How to win lane as Naafiri against Karma · 51.41% win rate (2,206 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her combo targets one body and you brought six — trade behind the pack and dive the cooldown silence.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). The root tether — break it with range or line of sight.
Read from Naafiri's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Naafiri | Level 1 favours you since Karma can't punish your wave presence without a follow-up. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is yours as your Packmate trades already out-damage her single shield. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 belongs to you once W-Hounds' Pursuit closes through her Q slow. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay yours because on-hit stacking beats her shield-and-run enchanter kit. |
| Level 6 | Naafiri | Level 6 favours you as R-Call of the Pack outclasses her non-spike mantra ultimate. |
| First item | Naafiri | At first item your one-rotation burst breaks her shield and kills her. |
| Two+ items | Naafiri | Into 2+ items she can only support from range while your pack reaches her every fight. |
Karma out-ranges you at 1-2 with Q-Inner Flame, so soak poke behind minions and wait for your W spike; her lack of a dash means once you commit she can only shield and run. Track Focused Resolve (Tether) is 12s flat — break it with range or line of sight; its downtime is your dive window. Karma's poke is real but she's an enchanter with no hard escape; once you have W-Hounds' Pursuit you close through her Q-Inner Flame and Packmate on-hit chunks her before her shield expires.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Naafiri's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Naafiri 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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Naafiri, slightly — a 51.41% win rate edge over 2,206 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Naafiri has a small statistical edge (51.41% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Naafiri has a slight edge (51.41% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Naafiri takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter, and Precision secondary (Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Serrated Dirk (≈1100g) — strings start chunking. Build Eclipse / Profane Hydra first, then Serylda's path, with Mercury's Treads / Lucidity.
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