How to win lane as Karma against Renekton · 51.61% win rate over 31 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Mantra is up at level 1 so your RQ Soulflare out-pokes him, but he is a strong early point-click stat-checker too, so neither of you owns this stage outright. |
| Level 2 | Renekton | A full fury bar makes his W (Ruthless Predator) a point-click stun, and E Slice into that stun into Q is a near-lethal combo you cannot answer flat. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | His fury combo and your RQ poke trade evenly here: you chip when his W stun is down, he punishes when it is up, so it stays a coinflip on cooldowns. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karma | Your bullying peak: layered Q and RQ rotations chunk him whenever his W stun is on cooldown and his Slice and Dice charges are spent. |
| Level 6 | Renekton | Dominus turns his fury all-in into an extended stun-and-burst, while your R only re-empowers your next cast, so the level-6 spike is his. |
| First item | Karma | Your first AP/haste item sharpens RQ burst and Inspire shield value exactly as his flat early ratios begin falling off. |
| Two+ items | Karma | Renekton has no sustained threat once his ratios fade: your range, poke and Inspire-speed roams keep this window yours. |
Level 1 is yours to start: Mantra is up immediately, so open with an RQ Soulflare zone from outside his range before he has the fury to punish you back. The danger arrives at 2-3: once his rage bar is full, his empowered W (Ruthless Predator) is a hard point-click stun, and his E Slice in into that stun into Q is a near-lethal combo you cannot out-trade flat. Trade your Q for chip when his fury is empty, and hold your Inspire shield for the moment he Slices forward with a full bar; that shield is the only thing that turns his all-in from a kill into a survivable trade.
The full Karma vs Renekton 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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