How to win lane as Singed against Karma · 51.7% win rate (2,296 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Weather the poke — poison-kite her and fling the Focused Resolve commit.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). Her root tether — breaks if you LoS / outrange it.
Read from Singed's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
This is Singed's own plan; across 2,296 pooled games the lane is leaning Singed.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma's Q poke reaches you from outside Poison Trail range at level 1 and she has no need to step toward you — proxy instead of trading. |
| Level 2 | Karma | Her E speed boost lets her kite every run-at-her attempt before your Fling comes online, keeping the advantage in her hands. |
| Level 3 | Karma | Full kit means you can attempt W-root into Fling, but her Focused Resolve tether and E-kite still shut down your pattern — she leads the window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Karma | She Mantra-charges every few abilities and a Mantra Q at levels 4-5 deletes roughly half your HP; proxy the wave rather than stand in poke range. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Insanity Potion makes Poison Trail apply Grievous Wounds, which finally cuts the Renewal heal that beat your attrition — but Soulflare's root still stops a run-past cold, so call level 6 genuinely even. |
| First item | Karma | Rylai's slow means she can no longer E-kite cleanly out of your cloud, but Karma's Focused Resolve tether still punishes every overcommit — she retains the edge through her lockdown. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Liandry's stacking through repeated poison passes threatens kills she cannot fully Renewal-heal through, and your proxy threat forces resources — split but lean toward Skill overall. |
Karma shuts down your level 1-3 completely. Her Q poke damages you from outside your Poison Trail, her E gives her the movement speed to stay out of Fling range, and Mantra turns any Q into a burst-slow that erases a third of your HP before you can react. Do not run at her — she is faster and out-ranges your cloud. Instead, proxy the first two waves behind the enemy minion line: she cannot follow safely, you deny her CS and plate timing, and you absorb poke you would have taken anyway. Accept that you will lose the laning phase on the scoreboard; your job is to farm 90 CS and not die.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Singed's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Singed vs Karma 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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Singed, slightly — a 51.7% win rate edge over 2,296 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Singed has a small statistical edge (51.7% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Singed has a slight edge (51.7% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Singed takes Conqueror on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Rylai's Crystal Scepter (perma-slow poison) first, then Riftmaker / Liandry's, with Mercury's Treads.
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