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How to Win Karma vs Alistar Counter MatchupKarma is in the b tier of champions

Karma vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Karma in LoLKarma is in the a tier of champions
MageSupport
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How to Beat Alistar as Karma

based on 1,597 Karma vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.84
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. In our database, Karma battled Alistar in 1597 rounds. Including so many matchups for Karma vs Alistar gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide enlightening data and a pro build to counter Alistar. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Karma encounters Alistar in only 1.6% of her rounds.

Karma vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Karma does a average job of beating Alistar. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.5% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Karma against Alistar rounds, Karma’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Alistar.

Best Karma vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveStormsurgeStaff of Flowing WaterMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Karma's passive ability p
Karma's q ability q
Karma's w ability w
Karma's e ability e
Karma's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Alistar

Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.

Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.

When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Karma vs Alistar Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Alistar Image
3.1
< Kills >
2
5.5
< Deaths >
6.1
12.5
< Assists >
13.6
0.68
< Killing Sprees >
0.32
65
< Minions Killed >
33
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,165
< Physical Damage >
1,268
15,091
< Magic Damage >
6,443
815
< True Damage >
849
17,071
< Damage Dealt >
8,561
18,368
< Damage Taken >
26,273
9,216
< Gold Earned >
8,356
2.04
< Towers >
1.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,769
< Total Healing >
9,312
11,208
< Experience >
10,273
50
< Vision Score >
54
21
< Wards Placed >
24
243
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Alistar with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Karma vs. Alistar matchup statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Alistar..

Karma normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Alistar

Who is Better, Karma or Alistar?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Alistar, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes an ok counter for Alistar.

While Karma does have a lower winrate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karma into Alistar.

Additionally, Karma also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Karma is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Alistar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karma

Karma Loses Against

BraumBraum44.4% winrateLilliaLillia44.6% winrateRakanRakan45% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45% winrate

Karma Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54% winrateZoeZoe52.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 52.8% 915 GamesJannaJanna+ 54.2% 625 GamesRenata GlascRenata Glasc+ 54.4% 237 GamesBraumBraum+ 54.8% 294 Games

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Karma, we analyzed 1,597 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 Alistar as Karma 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.

Other Useful Resources

Karma Build Alistar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma often accumulates more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Karma versus Alistar build include Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Karma combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Alistar than with many other common builds. In fact, Karma boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Alistar with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Alistar as Karma, Karma players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Karma vs Alistar matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.

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