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How to Win Orianna vs Karma Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Orianna

based on 1,478 Orianna vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.61
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. In our database, Orianna faced Karma in 1478 matches. With so many games with Orianna versus Karma provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce informative data and a supported build to counter your opposition. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Orianna encounters Karma in only 2.8% of her games.

Orianna vs Karma Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna does a dismal job of beating Karma. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.3% of games the champs battle each other in. In Orianna against Karma matches, Orianna’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood versus Karma.

Best Orianna vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentShadowflameSeraph's EmbraceZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Karma as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Karma

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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.

Orianna vs Karma Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Karma Image
5.2
< Kills >
3.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.5
8.9
< Assists >
11.5
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
0.66
173
< Minions Killed >
70
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.51
987
< Physical Damage >
955
19,264
< Magic Damage >
14,016
294
< True Damage >
703
20,546
< Damage Dealt >
15,675
19,028
< Damage Taken >
19,100
11,251
< Gold Earned >
9,333
2.14
< Towers >
2.04
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,972
< Total Healing >
2,867
14,370
< Experience >
11,584
21
< Vision Score >
50
10
< Wards Placed >
22
339
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Counter Karma with Orianna in LoL

The stats shown here feature some critical Orianna vs. Karma counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Karma..

Orianna usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Karma. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Karma

Who is Better, Orianna or Karma?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Karma, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a bad counter for Karma.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Karma, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna 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, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Orianna is a somewhat poor counter to Karma. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Karma.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Orianna, 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 Orianna 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

If you would like to truly master Orianna in order to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna often gets more CS compared to Karma. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Orianna versus Karma build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Karma than with many other typical builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Karma with this counter build.

To have the best chance of defeating Karma as Orianna, Orianna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Orianna vs Karma LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.

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