@Riot Games & Live Game Update Team - Restore Karma's Shield Bomb

Winterkill··10 votes·2,450 views

Many patches ago you removed one of Karma's most unique abilities. The Live Game Update team did it because they couldn't be bothered to balance the ability on her passive or otherwise. Instead, they removed the ability and replaced it with an un-original Iron Locket of Solari active. The Karma community didn't ask for this, we didn't want it, we warned you against it, and you did it anyways. Despite having a rework that removed a lot more from Karma, you insisted on removing her Shield Bomb.

Fast forward to a few season later and practically have the ability on Ivern. So, you took the ability away from Karma because your team couldn't be bothered to balance the ability like . . . . removing the ability to shield minions to begin with or halving the amount Shield Bomb procs her passive . . . . but you removed it. What you did is remove another damage ability in her kit that really held what little presence as a battlemage she had left, after her rework. Let me tell you this in words that you can understand, you INTENTIONALLY turned Karma into a shield bot and removed her Shield Bomb because you couldn't be bothered to balance the ability. You purposely created the entire mess and now you are being called out on it the past four years. You are still too stubborn to revert the changes and do ANY meaningful work on Karma.

With Shield Bomb removal you, on purpose, changed her gameplay and made her nothing more than a shield bot that sits in the back and builds items to increase the effectiveness of that ability. You give the ability to Ivern and when you are called out on your terrible decisions, you say Karma is amazing right now and she is in a great spot. Which tells the Karma community you guys are delusional and just don't care. From what Karma used to be and what she is supposed to be doing as a BATTLEMAGE, she is not in a good spot. You intentionally put no-brained Developers in charge of working on Karma from the start . . . . and you continue to ignore pleas and threads asking for change. When you are called out you have an excuse . . . . as opposed to answers and progress.

Stop being ignorant and stop being stubborn. Restore Karma's Shield Bomb and fix her presence as a BATTLEMAGE. No one who played Karma from the very beginning wants to play her in the back and spamming R+E and building items to increase that boring ENCHANTER playstyle she never had before you touched her.

As always stay frosty.

  • Hiemal.

4 Comments

SilverSquid7 votes

The removal of shieldbomb was one of the most confusing and unexplained mechanics murdering changes I have seen in LoL, that wasn't even once adressed by the developers.

I just don't get it. If it was so bad, why did it return on Ivern? If it wasn't so bad, why was it removed? It was her most iconic damage spell before and after her rework....

Riot, why?

Winterkill1 votes

I mean the group speed up was enough to play on her thematic. For a monk, priestess or general HEALER . . . . . her current R+E would work. As a leader who is supposed to be in battle doing damage and protecting allies, it doesn't work. There were ways to balance it . . . but Riot got lazy and used excuses for their reasoning to not work on it. I just want the Karma community to continue making threads every day or week so we get them to communicate more or do something. Riot's stance right now and for the past 4 years is to just sweep it under the rug and work on her as the last VGU. We need to put pressure on them and communicate more about her, because it was openly admitted that NO one is communicating about her in the ChampUp or Live Game Update team. Not even Meddler or Reav3 can be bothered.

Heckin Support1 votes

I feel like karma at this point is just some tortured test subject. I feel bad for her really, she's been through so much yet I don't believe she'll be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel anytime soon.

SnakDatSmilesBak1 votes

You're right karma feels boring as a shield bot. I don't like it. I like relying on careful movement and placement to deal good damage while staying safe, they should play up these aspects of her kit.

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