How to win lane as Soraka against Karma · 52.59% win rate over 4,271 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even because both Soraka and Karma trade skillshots with no engage threat. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-based as Starcall sustain trades evenly against Inner Flame poke. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains a wash since neither champion gains a hard-engage tool. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 Soraka's heals still refund Karma's poke, keeping the lane skill-dependent. |
| Level 6 | Karma | Karma spikes at 6 because her ult grants empowered RQ burst and an RW root your heals can't out-value. |
| First item | Karma | On first item Mandate-line items make Karma's RQ poke and RE peel dominate the 2v2. |
| Two+ items | Karma | With two-plus items Karma's near-permanent empowered casts out-poke and out-disengage Soraka's single heal. |
Levels 1-4 are skill-based: both of you rely on landing a skillshot from behind minions, and neither has a hard-engage threat. Your Starcall sustain lets you refund her Inner Flame poke as long as you don't eat it for free, so hug the wave and only step up to Q when she's committed to a CS.
The full Soraka 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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