How to win lane as Karma against Master Yi · 48.79% win rate over 453 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Your ranged Inner Flame poke beats his melee level 1 — he cannot reach you. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Your empowered Q and W root still control level 2. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By 3 it evens out: he can dodge your poke with Alpha Strike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Master Yi | At 4-5 his Wuju scaling pulls him ahead of you. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | You get no ult spike at level 6, so his stacked steroids win the window. |
| First item | Master Yi | His first-item DPS blows straight through your shield poke. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | At two-plus items his true damage deletes you — you are too squishy to survive the run-down. |
Cash in your two good levels: Inner Flame poke and the Mantra Q bully him off CS at 1-2, and the W root punishes any greedy engage. From 3 he starts dodging your poke with Alpha Strike, and by 4-5 his Wuju scaling means you should stop trading entirely and protect the lead you built.
The full Karma vs Master Yi 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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