Kalista vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Kalista
based on 1,005 Kalista vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Karma
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Kalista vs. Karma counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kalista typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Karma. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Karma
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Who is Better, Kalista or Karma?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when taking on Karma, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a bad counter to Karma.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Karma, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Karmaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Karma matchups, Karma is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter for Karma. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Karma during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista typically gets more CS relative to Karma. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kalista versus Karma build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Karma than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Karma with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Karma as Kalista, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kalista vs Karma LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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