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How to Win Taliyah vs Karma Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Taliyah

based on 1,180 Taliyah vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our database, Taliyah did battle with Karma 1180 times. Having so many matchups for Taliyah versus Karma provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce useful data and a pro build to smash your opposition. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Taliyah has to counter Karma in only 2.8% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Karma Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah does a below average job of beating Karma. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.2% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Taliyah vs Karma matches, Taliyah’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Karma.

Best Taliyah vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassStormsurgeSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
>
Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Karma as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Karma

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Win Against Karma

Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.

Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.

Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.

Taliyah vs Karma Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Karma Image
6
< Kills >
3.1
6.1
< Deaths >
5.5
8.1
< Assists >
11.9
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
0.65
120
< Minions Killed >
66
0.58
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.52
776
< Physical Damage >
917
20,054
< Magic Damage >
13,960
1,086
< True Damage >
684
21,917
< Damage Dealt >
15,562
21,293
< Damage Taken >
18,724
11,902
< Gold Earned >
9,185
1.64
< Towers >
1.99
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0
4,597
< Total Healing >
2,810
13,978
< Experience >
11,307
23
< Vision Score >
50
9
< Wards Placed >
22
543
< Time Dealing CC >
228

How to Counter Karma with Taliyah in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Taliyah against Karma matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karma’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma..

Taliyah often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Karma. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Karma

Who is Better, Taliyah or Karma?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Karma, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Taliyah makes an ok counter to Karma.

While Taliyah does have a lower win rate than Karma, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Karma.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Karma matchups, Karma is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

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

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Taliyah, we analyzed 1,180 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 Karma as Taliyah 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

If you would like to truly master Taliyah in order to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah most often accumulates more CS relative to Karma. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Taliyah versus Karma build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Karma than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Karma with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Karma as Taliyah, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Taliyah vs Karma battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Karma as Taliyah are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.