How to win lane as Karma against Qiyana · 47.93% win rate (2,151 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She dives a shield, a root tether, and a speed boost — annoying, but your damage falls off before her patience does.
Track: Qiyana's E — Audacity (11–7s cooldown). Her stick dash — once spent she cannot reach you; kite the cooldown.
Read from Karma's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Qiyana.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma out-ranges Qiyana's melee kit before she has a reliable gap closer, so early trades favor Karma. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Same range advantage persists as Qiyana is still farming for E charges, keeping Karma ahead. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | This phase is a skill check on dodging Qiyana's E-rock setup, whoever reads it correctly wins the trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Still a coinflip since Qiyana's combo isn't guaranteed but is now more threatening with full combo damage. |
| Level 6 | Qiyana | Qiyana's 120s ultimate stuns through the wave and chains into burst Karma can't out-shield. |
| First item | Qiyana | Qiyana's item spike (Profane Hydra reset burst) lets her punish any Karma misstep decisively. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Karma's scaling utility (Mantra shield speed, poke) restabilizes the matchup for teamfight relevance. |
Levels 1-2 you outrange her with Inner Flame poke since she has no gap closer until she picks up E; punish any greedy CS attempt but don't overextend into potential jungle pressure. By level 3 she starts weaving E off terrain for pick threat, so track wall proximity and back off when she's near a rock. Track Audacity: 11s at rank 1, 7s maxed — a 650-range dash onto you; once it is spent she cannot reach you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Karma's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Karma vs Qiyana 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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Qiyana, slightly — Karma wins 47.93% of 2,151 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Qiyana has a small statistical edge (52.07% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Qiyana has the slight edge (Karma wins 47.93%), though it stays close.
Karma takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Qiyana.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — the spam war funds itself. Build Blackfire Torch first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Plated Steelcaps.
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