How to win lane as Zac against Karma · 49.69% win rate (320 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Weather the poke — slingshot her on the Focused Resolve cooldown and out-sustain on blobs.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). Her root tether — breaks if you LoS / outrange it.
Read from Zac's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma has Mantra at level 1 — her RQ poke is a real threat. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 both trade ability points evenly, making it a skill matchup. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At 3 your Slingshot can break her tether before the root lands. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Zac stays ahead at 4 as Karma still lacks a dash to peel her engage. |
| Level 6 | Zac | At 6 you gain an ultimate; Karma only ranks a Mantra she already had. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item Zac out-durables her poke and dictates all-ins once Mantra is spent. |
| Two+ items | Zac | At 2+ items you out-durable her single root and force every fight. |
Level 1 Karma already has Mantra — it costs her no skill point — so her RQ poke is real. At 2 it evens out. Farm up and wait for E.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Zac's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Zac 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.69% win rate over 320 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Zac vs Karma is a genuine skill matchup: 49.69% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Zac vs Karma win rate is 49.69%, an even lane decided by execution.
Zac takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Heartsteel (HP feeds everything) first, then Spirit Visage / Thornmail, with Mercury's Treads.
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