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Karma Build Guide by Adventfaith

Surviving with Karma Top (/w items and matchups) [26.16]

Updated on August 29, 2026

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Recommended Items

Rod of Ages

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Malignance

Cosmic Drive

Liandry's Torment

Spirit Visage

Runes: Damage

1 2 3

Sorcery

Deathfire Touch

Axiom Arcanist

Celerity

Scorch

Resolve

Revitalize

Shield Bash

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+2.5% Movement Speed
+15% Tenacity/Slow Resist

Resolve

Grasp of the Undying

Shield Bash

Second Wind

Revitalize

Sorcery

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste

Resolve

Aftershock

Shield Bash

Second Wind

Revitalize

Sorcery

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste

Spells:

1 2

Standard Aggressive

Flash

Ignite

Map Presence

Flash

Teleport

Items

Damage(Current Build Go-To)

Rod of Ages

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Malignance

Cosmic Drive

Liandry's Torment

Spirit Visage

Situational

Morellonomicon

Randuin's Omen

Thornmail

Abyssal Mask

Staff of Flowing Water

Ardent Censer

Mikael's Blessing

Force of Nature

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Example Full Build(outdated since MS Nerf)

Moonstone Renewer

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Spirit Visage

Frozen Heart

Randuin's Omen

AD Heavy Team

Malignance

Plated Steelcaps

Frozen Heart

Randuin's Omen

Spirit Visage

Iceborn Gauntlet

AP Heavy Team

Malignance

Mercury's Treads

Spirit Visage

Frozen Heart

Force of Nature

Abyssal Mask

Ability Order

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Sett

Minor

Your kit nearly counters his. Only really have to worry about avoiding the true damage cone

Cho'Gath

Major

Early Game is easy. Late game is really dependent on your team.

Camille

Even

Her ult can get you if you're not playing smart. Trades tend to go in your favor with well timed shields and Heal

Yorick

Major

Late game you're not going to 1v1 him. His minions don't die to your q's and you can't AA fast enough. Hull Breaker makes him a beast. Do your best to dodge his skillshot and side step his cage. Poke with Q's in lane to your ability. Rely on team to help fight him late game.

Mordekaiser

Even

Fairly even match up. Just so long as you're not taking free hits from his Q and can side step his E.

Tahm Kench

Even

In lane, this is a wet noodle fight. You guys won't be able to kill each other. Late game depends on the impact you provide to your team. Avoid taking his Q's if possible and walk towards him when he dives to dodge.

Teemo

Minor

Blind dart makes farming Grasp difficult. Shrooms are annoying. But as a caster you don't have to worry too much about blindness.

Garen

Minor

His R is a tough one to deal with. But in lane, your kit counters his. He speeds up you can either slow him or speed yourself up. Easy to farm grasp off of him as well.

Aatrox

Minor

Dodge his Q's and you're good. His E can be stepped out of if you can speed up and walk to the side. Easy to poke and trade with.

Nasus

Major

Most you can do is be highly aggressive towards him early game to farm grasp and pressure the enemy team as much as you can. Bait out his R and wait it out. Shield those Q's of his. Team fight him late game focusing on cc'ing and keeping your team up

Shen

Even

Early game is his for the most part. But after getting moonstone it's pretty much tilted into your favor for trades.

Darius

Major

That passive be strong. Stay out of his range and whittle him with your poke. Playing smart you can win against him. Bait out his aggression and then just shield/heal. If you do get pulled walk towards him if he goes to Q and shield to escape his range.

Gnar

Even

Dodge his Q's and avoid standing too close to walls for his R. You trade pretty well with him. If you get his by a mega Gnar cc, you're more than likely dead unless you have a good amount of armor already built. His chain cc is a stag

Yasuo

Even

Really comes down to skill on this one. Dodging his q's is vital. You can still tether him through windwall. so keep that in mind for ganks and self heals.

Akali

Major

This is more of a poke matchup for you. Q's to take her down low, get a tether on her for true vision and hit her with a Q+R.

Yone

Major

Trades are pretty even. Late game is more than likely his. suggest rushing oblivion orb against around when he gets shieldbow

Jayce

Minor

Poke with your Q's. Try and hold your Manta for a pocket heal for when he is frustrated and engages on you. Otherwise, it's a fairly easy labe.

Draven

Even

Up until level 3-4, you're not going to be doing much other than hugging tower. Once you get all 3 spells, you can start to poke with Q and block his AA's with your E. Watch for Execute ult and Collector proc.

Tryndamere

Minor

Avoid engaging until level 3. Once you do, poke with q's. W him when he engages and kite with your E. rinse and repeat. Bait out his R and avoid fighting him while it's up.

Gangplank

Minor

Wait until 3 to fight. Afterwards the lane is practically yours. Avoid his barrels and shield them if needed. Your kit works well against his. Bait out his fruit if you can so you can get a nice snare off.

Ziggs

Minor

I faced a Hullbreaker Ziggs, not much else to say. Avoid the Q's and try to bait out the knockback bomb.

Riven

Even

Her CC makes it so you have a hard time getting spells. Bait out her q's and punish her as she retreats. Dance around her when she tries to full engage with her ult.

Sion

Minor

You get free poke with AA and Q on him. If he goes for a Q sidestep with shield. Heal with your E when needed. Worst thing about Sion is hullbreaker splitpushing

Irelia

Major

For the most part, the lane is yours. Poke with your Q and Grasp AA. Dodge the stun from her with your E movement speed. rinse & repeat.

