor Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Viktor Image
3.1
< Kills >
6.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.5
11.9
< Assists >
6.6
0.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
69
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.49
930
< Physical Damage >
614
14,248
< Magic Damage >
24,752
702
< True Damage >
633
15,880
< Damage Dealt >
25,999
19,381
< Damage Taken >
19,173
9,363
< Gold Earned >
12,117
1.95
< Towers >
2.02
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,032
< Total Healing >
1,821
11,709
< Experience >
15,142
53
< Vision Score >
19
23
< Wards Placed >
9
238
< Time Dealing CC >
276

How to Counter Viktor with Karma in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several critical Karma vs. Viktor matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Viktor. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Karma normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Viktor

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Viktor
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Viktor

Who is Better, Karma or Viktor?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when taking on Viktor, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes a poor counter for Viktor.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Viktor, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Karma into Viktor.

Furthermore, Karma also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Karma is a garbage counter to Viktor. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karma against Viktor.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karma

Karma Loses Against

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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 Viktor Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viktor as Karma, we analyzed 1,530 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 Viktor 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 Viktor Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Karma in order to counter Viktor 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 tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma often gets less CS compared to Viktor. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Karma versus Viktor build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Karma combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Viktor than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Viktor with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Viktor as Karma, Karma players 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 builds players used for Karma vs Viktor LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

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