Karma vs Rell — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Karma against Rell · 46.58% win rate over 3,027 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Karma owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Rell's 2, but the win rate still favours Rell: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Karma wins 46.58% of games vs Rell in support (3,027 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KarmaLevel 1 your Q poke outranges Rell's slow, telegraphed engage.
Level 2KarmaAt 2 your Q plus E poke punishes her before she can commit W.
Level 3KarmaLevel 3 you keep chipping her while dodging the mounted charge.
Levels 4-5KarmaThrough 4-5 her readable engage keeps the lane in your favor.
Level 6RellHer level 6 R pull into W crash and E stun flips the all-in to Rell.
First itemRellFirst tank item lets her survive your poke and force engages.
Two+ itemsKarmaWith two items your empowered poke and shields win the long fight back for you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-4 favor you: Rell's mounted W (Ferromancy: Mount Up) is a slow, readable engage, so sit behind your caster minions and chip her with Q (Inner Flame) plus Gathering-Fire autos while keeping E (Inspire) shielding ready for her one committed dismount.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Karma vs Rell 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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