Pyke vs Karma SUPPORT Matchup Guide

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Pyke into Karmamedium

Overview

Use brush control and stealth to threaten hooks and deny Karma's poke angles.
Prioritize river vision to track Karma's roam timer and protect your ADC from poke follow-ups.
Force volatile fights where your ADC can burst after your pull and stun chain.

Hide threat in brush and engage when shield is down to maximize ADC damage.
Use to cut off Karma's escape and secure stuns for your ADC's burst.
Hold engage until your ADC is ready to follow, avoiding wasted cooldowns against Karma's shield.

Karma's empowered root punishes overextensions; avoid engaging when root is available.
poke combined with shield creates strong ADC trade windows to respect.
Karma's poke and shield cooldowns force you to respect her wave pressure and avoid unsafe hooks.

Win the level 2 race to unlock your and combo for strong engage with ADC follow-up.
Deny Karma brush access to limit her poke and shield setups.
Crash the wave after pushing to create roam windows and pressure mid or river vision.

Level 2 unlocks your hook plus stun, increasing kill pressure with ADC burst.
Level 3 completes your kit with stealth, enabling safer brush control and surprise engages.
Level 6 grants execute resets on , allowing you to snowball fights and punish Karma's lower engage threat.

Convert brush control and hook pressure into denied Karma ADC access and forced shields.
Roam after wave crashes with vision control to create numbers advantages and snowball mid.
Use execute resets to clean up skirmishes and secure dragon setups with your team.

Tactical tip

For Pyke vs Karma, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Support lane check.