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

Karma vs Master Yi

How to Beat Master Yi as Karma in LoLKarma is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Master Yi as Karma

based on 4,559 Karma vs Master Yi matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.64
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Master Yi as Karma resulted from an examination of 4559 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This counter matchup is fairly uncommon. Karma fights Master Yi in only 4.5% of her rounds.

Karma vs Master Yi Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma does a dismal job of beating Master Yi. On average, she wins a lowly 47.2% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Karma versus Master Yi rounds, Karma’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Master Yi.

Best Karma vs Master Yi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongDream MakerImperial Mandate

Optional Items

ShadowflameSolstice SleighMoonstone RenewerStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive 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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Q
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Master Yi

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 Master Yi

If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.

Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.

Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.

Karma vs Master Yi Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Master Yi Image
3
< Kills >
8.2
5.6
< Deaths >
6.7
11.8
< Assists >
5.6
0.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
65
< Minions Killed >
37
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.59
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.39
964
< Physical Damage >
13,603
13,013
< Magic Damage >
1,048
716
< True Damage >
5,611
14,693
< Damage Dealt >
20,264
18,614
< Damage Taken >
32,120
9,114
< Gold Earned >
12,456
1.95
< Towers >
1.42
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.41
2,661
< Total Healing >
15,192
11,351
< Experience >
13,717
49
< Vision Score >
21
21
< Wards Placed >
6
228
< Time Dealing CC >
221

How to Counter Master Yi with Karma in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some important Karma versus Master Yi counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Master Yi. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Karma typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Master Yi

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Master Yi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Master Yi

Who is Better, Karma or Master Yi?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when playing against Master Yi, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a poor counter to Master Yi.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karma into Master Yi.

Additionally, Karma also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Karma vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Karma is a trash counter to Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Karma against Master Yi.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Master Yi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Master Yi as Karma, we analyzed 4,559 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 Master Yi 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma most often racks up more CS relative to Master Yi. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karma versus Master Yi build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Karma incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Master Yi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Master Yi with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Master Yi as Karma, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Karma vs Master Yi counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.

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