Zyra vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Zyra
based on 4,606 Zyra vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Karma
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Zyra in LoL
The stats shown here show some influential Zyra against Karma counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Karma..
Zyra usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Karma. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Karma
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Who is Better, Zyra or Karma?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Karma, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes a great counter for Karma.
While Zyra does have a higher win rate compared to Karma, when facing one another, Zyra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Karmaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zyra has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Karma matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zyra is a great counter for Karma. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zyra 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Karma. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Zyra versus Karma build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Karma than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zyra had an average winrate of 53.7% battling Karma with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Karma as Zyra, Zyra players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zyra vs Karma counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.7% win rate overall.
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