How to win lane as Brand against Karma · 50% win rate over 2,620 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | At level 1 your W and Blaze passive out-poke Karma's lone Q. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Your level-2 W-on-E burst beats her non-empowered poke. |
| Level 3 | Brand | At level 3 your combo damage and stun threat pressure her lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out as her Mantra-Q range and RE peel trade with your burst. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Your level-6 Pyroclasm out-threatens her ult-less kit for kills. |
| First item | Brand | First-item Blaze burn out-sustains her Mantra shields. |
| Two+ items | Brand | At 2+ items your sustained burn and Pyroclasm still beat her soft CC. |
You out-trade Karma at levels 1-2: your W-on-E combo plus Blaze burn beats her single Q poke, and she has no reliable stun to punish you. Push for the level-2 spike and threaten her ADC before Mantra is impactful.
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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