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

Karma vs Sylas

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

based on 3,258 Karma vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our dataset, Karma engaged Sylas 3258 times. Having so many games with Karma vs Sylas gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative data and a supported build to crush your enemy. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Karma fights Sylas in only 3.2% of her games.

Karma vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a dismal job of beating Sylas. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of the time the champs face each other in. In Karma against Sylas matches, Karma’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Karma vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Solstice SleighCosmic DriveMoonstone RenewerRedemption

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
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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W
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Karma vs Sylas Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Sylas Image
3
< Kills >
7.8
5.8
< Deaths >
6.9
12.1
< Assists >
6.4
0.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
65
< Minions Killed >
126
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,028
< Physical Damage >
621
14,002
< Magic Damage >
20,783
734
< True Damage >
767
15,765
< Damage Dealt >
22,172
18,472
< Damage Taken >
30,243
9,086
< Gold Earned >
11,259
1.93
< Towers >
1.57
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
2,572
< Total Healing >
7,695
11,176
< Experience >
13,448
49
< Vision Score >
20
22
< Wards Placed >
9
229
< Time Dealing CC >
277

How to Counter Sylas with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Karma against Sylas matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Karma usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Sylas

Who is Better, Karma or Sylas?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Karma usually loses when trying to fight Sylas, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a poor counter to Sylas.

While Karma does have a lower winrate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Karma also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Karma into Sylas.

Additionally, Karma also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Karma is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karma against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Karma

Karma Loses Against

BraumBraum44.4% winrateLilliaLillia44.6% winrateRakanRakan45% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45% winrate

Karma Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 52.8% 915 GamesJannaJanna+ 54.2% 625 GamesRenata GlascRenata Glasc+ 54.4% 237 GamesBraumBraum+ 54.8% 294 Games

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Karma, we analyzed 3,258 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 Sylas 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma usually accumulates less CS as Sylas. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities 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 shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Karma versus Sylas build consist of Ardent Censer, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Karma incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Sylas than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Sylas with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Sylas as Karma, you should equip 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 used for Karma vs Sylas battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Karma are shown for all skill levels, merged. To filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.