Karma vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Karma
based on 2,572 Karma vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karma vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Karma vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Karma
Tips for Playing as Karma against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Karma vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Karma in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Karma vs. Galio counter statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Galio..
Karma normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Galio. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karma and Galio
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Who is Better, Karma or Galio?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when playing against Galio, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a bad counter for Galio.
While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karma into Galio.
Additionally, Karma has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Karma is a terribly counter to Galio. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karma against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karma usually racks up less CS relative to Galio. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Karma versus Galio build include Morellonomicon, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Karma combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Galio than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 46.4% battling Galio with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Galio as Karma, Karma players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Karma vs Galio battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Galio as Karma are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.