Karma Changes
Oh, Karma. You are my favorite champion and I love you dearly, but golly do you need some changes. She is a cool champion on paper but in game she doesn't come across that way. It's because of that, these are the three things Karma needs improvements on:
- Identity
- Uniqueness
- Kit
Identity -
After playing 50+ games with Karma, I didn't know who she was. All I got from her in game was "SA ELA SA TIRI VI" and the occasional spiel about harmony. So I looked up her lore, it was a short bit on of how she comes from a spiritual village in Ionia but when Noxus invaded she used her powers and ability to channel Ionia to fight back. Now I know every champion is getting a lore update but for now this is all I have to go off of. So I looked for her VO and listened to the whole thing which was barely two minutes and began to get a sense for Karma. She's a spiritual person who's still willing to throw a punch, that's it. I honestly felt as though her lore and identity were just a watered down mixture of Lee Sin and Illoia. Lee Sin being a humble and spiritual person who fights for justice and Illoia being a woman who uses the strength of her god to right what she deems wrong.
Uniqueness -
Like I said above, she has nothing that sets her apart from other champs lore wise but she has problems in other places as well. First, looking at her in game, she doesn't really give off anything special. Like when I see a Rengar I know I need to stay away from him and looking a Jhin I know this guys is a bad ass but Karma doesn't have the same affect. Her model doesn't stand out either, just a woman who walks around an shoots things out of her hands (one of the reasons I wish she still had her fans, it was something that made her different). Her lore, model, VO all are generic and even though I now love this generic champ, her flaws are expanded upon since we have these incredible and diverse champs that are being release.
Kit - In game, Karma has a line based skill shot and a shield (I wont talk about w just yet). These attributes are also seen in other champs who fit the sup/caster role like Morgana, Lux, and even Janna. Having level 5 mastery's on all of these champs, I can tell when I need to pick one over the other. Need peel pick Janna, enemy has a lot of cc pick Morgana, need long distance poke pick Lux, but never can I look at a team comp and say Karma would be great for or against said team. She has nothing different to offer to the table and her damage output is solely reliant on her q, given it does good damage. I personally have no problems with her q and her e for the most part is fine (although I liked it better when the mantra + e did damage), but the real problem in her kit is her w. For those not familiar with Karma, her w is a tether between her and an enemy that when held long enough snares. The only thing it's good for is to proc thunderlords but otherwise it is such a lac luster ability and makes it so you only use her q in fights. Her mantra + w is even worse because it gives back very little health and most of the time the enemy walks out of range before the second heal comes in and all in all its a terrible ability for her and there is definitely room for improvement.
So, there's my rant. Please leave a comment if you agreed or disagreed with some of the things in this post. What are somethings you think Karma could improve on? What other champs do you think need love?
