Meddler Has Already Tried Buffing Mantra. Why is it This Hard to Get Actual Work Done? Seriously.

The problem with Karma's kit is the lack of a gameplay identity and skill expression in her Mantra. Mantra itself is just a Heimerdinger ULT. Tell me something that Mantra E does better than what it already does in game? Tell me something that Mantra Q does better than any other champion in the game does? Her damage is lackluster and the functionality of the damage is bad. The protective nature of Karma's Mantra is unoriginal and exists on item actives and in several versions of champion kits. Mantra W will continue to be abused in a role she has no place in.

The kit is not working and the gameplay identity you keep trying to force her into, is not working. Meddler needs to wake up and realize that this rework coming out isn't any better than what they have already done. Meddler's ego is so inflated and he is so stubborn that he refuses to actually rectify mistakes and make this champion better. He twists data and excuses in a way that benefits his own desires and lack of care. Meddler hates Old/Mage Karma mains. This specific Developer who is now in charge, has shown a clear pattern of behavior that just tells us he was never interested in doing anything on this champion. The new rework solidifies what type of work ethic Meddler has. New champions are more important and taking themes and abilities away from one champion is acceptable. Failing to admit that mistakes were made and finding a way to bridge the gap between two playstyles that were created by horrible Developer work, is acceptable to Meddler. Having the most generic and unoriginal kit that exists in the game already, is acceptable.

You don't have to bring back shield bomb, fans, clothesline tether, but you do at some point have to get over your huge ego and admit that there is a problem. Find a way to tackle the problem so that all parties are happy with the outcome. Keeping Mantra Q the way it is and just front loading it with more damage, invalidates Mage and Old Karma mains who actually want more skill expression on it like explosion healing. Making it so Mantra W can be abused in the jungle is the same problems Mantra W had with the healing it does now, as well as the new changes that completely are one sided towards Support. Let's not even get on to the subject of how bland tethers are in the game when it functions like Morgana's and LeBlanc's. Mantra E is the biggest let down because I can name two item actives that do better than Mantra E and I can name almost every single Enchanter that can do the effect of Mantra E on a single target.

Below is how many times Mantra abilities have been buffed, nerfed, and reworked in the past 5 years.

