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

Karma vs Shen

How to Beat Shen as Karma in LoLKarma is in the a tier of champions
MageSupport
Tank

How to Beat Shen as Karma

based on 1,782 Karma vs Shen matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL games each week. Within our dataset, Karma faced Shen in 1782 rounds. With so many games with Karma versus Shen provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare actionable stats and a recommended build to smash Shen. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Karma encounters Shen in only 1.7% of her games.

Karma vs Shen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a below average job of beating Shen. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Karma against Shen matches, Karma’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Shen.

Best Karma vs Shen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Karma Items

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

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveMikael's BlessingSolstice SleighRedemption

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
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Shen as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Shen

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 Shen

Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.

Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.

Karma vs Shen Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Shen Image
2.8
< Kills >
4
5.7
< Deaths >
4.8
11.2
< Assists >
10.1
0.57
< Killing Sprees >
0.92
67
< Minions Killed >
129
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,013
< Physical Damage >
7,810
14,099
< Magic Damage >
6,726
704
< True Damage >
1,073
15,818
< Damage Dealt >
15,610
18,961
< Damage Taken >
29,606
9,105
< Gold Earned >
10,091
1.96
< Towers >
1.73
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,765
< Total Healing >
3,921
11,236
< Experience >
13,926
50
< Vision Score >
21
22
< Wards Placed >
10
247
< Time Dealing CC >
315

How to Counter Shen with Karma in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several valuable Karma versus Shen counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Shen..

Karma often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Shen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Shen

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Shen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Shen

Who is Better, Karma or Shen?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when facing off against Shen, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Karma makes a poor counter to Shen.

While Karma does have a lower win rate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karma into Shen.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karma vs Shen matchups, Shen is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Karma is a somewhat poor counter for Shen. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Karma against Shen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karma

Karma Loses Against

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Karma Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee54% winrateZoeZoe52.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Shen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shen as Karma, we analyzed 1,782 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 Shen 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.

Other Useful Resources

Karma Build Shen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Karma in order to counter Shen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma usually gets less CS as Shen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Karma versus Shen build include Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Shen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Shen with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Shen as Karma, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Karma vs Shen counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.

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