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How to Win Xayah vs Karma Counter MatchupXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Xayah in LoLXayah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Xayah

based on 1,432 Xayah vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. In our data, Xayah battled Karma in 1432 games. With so many games with Xayah vs Karma gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare actionable data and a recommended build to obliterate Karma. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Xayah has to counter Karma in only 2.4% of her matches.

Xayah vs Karma Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah does a dismal job of beating Karma. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.8% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Xayah versus Karma rounds, Xayah’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Karma.

Best Xayah vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonLord Dominik's RegardsPhantom DancerStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
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Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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W
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W
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Karma as Xayah

Tips for Playing as Xayah against Karma

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah vs Karma Counter Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Karma Image
6.1
< Kills >
3.1
5.9
< Deaths >
5.3
6.2
< Assists >
12.4
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
0.68
182
< Minions Killed >
65
0.27
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.57
18,717
< Physical Damage >
998
342
< Magic Damage >
14,491
366
< True Damage >
775
19,426
< Damage Dealt >
16,265
20,950
< Damage Taken >
18,641
11,866
< Gold Earned >
9,389
2.28
< Towers >
2.12
0.09
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,038
< Total Healing >
2,891
12,720
< Experience >
11,602
18
< Vision Score >
52
9
< Wards Placed >
22
55
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Counter Karma with Xayah in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some important Xayah versus Karma counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karma’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Karma..

Xayah typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Karma. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Xayah and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Xayah
Karma

Who is Better, Xayah or Karma?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Karma, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a poor counter for Karma.

While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Karma, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Karma.

Additionally, Xayah has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Karma matchups, Karma is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Xayah is a garbage counter for Karma. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Karma.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Xayah, we analyzed 1,432 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 Xayah 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 learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Xayah usually racks up more CS compared to Karma. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Xayah versus Karma build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Karma than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Karma with this build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Karma as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Xayah vs Karma LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.

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