How to win lane as Urgot against Karma · 54.1% win rate (1,928 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Weather the poke — flip her on the Focused Resolve cooldown and shred with W.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). Her root tether — breaks if you LoS / outrange it.
Read from Urgot's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — Karma's Mantra-Q poke tests you before Urgot has her kit online. |
| Level 2 | Urgot | At level 2 Purge out-damages her Inner Flame poke, so she loses the trade. |
| Level 3 | Urgot | Levels 3-5 Urgot walks Karma down with Q slow and E once her single root is spent. |
| Levels 4-5 | Urgot | Karma has no defensive dash, so Urgot keeps winning the walk-down. |
| Level 6 | Urgot | Karma's ult only empowers spells, giving her no level 6 spike against Urgot. |
| First item | Urgot | First-item shred deletes the squishy enchanter who has no resistances. |
| Two+ items | Urgot | Late game Urgot's R execute ends Karma in any solo fight regardless of her utility. |
Level 1 is a slight skill check against her Mantra-Inner Flame (Q) poke, but she has no dash and only a single-target root, so respect the early poke and don't walk into her Focused Resolve (W) tether.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Urgot's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Urgot 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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Urgot, slightly — a 54.1% win rate edge over 1,928 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Urgot has a small statistical edge (54.1% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Urgot has a slight edge (54.1% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Urgot takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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