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

Karma vs Ornn

How to Beat Ornn as Karma in LoLKarma is in the s tier of champions
MageSupport
TankFighter

How to Beat Ornn as Karma

based on 2,234 Karma vs Ornn matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.68
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Ornn as Karma resulted from an examination of 2234 ranked matches where both champions engaged each other. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Karma encounters Ornn in only 2.2% of her matches.

Karma vs Ornn Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a dismal job of countering Ornn. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Karma against Ornn games, Karma’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Ornn.

Best Karma vs Ornn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Moonstone RenewerRedemptionStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

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

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ornn as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Ornn

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 Ornn

Try to stay away from walls. Ornn is much less strong if he cannot stun you.

Attack Ornn to keep him from creating items in lane.

Karma vs Ornn Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Ornn Image
2.9
< Kills >
3.6
5.6
< Deaths >
4.8
12.1
< Assists >
8.2
0.62
< Killing Sprees >
0.82
65
< Minions Killed >
166
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,043
< Physical Damage >
6,063
14,401
< Magic Damage >
11,784
802
< True Damage >
373
16,247
< Damage Dealt >
18,221
19,256
< Damage Taken >
33,396
9,206
< Gold Earned >
10,577
1.96
< Towers >
2.16
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,938
< Total Healing >
4,045
11,365
< Experience >
14,656
52
< Vision Score >
17
22
< Wards Placed >
8
240
< Time Dealing CC >
571

How to Counter Ornn with Karma in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some important Karma vs. Ornn matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ornn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ornn..

Karma normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Ornn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Ornn

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Ornn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Ornn

Who is Better, Karma or Ornn?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when taking on Ornn, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a poor counter for Ornn.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Ornn, when facing one another, Karma also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Karma into Ornn.

Moreover, Karma has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ornn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Ornn matchups, Ornn is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Karma is a garbage counter for Ornn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karma against Ornn.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Ornn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ornn as Karma, we analyzed 2,234 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 Ornn 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

If you would like to truly master Karma to counter Ornn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma on average picks up less CS relative to Ornn. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Karma versus Ornn build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Ornn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Karma boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Ornn with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Ornn as Karma, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Karma vs Ornn counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ornn as Karma are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.