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

Karma vs Warwick

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

based on 3,944 Karma vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.7
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Warwick as Karma resulted from an evaluation of 3944 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Karma is forced to battle against Warwick in only 3.9% of her rounds.

Karma vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Karma has done a poor job of beating Warwick. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.9% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Karma versus Warwick rounds, Karma’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood versus Warwick.

Best Karma vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Karma Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRedemptionMoonstone RenewerImperial Mandate

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
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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E
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Karma

Tips for Playing as Karma against Warwick

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 Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Karma vs Warwick Counter Stats

Karma Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Warwick Image
3.1
< Kills >
7.3
5.7
< Deaths >
7
12.3
< Assists >
7.1
0.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
65
< Minions Killed >
54
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.35
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,036
< Physical Damage >
7,754
14,596
< Magic Damage >
8,944
808
< True Damage >
808
16,441
< Damage Dealt >
17,506
18,997
< Damage Taken >
40,550
9,247
< Gold Earned >
11,698
1.89
< Towers >
1.45
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
2,737
< Total Healing >
21,894
11,473
< Experience >
13,343
48
< Vision Score >
20
21
< Wards Placed >
6
243
< Time Dealing CC >
292

How to Counter Warwick with Karma in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Karma versus Warwick matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Karma’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Karma may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Warwick. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Karma normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Warwick. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Karma and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Karma
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Karma
Warwick

Who is Better, Karma or Warwick?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karma usually loses when trying to fight Warwick, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Karma makes a bad counter for Warwick.

While Karma does have a lower winrate compared to Warwick, when on opposite teams, Karma also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Karma into Warwick.

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

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

Karma is a bad counter to Warwick. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Karma against Warwick.

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

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Additional Information for Karma Players

How We Calculated Our Karma vs Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Karma, we analyzed 3,944 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 Warwick 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 Warwick Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Karma to counter Warwick during both the laning 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 stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Karma often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Karma versus Warwick build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Karma used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Warwick than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Karma had an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Warwick with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Warwick as Karma, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Karma vs Warwick counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Karma versus Warwick tips and counter stats for a a distinct rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and strategies displayed are calculated using every match with data with both champs.