How to win lane as Karma against Singed · 72.73% win rate over 11 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | RQ Soulflare is up from level 1 and out-ranges everything he does — he has no dash to dodge the detonation and no burst to punish you for throwing it. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Q poke plus Gathering Fire's Mantra refunds keep your empowered casts rolling while his only response is to fling-and-run, so you chunk him for free every time he steps to CS. |
| Level 3 | Karma | He still can't close the range gap; layer Q into RQ and shove him off the wave before his sustain ever comes into play. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karma | Your bullying peak — repeated Q/RQ rotations push an immobile Singed off the wave and let you tax plates behind Inspire's speed. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is your dip and his window: his fling tosses you toward his tower and into his poison, so respect it and keep Inspire up to disengage. |
| First item | Karma | Your first AP/haste item sharpens RQ's poke and shield value — force the lane and snowball before his HP stacking comes online. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Singed out-sustains and out-scales a chip war once he stacks HP and Liandry's, and your mana taps out first — you have no late spike, so the lead must already be banked. |
Singed has no gap-closer and no burst, so your range decides this lane — open level 1 with RQ Soulflare the moment he steps up to last-hit or proxy, because the delayed zone and slow chip him long before his fling is ever in range. Land Q whenever he commits to a CS and let Gathering Fire shave your Mantra cooldown back down. The one thing to respect is the fling: if he closes the gap, hold W on him and Inspire away on the speed buff rather than auto-trading in his poison. Do not chase him into his trail — his sustain wins a sloppy brawl, your poke wins a clean one.
The full Karma vs Singed 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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