How to win lane as Taliyah against Karma · 51.13% win rate over 1,244 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma has Mantra-Q available immediately, out-ranging and out-poking you before your kit is stacked. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Her RQ detonation and E shields let her win every early trade while your Q alone can't match. |
| Level 3 | Karma | She still out-pokes with low-cooldown Mantra-Q and can W-root you if you step up. |
| Levels 4-5 | Taliyah | Your full combo unlocks and worked-ground Q lets you shove and poke past her falling damage. |
| Level 6 | Taliyah | Weaver's Wall roams for kills while Karma's utility ult puts no kill pressure on you. |
| First item | Taliyah | Your waveclear and burst out-scale her utility kit as her poke damage drops off. |
| Two+ items | Taliyah | You out-damage her and roam the map; Karma becomes a shield-bot with no threat on you. |
Karma has Mantra available from level 1, so her RQ (empowered Inner Flame) out-ranges and out-pokes you before your kit is stacked, and her E shields let her win every early trade while your lone Q can't match-levels 1-3 are hers, so farm safe and don't walk into a W root.
The full Taliyah 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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