Varus vs Karma
How to Beat Karma as Varus
based on 4,131 Varus vs Karma matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Karma Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karma as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Karma
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Karma Counter Stats
How to Counter Karma with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Varus against Karma matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between these two champs. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Karma. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Varus usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Karma. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Karma
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Who is Better, Varus or Karma?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Karma, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Karma.
While Varus does have a higher winrate compared to Karma, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Karma.
Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Karma matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Varus is a decent counter to Karma. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Karma.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Karma Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Karma during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually accumulates more CS relative to Karma. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Varus versus Karma build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Karma than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 50.3% battling Karma with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Karma as Varus, Varus players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Varus vs Karma fights, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Karma as Varus are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.