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

Karma vs Vex

How to Beat Vex as Karma in LoLKarma is in the b tier of champions
MageSupport
Mage

How to Beat Vex as Karma

based on 1,758 Karma vs Vex matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.68
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Vex as Karma resulted from an evaluation of 1758 ranked games where both champions faced off against each other. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Karma encounters Vex in only 1.7% of her matches.

Karma vs Vex Matchup Summary

Karma has done a decent job of countering Vex. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.8% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Karma vs Vex matches, Karma’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Vex.

Best Karma vs Vex Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

RedemptionCosmic DriveMoonstone RenewerMikael's Blessing

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
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Vex as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Vex

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 Vex Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Vex Image
3
< Kills >
6.9
5.7
< Deaths >
6.1
12.3
< Assists >
7.2
0.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
65
< Minions Killed >
161
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.42
956
< Physical Damage >
1,367
13,806
< Magic Damage >
21,054
688
< True Damage >
847
15,450
< Damage Dealt >
23,269
19,397
< Damage Taken >
19,464
9,304
< Gold Earned >
11,363
1.97
< Towers >
1.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,860
< Total Healing >
2,232
11,598
< Experience >
14,047
51
< Vision Score >
20
22
< Wards Placed >
10
238
< Time Dealing CC >
546

How to Counter Vex with Karma in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several influential Karma vs. Vex counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vex. 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. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Vex. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Vex

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Vex
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Vex

Who is Better, Karma or Vex?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karma usually wins when trying to fight Vex, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a good counter for Vex.

While Karma does have a higher winrate than Vex, when they face off with one another, Karma also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Karma into Vex.

Additionally, Karma has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vex. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Karma is a decent counter to Vex. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karma against Vex.

Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Vex Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vex as Karma, we analyzed 1,758 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 Vex 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Karma in order to counter Vex during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma typically picks up less CS relative to Vex. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Karma versus Vex build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Karma combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Vex than with many other common item sets. In fact, Karma had an average winrate of 51.8% battling Vex with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Vex as Karma, Karma players 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 sets players picked for Karma vs Vex face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.

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