How to win lane as Yone against Karma · 51.84% win rate over 5,839 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is skill-based — Karma's Q poke versus your dodging and farm. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as her RQ snare trades against your walk-up threat. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is a coin-flip on whether you respect her Mantra timing. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | At level 4 Yone's gap-close and sustain start beating Karma's poke. |
| Level 6 | Yone | Yone's 6 kit compounds while Karma has no escape from your dash. |
| First item | Yone | First-item Yone gap-closes past her shields and kills squishy Karma. |
| Two+ items | Yone | At 2+ items Yone's mobility and burst blow out the no-scaling Karma. |
Levels 1-3 are a genuine skill lane: Karma's Q poke and RQ snare can chip and zone you, but if you respect her Mantra timing and dodge her flame you stay even. Don't facetank poke — weave through minions and farm to your level-4 spike.
The full Yone 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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