How to win lane as Karma against Yasuo · 54.88% win rate over 164 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma's poke and shield dominate lane while Yasuo lacks a knockup source to engage |
| Level 2 | Karma | Same range and shield advantage continues as Yasuo still can't reliably close distance |
| Level 3 | Karma | Karma's poke keeps winning as Yasuo's engage tools remain situational without setup |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Even trading as both champions' cooldowns and windows roughly cancel out around this point |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Yasuo's Last Breath all-in and windwall block create a genuine threat window in his favor |
| First item | Yasuo | Yasuo's crit-item burst and knockup setups win skirmishes decisively in this window |
| Two+ items | Karma | Karma's scaled Mantra-R utility and poke damage let her out-value Yasuo's single-target burst in late teamfights |
Before 6 Yasuo has no reliable way to close the gap on you — Steel Tempest whiffs without a knockup source, so Inner Flame and Inspire let you freely poke and deny his farm through level 5.
The full Karma vs Yasuo 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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