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

Karma vs Sett

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

based on 2,597 Karma vs Sett matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Sett as Karma resulted from an evaluation of 2597 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Karma has to counter Sett in only 2.5% of her matches.

Karma vs Sett Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a below average job of countering Sett. On average, she wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Karma versus Sett rounds, Karma’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Sett.

Best Karma vs Sett Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveMalignanceRedemptionStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Sett as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Sett

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.

Karma vs Sett Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Sett Image
3.1
< Kills >
6
5.6
< Deaths >
6.5
12.3
< Assists >
5.3
0.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
66
< Minions Killed >
156
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.58
1,000
< Physical Damage >
17,949
14,716
< Magic Damage >
250
747
< True Damage >
5,097
16,464
< Damage Dealt >
23,296
19,386
< Damage Taken >
36,120
9,266
< Gold Earned >
11,722
1.94
< Towers >
2.67
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,905
< Total Healing >
6,319
11,530
< Experience >
14,498
49
< Vision Score >
18
21
< Wards Placed >
9
244
< Time Dealing CC >
175

How to Counter Sett with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Karma vs. Sett counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sett’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sett. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Karma typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Sett. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Sett

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Sett
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Sett

Who is Better, Karma or Sett?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karma usually loses when playing against Sett, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a bad counter to Sett.

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

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

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

Karma is a bad counter to Sett. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Karma against Sett.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Sett Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sett as Karma, we analyzed 2,597 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 Sett 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 Sett during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma often racks up less CS relative to Sett. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Karma versus Sett build include Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Sett than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 47.4% battling Sett with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Sett 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for Karma vs Sett LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.

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