New Karma Passive

Stellafreyja·Dec 4, 2015·10 votes·1,222 views

When people discuss Karma, I often see people wanting a real passive for her. So, I was trying to think of ideas of a new passive. Of course, her current passive would be moved to the passive of Mantra.

My new passive: Gathering Fire - A portion of Karma's AP is applied to her auto attacks as bonus magic damage. Upon using an ability, her next attack deals splash damage to nearby enemies and burns all those hit.

Seeing as auto-attacks reduce the cooldown of Mantra, why not make her auto-attacks worth something?

Yay? Nay? Please leave some feedback.

10 Comments

CasriDec 4, 20153 votes

I think something like this would be a nice idea, or just giving her a more interesting passive - of any kind. Even her old passive pre-rework was cool in that it encouraged risky play- you were way more dangerous the lower your health was. (Inner Flame - Karma gains 0.3 - 1.3 (based on level) bonus ability power for each 1% of her missing health.)

The problem Karma has right now is that her kit is just kind of uninspired. It has similarities to both Orianna and Lulu, but unlike those two champions Karma doesn't really bring anything unique or special to the table.

COBRA C0MM4NDERDec 4, 20152 votes

I like the passive Karma has already...

It's called : My foot...kicking their ass.

Hyrum GraffDec 4, 20152 votes

If you're going to keep her current passive as an R passive and give her this, that's a straight buff.

Do you believe Karma needs a buff, or are you prepared to nerf her elsewhere to free up some power from her kit?

SirShaggyDec 7, 20152 votes

Yes please. Some kind of interaction with her auto-attacks.

HupsisDec 7, 20152 votes

She doesn't need more damage. If anything she could use more utility/niche effect that defines her as the spiritual mage.

Passive idea: Every 90 seconds Karma can balance out her and an allied champions health until both have the same % amount of health. The transfer stops if the targeted allied champion would be reduced below 50% of their health. Has to be channeled and used out of combat (similarly to Zilean's passive).

(The current passive would be moved to mantra itself)

BeldairDec 7, 20151 votes

This would be the only change i'd agree with when it comes to Karma.

ZeroQuest96Dec 4, 20151 votes

I like this idea as it would expand on Karma's gameplay options as well as balancing out her kit to feel more cohesive.

KarbuncleDec 4, 20151 votes

it's a good change just like many other suggestions.

The issue is whether or not Riot will implement it.

jmonster129Dec 4, 20151 votes

i like the fact that it would her not only have a stronger auto attack incentive, but also another aoe damage source, but it would probably require her to be nerfed elsewhere

i actually became a bit more accepting of her passive with the recent tweaks that made the cooldown increase as she leveled up my only thing now would be to have her passive proc from all her abilities, so like giving her E some sort of mechanic to reduce cooldown i actually made another post about this http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/4AOTKiAp-karmas-passive-should-have-an-interaction-with-her-e

BeldairDec 7, 20151 votes

I like Karma the way she is. She's the support i do the best with.

Just like Lulu is a support i do good with.

Don't touch my supports! They are good the way they are.