Kayle vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Kayle
based on 2,879 Kayle vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Karma
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Advice to Win Against Karma
Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.
Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.
Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.
Kayle vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Kayle against Karma matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Karma..
Kayle normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Karma. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Karma
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Who is Better, Kayle or Karma?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Karma, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter to Karma.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate compared to Karma, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayle into Karmaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Karma matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kayle is a good counter to Karma. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayle in order to counter Karma during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle typically racks up more CS compared to Karma. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Karma build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Kayle incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Karma than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Karma with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Karma as Kayle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kayle vs Karma counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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