How to win lane as Karma against Warwick · 30.77% win rate over 26 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Mantra is up from Level 1, so RQ Soulflare lands a huge poke before Blood Hunt speed or Eternal Hunger sustain exist to answer it. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | It evens out fast — Blood Hunt move speed and his Eternal Hunger drain come online and start eating your Inner Flame chip as you trade. |
| Level 3 | Warwick | Eternal Hunger heals harder the lower his HP, so once he's sustaining your poke refunds him faster than it hurts. |
| Levels 4-5 | Warwick | Your Inner Flame and RQ rotations can't push him off the wave — Blood Hunt walks through the cooldown gaps and his drain heals the rest. |
| Level 6 | Warwick | Infinite Duress is a point-and-click suppress that ignores your E shield and breaks your W tether — once it lands your thin frame dies before RE casts. |
| First item | Warwick | BORK plus Eternal Hunger out-heals your first AP spike, and Blood Hunt chases down your Inspire dash every trade. |
| Two+ items | Warwick | He has drain-tank scaling and you have none — Blood Hunt catches you and his low-HP heal turns your burst into his sustain. |
Level 1 is your only clean window — open with RQ Soulflare and chunk him before Blood Hunt speed and his Eternal Hunger sustain come online, because once he's healing your Inner Flame chip just feeds him. Last-hit at max Q range and do NOT walk up to throw it: his W Blood Hunt lets him close that gap the instant you drop below half, on a tempo your cooldowns can't refund. The trap is letting him sit at low HP thinking you're ahead — Eternal Hunger heals harder the lower he gets, so your poke is literally building his sustain.
The full Karma vs Warwick 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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