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How to Win Qiyana vs Karma Counter MatchupQiyana is in the a tier of champions

Qiyana vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Qiyana in LoLQiyana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Qiyana

based on 1,367 Qiyana vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Karma as Qiyana resulted from an examination of 1367 ranked games where both champions faced each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Qiyana encounters Karma in only 2.8% of her matches.

Qiyana vs Karma Matchup Summary

Qiyana does a average job of beating Karma. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.8% of the time the champions face one another in. In Qiyana vs Karma matches, Qiyana’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Karma.

Best Qiyana vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Qiyana Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightOpportunity

Optional Items

Axiom ArcSerylda's GrudgeHubrisProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Qiyana's passive ability p
Qiyana's q ability q
Qiyana's w ability w
Qiyana's e ability e
Qiyana's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Karma as Qiyana

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.

Qiyana vs Karma Counter Stats

Qiyana Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Karma Image
8.5
< Kills >
3
6.5
< Deaths >
5.9
5.9
< Assists >
11.8
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
0.63
151
< Minions Killed >
65
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.5
20,418
< Physical Damage >
998
1,899
< Magic Damage >
13,606
895
< True Damage >
711
23,214
< Damage Dealt >
15,315
24,402
< Damage Taken >
19,286
12,343
< Gold Earned >
9,212
1.56
< Towers >
1.9
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,583
< Total Healing >
2,677
14,115
< Experience >
11,387
18
< Vision Score >
51
7
< Wards Placed >
22
102
< Time Dealing CC >
233

How to Counter Karma with Qiyana in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several strategic Qiyana against Karma counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Karma’s ratio of NaN, showing that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Qiyana often has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Karma. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Qiyana and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Qiyana
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Qiyana
Karma

Who is Better, Qiyana or Karma?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Qiyana usually fairs equally well when taking on Karma, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Qiyana makes an ok counter for Karma.

While Qiyana does have a higher win rate than Karma, when they face off with one another, Qiyana also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Qiyana into Karmaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Qiyana also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Karma matchups, Qiyana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Qiyana is a decent counter for Karma. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Qiyana against Karma.

Additional Information for Qiyana Players

How We Calculated Our Qiyana vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Qiyana, we analyzed 1,367 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 Qiyana 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 learn all of the intricacies of Qiyana in order to counter Karma during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Qiyana usually gets more CS relative to Karma. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Qiyana versus Karma build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Qiyana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Karma than with most other typical builds. In fact, Qiyana boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Karma with this build.

To have the best chance of beating Karma as Qiyana, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Qiyana vs Karma matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.

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