Kayle

Minor

Don't get caught with your cd's. Harass with your Q and disengage with an E when she goes to fight you. Fairly easy match up for Karma

Jax

Major

Don't underestimate his damage at level 6. In lane phase Q as much as you can while walking away if he looks to punish you. You can get him low without much retaliation.

Gragas

Even

It's a war of attrition here. is overall sustain is better than yours. But you can out damage him early game. Try to sidestep his slam and shield his Q's to help keep you alive longer.

Ornn

Minor

Kite City. Sidestep a lot to throw off the aim of his Q. Avoid standing next to his Q spire or the walls to avoid being knocked up. His flamebreath slows him down so you W and E are great punishing tools. You probably won't kill him in lane, but if your aggressive enough you can pull the enemy jungler top a lot to let your jungle gank the other lanes more. Ornn also makes a great grasp farm sandbag. Help your team against his ult with your own R+E

Gwen

Even

Her immunity to ranged is annoying. Gotta have a mindset to predict her dash Q's to avoid taking too much damage from her. But if you shielded it well you can use your r+e to heal back up and then punish with nice Q + Grasp proc.

Viego

Minor

Lane phase is yours. You have great poke against him and escape if he tries to punish you in return. Watch for enemy ganks. Unless you have him tethered or a guaranteed kill when he goes invisible I wouldn't bother chasing due to his movement speed bonus. Late game he will have a decent chance to 1v1 you, but if you have the build for it, your kit should still be able to win albeit barely.

Illaoi

Minor

Not a difficult matchup for you. Try and keep moving to avoid getting your spirit pulled and try to keep her passive spawns down in the lane. If you do get hit by her pull, shield yourself to prevent more damage on you and punish her if she tries to hit it. Consider Grievous early to help fight her healing.

Fiora

Extreme

She hard counters your E and unless you can perfectly dodge her stun every single time, you will be punished and burst killed before you can do anything else. This is my #1 contender for a ban at the moment

Warwick

Minor

A very easy matchup, the only real threat is his R. That with a well timed ignite can get you, but your range, shielding and healing outscale him in everyway into late game

Dr. Mundo

Minor

This is a 2 or a 3 on the threat scale. His passive does make it so you can't snare him as well, but I found it easy enough to proc randomly and crush. Otherwise, just poke and Q him down slowly, bait out the R and ignite if needed to shut that down. Otherwise, use your E when/if needed to speed out of his cleaver path or block entirely and avoid his E hits when behind minions.

Singed

Minor

Not a hard matchup from the games i've faced off against him. Try and dodge his slime otherwise it's an easy E to get away/engage and pretty easy Q pokes. Late game he is just an annoyance but that's what your team is for.

Urgot

Even

It's a even match up hhonestly, you have the speed, range and counter cc for his engages. That said, if he grabs you, it's nearly a death sentence. Do what you can to avoid his slow and just poke him down

Zilean

Minor

Why is he even up here?
Dodge his bombs and it's max punish time. Only annoying thing is his Ult late game when you want to pick off adc or a strong mid.

Volibear

Minor

Your kit pretty much counters his, W his Q so you can punish with a Q. IF he does manage to flash Q you, your E+W combo will let you both survive and escape while punishing him. The only real threat is his R to all in you. If you save your R+W into an E it should be survivable and you can get out and reset the attack

Morgana

Even

It's pretty even of a match-up. You can't really snare her. Just don't get caught by her Q and bait out the shield if possible to set up a kill after the fact. Otherwise it's down to skill to win

Renekton

Minor

You can pretty much counter his engages. If he dashes at you pop your E and W him then you can punish him with a Q/R+Q.
Watch your mana as you will be using your spells a lot to counter his playstyle.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Karma counters well

4 CR

4.2 CR

4.6 CR

Karma gets countered

6 CR

6 CR

5.8 CR

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Champion Build Guide

Surviving with Karma Top (/w items and matchups) [26.16]

By Adventfaith

Synopsis

Karma is okay I guess.

A high ability haste centered build with a focus on keeping your abilities ready to be used to keep you and your team alive. You're basically a glorified top lane support mage, you should give your kills to jungnler and team when they gank.

Coming back to League after a few years, will be updating the guide with items and matchups. I'm not going to write about combos and synergies here, there are other builds. This is more for me to see my own items and matchup preferences.

All my Match-ups are through gameplay alone and I update constantly

Karma counters well

4 CR

4.2 CR

4.6 CR

Karma gets countered

6 CR

5.8 CR

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Recommended Items

Runes: Damage

Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Flash

Teleport

Items

Ability Order

Gathering Fire (PASSIVE)

Inner Flame (Q)

Focused Resolve (W)

Inspire (E)

Mantra (R)

Threats & Synergies

Sett

Cho'Gath

Camille

Yorick

Mordekaiser

Tahm Kench

Teemo

Garen

Aatrox

Nasus

Shen

Darius

Gnar

Yasuo

Akali

Yone

Jayce

Draven

Tryndamere

Gangplank

Ziggs

Riven

Sion

Irelia

Kayle

Jax

Gragas

Ornn

Gwen

Viego

Illaoi

Fiora

Warwick

Dr. Mundo

Singed

Urgot

Zilean

Volibear

Morgana

Renekton

Champion Build Guide

Surviving with Karma Top (/w items and matchups) [26.16]

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