Warwick vs Karma — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Warwick against Karma · 56.5% win rate over 1,023 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Warwick is favoured — Warwick owns 5 of the 7 game windows. Warwick wins 56.5% of games vs Karma in top lane (1,023 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickLevel 1-2 favors you as your bite beats her slow Q poke.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is a skill check before both kits are fully online.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 your W-speed engage beats her dashless kiting.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 read even only if she perfectly kites with Q and root.
Level 6WarwickAt 6 your R suppress denies her mantra root and kills her.
First itemWarwickWith first item your P sustain outpaces her single-target poke.
Two+ itemsWarwickLate, she has no escape from your engage once her root is used.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 is yours: Karma's Q is a slow skillshot and your P bite plus stats let you walk her down and win the first CS trades outright.

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The full Warwick 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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