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How to Win Nilah vs Karma Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Nilah

based on 1,478 Nilah vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
54.3 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Karma as Nilah resulted from an evaluation of 1478 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Nilah has to counter Karma in only 2.5% of their rounds.

Nilah vs Karma Matchup Summary

Nilah has done a great job of beating Karma. Normally, they wins a terrific 54.3% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Nilah vs Karma games, Nilah’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Karma.

Best Nilah vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowPhantom DancerLord Dominik's RegardsVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Karma as Nilah

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.

Nilah vs Karma Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
54.3 %
VS
Win Rate
45.7 %
Karma Image
7.4
< Kills >
3.1
6.5
< Deaths >
5.6
5.9
< Assists >
12.1
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
0.67
169
< Minions Killed >
67
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.44
17,329
< Physical Damage >
1,071
150
< Magic Damage >
14,440
391
< True Damage >
787
17,869
< Damage Dealt >
16,299
24,109
< Damage Taken >
18,300
12,417
< Gold Earned >
9,136
2.56
< Towers >
1.91
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,527
< Total Healing >
2,539
13,071
< Experience >
11,376
16
< Vision Score >
47
8
< Wards Placed >
20
84
< Time Dealing CC >
246

How to Counter Karma with Nilah in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Nilah vs. Karma matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Karma. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Nilah typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives more damage than Karma. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Karma

Who is Better, Nilah or Karma?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against Karma, with a 54.3% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter to Karma.

While Nilah does have a much higher winrate compared to Karma, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Karmaas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Nilah also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Nilah is a great counter for Karma. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Karma.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Nilah, we analyzed 1,478 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 Karma as Nilah 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 Nilah in order to counter Karma during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah most often accumulates more CS as Karma. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Nilah versus Karma build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better versus Karma than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 54.3% battling Karma with these items in their kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating Karma as Nilah, Nilah players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nilah vs Karma battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Karma as Nilah are presented for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.