Rek'Sai vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Rek'Sai
based on 547 Rek'Sai vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Karma
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Rek'Sai versus Karma matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Karma. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Karma. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Karma
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Karma?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when facing off against Karma, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a good counter to Karma.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate compared to Karma, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Karma.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Karma matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter to Karma. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Karma.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to counter Karma during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average picks up less CS relative to Karma. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Karma build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Karma than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 51.7% battling Karma with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Karma as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Karma clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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