Nunu & Willump vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Nunu & Willump
based on 2,287 Nunu & Willump vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Karma
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Nunu & Willump versus Karma matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karma’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma..
Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Karma. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Karma?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Karma, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter for Karma.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Karma, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Karma.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Karma matchups, Karma is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Karma. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump typically picks up less CS compared to Karma. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Karma build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Karma than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 49.2% battling Karma with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Karma as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Karma fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Karma as Nunu & Willump are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.