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

Karma vs Pyke

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

based on 3,500 Karma vs Pyke matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Pyke as Karma resulted from an analysis of 3500 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Karma is forced to battle against Pyke in only 3.4% of her rounds.

Karma vs Pyke Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a poor job of beating Pyke. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.1% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Karma against Pyke rounds, Karma’s side is 0.2% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Pyke.

Best Karma vs Pyke Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

RedemptionCosmic DriveShadowflameSolstice Sleigh

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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
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
3
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 Pyke as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Pyke

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 Pyke

Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!

When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.

Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.

Karma vs Pyke Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Pyke Image
3.1
< Kills >
6.8
6.4
< Deaths >
6.8
12.1
< Assists >
8.7
0.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
66
< Minions Killed >
39
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,046
< Physical Damage >
9,695
13,444
< Magic Damage >
56
732
< True Damage >
2,348
15,223
< Damage Dealt >
12,099
18,908
< Damage Taken >
21,805
9,216
< Gold Earned >
10,140
1.9
< Towers >
1.2
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,428
< Total Healing >
5,054
11,302
< Experience >
10,514
48
< Vision Score >
70
22
< Wards Placed >
32
223
< Time Dealing CC >
94

How to Counter Pyke with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some important Karma versus Pyke matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Pyke..

Karma usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Pyke

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Pyke
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Pyke

Who is Better, Karma or Pyke?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when taking on Pyke, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Karma makes a poor counter for Pyke.

While Karma does have a lower win rate than Pyke, when facing one another, Karma also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Karma into Pyke.

Additionally, Karma also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. 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 Karma vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Karma is a terribly counter to Pyke. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karma against Pyke.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Pyke Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pyke as Karma, we analyzed 3,500 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 Pyke 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 Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically racks up more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Karma versus Pyke build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Pyke with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Pyke as Karma, Karma players 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 runes that we analyzed for Karma vs Pyke clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.

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