Darius vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Darius
based on 4,041 Darius vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Karma
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some influential Darius versus Karma counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Darius usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Karma. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Karma
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Who is Better, Darius or Karma?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually wins when taking on Karma, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Darius makes a good counter to Karma.
While Darius does have a higher winrate compared to Karma, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Karma.
Additionally, Darius has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Karma matchups, Darius is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Darius is a decent counter for Karma. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius to counter Karma during both the laning 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 here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average racks up more CS relative to Karma. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Darius versus Karma build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Karma than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Karma with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Karma as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Darius vs Karma matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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