Karma vs Camille — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Karma against Camille · 46.3% win rate (1,013 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Camille is slightly favoured — Karma wins 46.3% of 1,013 games. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

Her dash beats your poke rhythm — shield the engage, root the exit, and respect the all-in windows.

Track: Camille's E — Hookshot (16–12s cooldown). Her wall-dash stun — fight away from terrain while it is up.

Do

  • Shield yourself the instant Hookshot starts
  • W-tether the dive so the root lands
  • RQ the disengage window

Don't

  • Poke inside her engage range with E down
  • Burn Mantra on waveclear when she has kill pressure
  • Trade flat at her item spikes

Runes & build vs Camille

Start
Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions
First back
Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — Mantra economy secured
First item
Malignance / Blackfire Torch
Then
Cosmic Drive
Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes / Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Arcane Comet (Sorcery): Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch · Inspiration: Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Karma's game plan

Read from Karma's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Camille.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KarmaMantra is available from level 1, so you open with an RQ Soulflare zone-and-slow before she has any E to dodge it — your single uncontested poke window.
Level 2Even / skillShe unlocks E at 2 and wall-dashes your range gap into a second-cast stun, so your Inner Flame poke no longer keeps her off you.
Level 3CamilleThe Tactical Sweep outer cone heals her and her true-damage Precision Protocol autos out-trade your RQ burst once she hookshots onto you, and you have no disengage.
Levels 4-5CamilleAt her trading peak she dictates every all-in with Hookshot into Tactical Sweep, and Adaptive Defenses shields against the exact damage type you just used.
Level 6KarmaThe Hextech Ultimatum anchors you into the 1v1 her duelist kit always wins, and your Mantra only re-empowers a basic ability — no answer to her R.
First itemCamilleHer first Sheen/Eclipse spike sharpens her burst far past your single AP item, so even a clean RQ can't win the duel here.
Two+ itemsEven / skillShe out-scales as a duelist while you have no late spike, but your roam tempo and RE/RW enchanting keep it a coinflip if your team is ahead — neither side truly owns this window.

How to beat Camille as Karma: the early game

Level 1 is your only free window: Mantra is up immediately, so open with RQ Soulflare for the delayed damage zone and slow before Camille has E to wall-dash out of it. The second she hits 2 and unlocks E, the lane flips — she closes your range with the hookshot and lands the second-cast knock-up stun, so stop throwing greedy Inner Flames you have to step up for. Last-hit at max Q range, hold W tether to root-punish a whiffed hookshot, and never burn Inspire on poke — it is the only button that lives through her engage. Remember Gathering Fire only refunds Mantra when you actually land hits on her, and she rarely lets you.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Karma in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Karma's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Karma vs Camille 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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Common questions

Who wins Karma vs Camille in top lane?

Camille, slightly — Karma wins 46.3% of 1,013 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Karma vs Camille a skill matchup?

Mostly — Camille has a small statistical edge (53.7% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Karma counter Camille?

No — if anything Camille has the slight edge (Karma wins 46.3%), though it stays close.

What runes does Karma take vs Camille?

Karma takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Camille.

What should Karma build vs Camille?

Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — Mantra economy secured. Build Malignance / Blackfire Torch first, then Cosmic Drive, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Plated Steelcaps.

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