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Karma’s Color Story is Great, But Her Kit and Art Aren’t

Deathfall·11/19/2019, 5:54:18 PM·19 votes·9,861 views

The color story, the recent representation Karma has been getting this year and the dedication she has been getting from old and new fans is great. What is not great is playing a boring champion that has to be nerfed into the ground to be balanced or overbuffed to be represented in the game. Riot has buffed and nerfed this champion right after, because Karma remains a game health issue. Karma’s lack of direction, interesting mechanics, and terrible/half worked on art has been a issue for nearly 7 years now.

Riot wants to talk about not being able to do anything on Karma and how fearful they are with changing her and upsetting her divided community. Wow, shocker! That’s what happens when you ignore a champion for 7 years, continue the trend of removing every interesting art direction and fun kit elements from her, and not doubling down on her problems for 7 years. Riot wants to make up excuses and continue to ignore Karma, but it’s ok! Another new champion, Ryze, or popular champion rework is on the way! Let’s make excuses and be fearful instead of addressing the issues created by yourselves, Riot.

Karma heals others in the color story, she has a string like Mantra W, her Mantra state is Avatar state/Saiyan level, she can blow up a entire airship, and it looks like she can do a lot more that is represented outside of Karma’s gameplay and art in the game. It’s like Riot knows what they should be doing with Karma but they’re refusing to do it and just want her to rot.

I blame Meddler and Reav3s. I’ve talked with both of them over the years and they know what needs to be done. These two just don’t care. We can now add Riot Scruffy to the long list of Developers who can make positive changes on Karma but would rather prioritize work on everything but her and so many other champions Developers ruined.

25 Comments

when your11/19/2019, 7:30:30 PM4 votes

There are so many things that are off with what they've done to her. They complain about how this % and that % wants changes and doesn't want the changes, but they fail to address the actual issues by giving us random numbers.

I don't understand why out of nowhere they care about what the community thinks of the old versions when they keep changing and reworking champions that no one even asked for. Karma can't even battle against the newer, overtuned champions with her one dimensional kit that can't even fit properly into any lane stereotype. I honestly think they don't really care about it and are postponing it as much as possible because they can't come up with something. It's not like they ever really cared to please the community so why are they trying to avoid changing her when we're literally asking them to.

Sorry if I'm sounding rude, I just really loved Karma and I got to plat with her. I've had so many moments with Karma that still make me happy. She really helped me learn so much about the game and then pro scene hit which ruined her. I don't like what she's become. She's a weird tank support mage, like what? Karma can fit well as a mage and a support like how Senna is an ADC with healing and shielding capabilities. She has potential because she is powerful and it would be nice to depict even a tiny fraction of her lore power into the game so she can withstand against the monstrosities we deal with these days.

Sukishoo11/19/2019, 8:10:49 PM4 votes

They aren't going to do much with her yet unfortunately. Up next is her new Dawnbringer skin afterall, so kit work or visuals they'd have to re-work into that skin as well as all the existing ones. Poor Karma :(

NaughtyWord11/19/2019, 9:39:07 PM3 votes

As far as Karma support goes, she suffers from the same malaise that all enchanters suffer; hook champs are over the top, and enchanters, who are supposed to be able to answer them; aren't very good at doing it.

I personally would like to see Karma's Inspire (R buffed E) work similar to Blackshield rather than what it currently does. This way braindead Pyke Leona Nautilus Thresh Blitzcrank players will actually have to learn a lane rather than banning their ONE hard counter in the support role in Morgana.

IxtaliKing11/19/2019, 7:20:41 PM3 votes

We need RW to heal allies.

If they really wanted to increase "contextual decision making", that would have been the small update to do it.

Buck Strickland11/19/2019, 8:28:30 PM2 votes

New Karma is not my Karma. #returntheoriginal

Rıots Bad Client11/20/2019, 2:08:11 PM1 votes

I always thought Karma as weakest thematically in the entire game.

LIke fidd is a scarecrow who t'poses on hates. AKA Does scare crow things Zilean is a zilean years old. And you cant killiean zilean. rewinds his hits and allies lives Udyr Is the Animal man.Every things is an animal that enhances his autos. Ekko Rewind time. Shen is Poppa shen who protects yeh in sneaky way.
IVern Modest boi who likes woods n shit. Grows brushes, cant hit animals, roots.

Karma. is... Tbh... Idk

a 'guardian'. (I've been told) And how does her kit show that. With her Shield.

preternatural11/19/2019, 7:27:24 PM1 votes

VGU the champion yo, you cannot tell me with all the too clever for gaming game designers rito got on hand that it can't be done. actually no, don't VGU it, just GU it, no need to commit major art assets aside from whatever new animations she requires. do anything with the champion pls, it's unbearable to lane against when it's FOM and everyone is tired of the karma rework threads. make her intentionally able to flex everything if need be.

Death by Glamour11/19/2019, 6:27:15 PM1 votes

I blame Meddler and Reav3s. I’ve talked with both of them over the years and they know what needs to be done. These two just don’t care. We can now add Riot Scruffy to the long list of Developers who can make positive changes on Karma but would rather prioritize work on everything but her and so many other champions Developers ruined.

TBF karma players (myself included) can't even agree on what role she should fill be it top, mid or support never mind on what her new abilities should be.

Personally i think she should be a primarily a support with her passive and ultimate being much the same. E should have the shield bomb back, whether it is damage or an ivern E like slow is debatable. Q should imo be reverted to her previous heavenly wave and W have some interaction with allies as well as enemies, damage reduction or some sort of thing like item 3109 where a % of damage done is dealt to karma.