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Dear Reds: Now that we have Juggernauts, jacked up ADC's, and a new and OPressive Mastery Tree...

VixiousSycle·12/15/2015, 6:26:53 PM·3 votes·783 views

Karma " Can I has a Shield Bomb back please? "

Curious if the changes in 5.10 would be followed up on somewhere in the nearish-ish-ish future?

I was just getting to know her when that patch rolled out. I have played her a few times since, but never seem to be all that jazzed up about it. I was thinking about this at breakfast this morning and I have decided she is quite like oatmeal now. Really good substance, mixes well with lots of other stuff, but has no real flavor of her own.
The shield damage and its effect on game-play was unique added diversity and should be re-worked back into her kit much like you have done for Ashe , MissFortune , and others.

I appreciate the time if you read this far.
Poor Yorick . <--- (Shameless plug for the needy, it is that time of year.)

> Let's talk Karma.

> Right now, while Karma does have a small - but dedicated - player base, she's someone we've put on our radar as an opportunity to improve. Specifically, while Karma does a number of things well (mid-range poke, movement-based team engagement, solo lane dueling), she hasn't really been stand-out in any category for some time and hasn't been able to scale well as the game progresses. Up front: these changes aren't going to "fix" everything (honestly no change does that!) - we just wanted to highlight more of Karma's unique strengths (utility and control) while also giving her that lategame scaling potential.

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-510-notes

15 Comments

Paroe12/15/2015, 6:30:13 PM2 votes

Uhm... .Riot killed karma because they dont like karma. They have this "thing" where support primaries must be shit everywhere BUT support.

Karma should just have been reclassified as a mage/support and changed accordingly for the mid lane. Instead ALL shes going to get are nerfs because "supports cant do more than support". *cough braum, bard, sona, soraka cough

Maximum Ao Shin12/15/2015, 7:12:37 PM2 votes

karma is SO fucking broken, if you suck with her, it's absolutely a L2P problem

Hupsis12/15/2015, 6:42:32 PM1 votes

In her old kit, where her mantra Q healed, the shield bomb was the main source of burst. As fun as shield bombing was, she now has her mantra Q for damage.

She could however get some love from Riot. Moving passive to R and giving her a new passive could do something. She's currently in an ok state but she has a very generic kit that doesn't really shine in anything. She's not known for any particular reason like most other champions are.

She's my main champion cause I like the overall feel of her kit. However I think she could have a more defined niche which could be given to her via a new passive.

JustMyBassCannon12/15/2015, 8:51:30 PM1 votes

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Karma " Can I has a Shield Bomb back please? "

Why?

Seriously, why does she need this?

I can understand why you might want this, because it was a cool ability. But, looking over her kit's design, it makes more sense for her Mantra+Shield to give a much stronger shield, rather than a significantly-nerfed-because-of-her-increased-damage nuke.

Her Mantra now has three, diverse, situational options that don't half-ass their purpose for the sake of novelty. This is good design.