V8.21 Focused Resolve Focused Resolve Root duration increased to 1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 / 1.85 / 2 seconds from 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2. V8.14 Stats Base mana regeneration increased to 11.5 from 8.5. Mana regeneration growth reduced to 0.5 from 0.8. Base armor increased to 26 from 20.384. Inner Flame Inner Flame Splash radius increased to 280 from 250. Soulflare Soulflare Base detonation damage reduced to 35 / 140 / 245 / 350 from 50 / 150 / 250 / 350. V8.12 Inspire Inspire Shield duration reduced to 2.5 seconds from 4. Defiance Defiance Shield duration reduced to 2.5 seconds from 4. V8.8 Karma ConquerorCircle Conqueror Karma BUG FIX: Unique particles have been restored for all of her spells V8.3 Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 5.624. V8.2 Focused Resolve Focused Resolve NEW EFFECT: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion. V7.23 Karma ConquerorCircle Conqueror Karma and Karma WinterWonderCircle Winter Wonder Karma Soulflare Soulflare BUG FIX: VFX are no longer cut off on elevated terrain. V7.22 Stats Base health increased to 534 from 522.44. Health growth increased to 95 from 83. V7.20 Gathering Fire Gathering Fire Ability cooldown reduction increased to 2 / 3 / 4 seconds from 2 / 2.5 / 3. Basic attack cooldown reduction increased to 1 / 1.5 / 2 seconds from 1 / 1.25 / 1.5. V7.18 General BUG FIX: Now correctly has recommended item pages for both mid and support. V7.15 Karma WinterWonderCircle Winter Wonder Karma Inspire Inspire BUG FIX: Is now better differentiated from Lulu WinterWonderCircle Winter Wonder Lulu's Help, Pix! Help, Pix!. Defiance Defiance BUG FIX: Is now better differentiated from Lulu WinterWonderCircle Winter Wonder Lulu's Help, Pix! Help, Pix!. V7.12 Inspire Inspire Base shield strength reduced to 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 from 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190. Defiance Defiance Percentage of original shield to nearby allied champions reduced to 30% from 50%. V7.9 Stats Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0. Karma ConquerorCircle Conqueror Karma BUG FIX: Fixed channeling animation (ex. when capturing SkarnerSquare Skarner's Crystal Spires Crystal Spires). V7.7 General New splash artwork for Karma SunGoddessCircle Sun Goddess Karma, Karma SakuraCircle Sakura Karma and Karma TraditionalCircle Traditional Karma. Tweaked splash artwork for Karma OrderoftheLotusCircle Order of the Lotus Karma. V7.1 Focused Resolve Focused Resolve / Renewal Renewal Number of damage ticks reduced to 2 from 3. Base damage per tick increased to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 20 / 36.7 / 53.3 / 70 / 86.7 Damage per tick AP scaling increased to 45% AP + 30% AP. Total damage unchanged. Renewal Renewal BUG FIX: Base tether visuals are no longer a funky color. Defiance Defiance Base shield strength reduced to 30 / 90 / 150 / 210 from 30 / 100 / 170 / 240. V6.24 Soulflare Soulflare BUG FIX: Fixed a spectator mode bug preventing Order of the Lotus Karma's Soulflare explosion circle indicator from displaying. V6.15 Inspire Inspire Shield reduced to 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 from 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 REMOVED: Can no longer target minions. Defiance Defiance Bonus movement speed reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 60% at all ranks. V6.6 Defiance Defiance Base shield strength increased to 30 / 100 / 170 / 240 from 30 / 90 / 150 / 210. AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 30% AP. V6.2 Focused Resolve Focused Resolve Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90. V5.22 Stats Base mana regeneration increased to 8.5 from 6. V5.17 Focused Resolve Focused Resolve Cooldown reduced to 12 seconds at all ranks from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12. V5.10 Gathering Fire Gathering Fire Mantra cooldown refund on spell hit increased to 2 / 2.5 / 3 seconds from 2 at all levels. Mantra cooldown refund on basic attack increased to 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 seconds from 1 at all levels. Focused Resolve Focused Resolve NEW EFFECT: Can target monsters. AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 60% AP. Renewal Renewal NEW EFFECT: Increases Focused Resolve Focused Resolve's root duration by 0.5 seconds. REMOVED: 75 / 150 / 225 / 300 + 60% AP bonus damage Inspire Inspire Base shield strength reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240. Mana cost reduced to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100. Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 10 at all ranks. Defiance Defiance NEW EFFECT: Primary target gains 30 / 90 / 150 / 210 + 30% AP shield health. Allied area-of-effect shield changed to 50% of primary target's from 30 / 70 / 110 / 150. REMOVED: 60 / 140 / 220 / 300 + 60% AP damage over time. V5.5 Defiance Defiance BUG FIX: Fixed a bug where allied champions were granted the inspire portion of the shield, instead of half of the defiance damage. V4.17 Soulflare Soulflare BUG FIX: Area of effect visual fizzling when Karma dies. Mantra Mantra NEW EFFECT: Can now be cast while disabled. V4.5 Stats Base armor increased to 14 from 10. V3.8 Inner Flame Inner Flame Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90. Explosion radius increased to 250 from 230. Focused Resolve Focused Resolve BUG FIX: Not granting vision of rooted target. Renewal Renewal Heal changed to 20% + 1% per 100 AP missing health on-cast followed by the same amount over tether duration from 25% missing health over time. Defiance Defiance BUG FIX: Allied area-of-effect shield not accounting for AP ratio. V3.7 Soulflare Soulflare NEW EFFECT: Slow area spawns directly under primary target. V3.6 Inner Flame Inner Flame Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260. Focused Resolve Focused Resolve Cooldown reduced to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14. Inspire Inspire Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 12. Bonus movement speed increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%. Mantra Mantra Cooldown reduced to 45 / 42 / 39 / 36 seconds from 45 at all ranks. V3.5 (Balance update) Gathering Fire Gathering Fire Mantra Mantra on-spell cooldown reduction increased to 2 seconds at all levels from 1 / 1.5 / 2. Mantra Mantra on-hit cooldown reduction increased to 1 second at all levels from 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 Inner Flame Inner Flame Detonation area-of-effect focus changed to point of impact from the center of impacted target. Focused Resolve Focused Resolve Mana cost reduced to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110. Gathering Fire Gathering Fire application changed to per-tick from on-cast. Ticks reduced to 3 from 6. Inspire Inspire Bonus movement speed duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.25. BUG FIX: Tooltip displaying incorrect shield value (80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 instead of the intended 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240). Defiance Defiance Bonus movement speed increased to 60% at all ranks from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%.(Inspire Inspire's rank) Allied area-of-effect shield/haste range increased to 700 from 600. V3.5 rework Full Relaunch General Complete visual upgrade across all skins. New artwork for Karma OriginalCircle Original Karma. New voice over. New lore. Gathering Fire Gathering Fire (Innate) Reduces Mantra's cooldown every time Karma damages an enemy with one of her abilities (Half-effect for Karma's basic-attacks). Inner Flame Inner Flame (Q) Fires a blast of energy that explodes upon enemy contact, dealing magic damage and slowing all enemies in the area. Mantra Bonus: deals additional magic damage and leaves a circle of flame at the impact area (or upon reaching maximum range), heavily slowing all enemies inside the circle. After a brief delay the circle erupts, dealing heavy magic damage to all enemies in the area. Focused Resolve Focused Resolve (W) Links Karma to target enemy champion, revealing them and dealing magic damage over 2 seconds. If the link is not broken, the enemy is rooted. Mantra Bonus: Focused Resolve deals bonus magic damage over time and heals Karma for a percent of her missing health while linked to her target. Inspire Inspire (E) Target ally gains a shield, granting movement speed for a brief duration and absorbing damage. Mantra Bonus: the shield overflows with energy, dealing magic damage to all enemies around the shielded unit. Allied champions near the shielded unit gain half of that amount as a shield and are hasted. Mantra Mantra (Ultimate) Karma empowers her next ability within 8 seconds for an additional effect.