Karmavs Shen
Karma vs Shen is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Karma wins with a 63.6% win rate (+27.3%) over Shen based on 11 games. Karma holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Karma build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Karma vs Shen matchup.
Karma Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Karma performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Karma vs Shen?
Karma wins 80.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 54.8% and 93.0% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.5% From both champions' overall Support win rates
- Matchup effect
- +29.5 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 15 games Lane: Support
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Support · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Only 15 Karma vs Shen games were recorded in the Support role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Karma and Shen played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Karma's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Karma vs Shen Laning Stats
Only 14 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Karma vs Shen Win Rate by Game Length
Karma's win rate against Shen by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Karma's results against Shen in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Karma vs Shen Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Karma Changes Against Shen
Only 15 games so far — too few to compare what Karma players do in this matchup with their usual choices (needs 20).
Best Karma Build vs Shen
Usual Karma build (Support)
85.7% win rate · 14 games
Against Shen
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 0 of 15 Karma games against Shen carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Karma's standard build instead.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Karma Runes vs Shen
Usual Karma runes (Support)
Summon Aery
50.6% win rate · 1,812 games
Against Shen
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Karma draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Karma matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Karma's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Karma build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Karma Matchups
Hardest for Karma
Easiest for Karma
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Karma vs Shen FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Karma vs Shen?
Only 15 Karma vs Shen games were recorded in the Support role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
What is Karma's win rate against Shen?
Karma wins 80.0% of 15 Support games against Shen on patch 26.19 (95% range 54.8–93.0%). Based on both champions' overall Support win rates, 50.5% would be expected.
Does Karma counter Shen?
There are only 15 Karma vs Shen games in this lane on patch 26.19 — too few to answer reliably yet.
Who wins lane, Karma or Shen?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (14) to say who wins lane.
Does Karma outscale Shen?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Shen strongest against Karma?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Shen is ahead of Karma beyond the margin of error.
What should Karma build against Shen?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Karma's usual Support core: Moonstone Renewer, Locket of the Iron Solari, Redemption.
What runes should Karma use against Shen?
Use Karma's usual Summon Aery page (Sorcery + Resolve); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.