Karmavs Thresh
Karma vs Thresh is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Thresh wins with a 55.2% win rate (+10.4%) over Karma based on 230 games. Thresh 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 Thresh 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 the Karma vs Thresh Matchup?
Karma vs Thresh Matchup Summary
The Karma vs Thresh matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 230 recent matches analyzed, Thresh wins with a 55.2% win rate compared to Karma's 44.8%, giving Thresh a 10.4 percentage point advantage. Thresh dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Karma players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Thresh leads by 427 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Thresh has a strong advantage in this matchup. Karma players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Thresh overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Karma vs Thresh Laning Phase Breakdown
Thresh is favored during the laning phase against Karma, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Thresh holds advantages in gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Karma Build Against Thresh
Ionian Boots of Lucidity is the optimal boots choice against Thresh, providing the mobility and stats Karma needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Karma against Thresh are Moonstone Renewer, Imperial Mandate and Malignance. This combination gives Karma an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 75.0% win rate across 4 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Thresh. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Karma vs Thresh matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Karma43.6%
Thresh56.4%Karma45.6%Thresh54.4%Thresh dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 56.4% win rate — a 12.8 percentage point lead over Karma. This lopsided early game means Thresh can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Thresh is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 54.4% win rate — 8.8 points above Karma. Extended games heavily favor Thresh, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Thresh holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Karma players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Karma Runes Against Thresh
Sorcery
Resolve
The Sorcery and Resolve rune setup gives Karma the best tools to compete against Thresh in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Karma matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. 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.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50.00% | 342 | 1.2 | 360 | 8,234 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 45.34% | 322 | 1.3 | 397 | 8,756 | 41.2% | 48.4% | |
| 50.41% | 244 | 1.2 | 398 | 8,601 | 49.6% | 51.2% | |
| 44.78% | 230 | 1.2 | 386 | 8,772 | 43.6% | 45.6% | |
| 57.21% | 222 | 1.4 | 369 | 9,045 | 59.0% | 56.1% | |
| 50.89% | 169 | 1.2 | 363 | 8,735 | 57.3% | 44.8% | |
| 51.85% | 135 | 1.2 | 362 | 8,159 | 56.3% | 46.9% | |
| 49.62% | 133 | 1.4 | 382 | 8,359 | 55.0% | 45.2% | |
| 49.62% | 133 | 1.2 | 352 | 8,519 | 41.1% | 55.8% | |
| 50.00% | 130 | 1.5 | 414 | 9,159 | 51.0% | 49.4% | |
| 44.53% | 128 | 1.2 | 390 | 8,633 | 43.8% | 45.3% | |
| 50.00% | 128 | 1.3 | 410 | 8,482 | 57.7% | 44.7% | |
| 36.80% | 125 | 1.2 | 382 | 8,134 | 42.1% | 32.4% | |
| 54.17% | 120 | 1.3 | 432 | 8,819 | 58.6% | 50.0% | |
| 52.54% | 118 | 1.2 | 425 | 9,111 | 59.2% | 47.8% | |
| 48.98% | 98 | 1.3 | 371 | 8,905 | 48.8% | 49.1% | |
| 48.39% | 93 | 1.3 | 368 | 9,459 | 58.1% | 43.5% | |
| 55.17% | 87 | 1.2 | 334 | 8,788 | 60.5% | 51.0% | |
| 53.66% | 82 | 1.2 | 369 | 8,639 | 60.6% | 49.0% | |
| 45.68% | 81 | 1.4 | 377 | 8,699 | 38.2% | 51.1% | |
| 48.65% | 74 | 1.3 | 423 | 8,904 | 53.1% | 45.2% | |
| 53.42% | 73 | 1.6 | 402 | 8,914 | 48.6% | 58.3% | |
| 69.01% | 71 | 1.3 | 454 | 8,915 | 68.8% | 69.2% | |
| 53.97% | 63 | 1.2 | 368 | 8,877 | 45.8% | 59.0% | |
| 59.02% | 61 | 1.4 | 415 | 9,898 | 57.7% | 60.0% | |
| 55.93% | 59 | 1.2 | 375 | 7,803 | 58.1% | 53.6% | |
| 45.45% | 55 | 1.4 | 399 | 7,870 | 45.2% | 45.8% | |
| 64.81% | 54 | 1.2 | 344 | 8,787 | 59.1% | 68.8% | |
| 54.90% | 51 | 1.3 | 420 | 8,804 | 59.1% | 51.7% | |
| 53.66% | 41 | 1.2 | 387 | 8,055 | 59.3% | 42.9% | |
| 48.78% | 41 | 1.2 | 369 | 9,724 | 54.5% | 46.7% | |
| 60.61% | 33 | 1.3 | 420 | 8,986 | 71.4% | 52.6% | |
| 54.84% | 31 | 1.2 | 424 | 8,902 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 27.59% | 29 | 2.5 | 431 | 9,503 | 25.0% | 29.4% | |
| 41.38% | 29 | 1.4 | 373 | 8,136 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 1.2 | 398 | 8,991 | 40.0% | 54.5% | |
| 42.31% | 26 | 1.3 | 354 | 8,169 | 46.1% | 38.5% | |
| 28.00% | 25 | 1.3 | 382 | 8,552 | 16.7% | 38.5% | |
| 59.09% | 22 | 2.7 | 426 | 7,571 | 63.6% | 54.5% | |
| 21.05% | 19 | 1.5 | 356 | 8,524 | 33.3% | 15.4% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 1.3 | 408 | 8,267 | 61.5% | 66.7% | |
| 36.84% | 19 | 2.6 | 511 | 11,472 | 75.0% | 26.7% | |
| 72.22% | 18 | 2.8 | 479 | 9,100 | 75.0% | 70.0% | |
