How to win lane as Brand against Karma · 51.8% win rate over 751 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma's early poke and mana efficiency win short trades before you have full combo access. |
| Level 2 | Karma | She keeps the damage and disengage edge through your mid-game power spikes. |
| Level 3 | Karma | Mantra's cooldown reduction still lets her out-trade you right up to your ult. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Your ultimate finally arrives and flips the matchup decisively in your favor. |
| Level 6 | Brand | With R online you threaten kills she has no way to answer. |
| First item | Brand | Liandry's burn stacking outpaces her utility kit's damage ceiling. |
| Two+ items | Brand | Your AoE zone control keeps you ahead of her support-style kit into late fights. |
Karma's Mantra double-cast on Q lets her poke you down efficiently in the level 3-5 window while conserving mana better than you, and her W speed shield makes chasing her for punishes difficult.
The full Brand vs Karma report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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