How to win lane as Karma against Brand · 55.08% win rate over 2,547 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Brand's Q-W poke out-damages your Inner Flame at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Brand | At level 2 his stun-primed W-Q combo chunks harder than your Mantra-Q. |
| Level 3 | Brand | At 3 his Blaze detonations keep out-trading your poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karma | Levels 4-5 are your window as your kit stabilises and you dodge his Sear to answer back. |
| Level 6 | Brand | At 6 his ult and Blaze burst reassert a lethal poke lead through a stun. |
| First item | Brand | First-item Brand's every-spell chunk zones you and your ADC under tower. |
| Two+ items | Karma | Late your root and disengage scaling punish his immobility and flip the 2v2. |
Levels 1-3 belong to Brand: his Q Sear, W Pillar of Flame and passive Blaze out-damage your Inner Flame in a raw poke war, and a landed Sear-stun lets him chain lethal burst. Play behind minions to break his Q line of sight, don't stand in his W zone, and use Inspire shields to soak chip rather than trying to out-trade him head-on.
The full Karma vs Brand 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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Also played in: Mid Lane