| 33.33% | 18 | 2.5 | 422 | 8,978 | 37.5% | 30.0% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 1.9 | 467 | 9,474 | 40.0% | 60.0% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 1.5 | 355 | 8,574 | 60.0% | 55.6% | |
| 38.46% | 13 | 2.2 | 460 | 9,297 | 33.3% | 42.9% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 5.2 | 774 | 10,156 | 75.0% | 44.4% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 5.1 | 772 | 9,248 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 4.5 | 610 | 9,967 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 1.9 | 387 | 9,282 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 1.8 | 478 | 9,036 | 42.9% | 40.0% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 4.6 | 744 | 10,000 | 80.0% | 50.0% | |
| 72.73% | 11 | 4.0 | 684 | 10,542 | 60.0% | 83.3% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 0.9 | 389 | 6,897 | 55.6% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 1.9 | 363 | 8,401 | 25.0% | 16.7% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 2.8 | 608 | 9,919 | 60.0% | 40.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.2 | 625 | 8,045 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 3.4 | 722 | 9,616 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 5.3 | 849 | 11,828 | 66.7% | 80.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 1.1 | 296 | 8,976 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 1.1 | 225 | 8,148 | 25.0% | 25.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.0 | 491 | 10,549 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.7 | 754 | 11,630 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 1.1 | 435 | 9,330 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 4.5 | 628 | 9,546 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.5 | 672 | 9,970 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 4.9 | 730 | 10,251 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 4.3 | 673 | 9,800 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.6 | 624 | 10,089 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.0 | 704 | 12,171 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 4.4 | 684 | 9,550 | 25.0% | 66.7% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 1.1 | 293 | 6,740 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 4.1 | 505 | 7,916 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 4.5 | 545 | 5,161 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 100.00% | 6 | 3.2 | 503 | 9,828 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 4.3 | 961 | 8,415 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 1.9 | 625 | 10,227 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 4.7 | 723 | 6,801 | 60.0% | 100.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 1.2 | 428 | 8,468 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 1.2 | 490 | 9,228 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.6 | 457 | 8,811 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.3 | 282 | 8,029 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 571 | 5,418 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.8 | 496 | 10,925 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.6 | 778 | 6,657 | 20.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.2 | 741 | 10,898 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
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Karma vs Thresh - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Karma do against Thresh in League of Legends?
Thresh wins the Karma vs Thresh matchup with a 55.2% win rate compared to Karma's 44.8%, a 10.4 percentage point difference. This data is based on 230 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Karma do against Thresh in the early game?
In the early game, Thresh has the advantage against Karma with a 56.4% win rate versus 43.6%. Thresh players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Karma do against Thresh in the late game?
In the late game, Thresh takes over the Karma vs Thresh matchup with a 54.4% win rate compared to 45.6%. Thresh scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Karma vs Thresh matchup?
Thresh wins the matchup against Karma with a 55.2% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 10.4 percentage point advantage means Thresh is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 230 games analyzed.
What is the best Karma build against Thresh?
The best Karma build against Thresh includes Moonstone Renewer, Imperial Mandate, Malignance with Ionian Boots of Lucidity. This build achieves a 75.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Karma runes against Thresh?
The best Karma runes against Thresh use the Sorcery primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 50.0% win rate in the Karma vs Thresh matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Karma counter Thresh?
No, Karma struggles against Thresh with only a 44.8% win rate. Thresh has the advantage in this matchup. Karma players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Thresh's lead.
How do I play Karma against Thresh?
When playing Karma against Thresh, play cautiously and avoid Thresh's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Thresh has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.