#If she's balanced then what is the problem?

Karma her kit lacks any well put together theme.

Our main concern with Karma is that she is all over the place. She fits many categories but few niches. Karma:

• is a poke mage
• is a utility mage
• is a burst mage
• is a support
• has little CC (something not seen in utility mages and supports)
• has a heal...for herself
• has tank qualities
• has large AP ratios which suggest building more glass cannon-like

She has no real niche that we've never seen before. People say her Defiance (Mantra E) is her niche but that is just Locket and Talisman/Shurelya's Reverie combined. Most of her spells are copies of other spells that were in the game (which is why Karma is more healthy).

• Her passive should have been and in development probably was Mantra's passive. Riot just got lazy and slapped it on as her passive.
• Inner Flame is just another linear nuke.
• Focused Resolve is just a Leblanc tether
• Inspire is just a shield with the only other buff Riot hadn't implemented yet.
• Mantra was just a refresh-able Heimerdinger ult.

#GUESS WHAT? RIOT REMOVED THE ONLY THING THAT MADE KARMA UNIQUE, HER SHIELD-BOMB AND NOW THE NAME 'DEFIANCE' MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE!

She has so much potential for creative and unique abilities that its sorta sad to see what Riot missed out on.

Here's an example I just thought of for her passive (in about 30 seconds - 1 minute):

> At the start of the game Karma binds her soul to a target. If this target dies Karma does X increased damage to the killer

My thought process: What goes around comes around. If you kill my ally, I'm going to kill you.

You'd think because there wouldn't be much counter play to that if you're punished for doing what you must to win right? But then you realize Garen's passive on his ult does exactly that.

#But..but..Karma isn't a killer

"As the Noxians advanced, the villagers prepared to accept death, bound to their peaceful vows. But Karma would not accept death and instead saw another way: sacrificing a single life to spare many others. To save her people, she drew upon the power within and summoned the full force of her will. A burst of spirit fire emerged from her body and spiraled towards the Noxian general. The flame took the form of twin dragons, the symbol of Ionia itself. It was the first time Karma had ever used her powers to harm instead of protect, and neither she nor the villagers had ever seen anything like it"

That is simple not true. Karma will kill when warranted.

#We aren't asking Riot to drop everything that they're doing to fix Karma I understand Riot has a lot of unbalanced things to fix in the game right now. And to even to dedicate a team to fixing Karma's thematic problems (because of her leak she was re-released with a rush to keep arousal high). I'm not asking for them to fix it now or even in the next 5 patches. I'm just asking them to CONSIDER this when they (or if they) do an Ionian Lore Event.

No Rioter EVER responded to any of the most recent front-page Karma related posts. So you can understand why we feel like we're getting ignored.

With that being said, I understand that there is Yorick, Warwick, Ryze and other champions that are getting updated and I'm fine with that. I just want Riot to be actively thinking about Karma to some extent in the future.

TL;DR: Despite being healthy, Karma's kit lacks coherent theme and a unique niche.

######AND THIS POST DOESN'T EVEN COVER THE STYLISTIC PROBLEMS THAT RIOT LEFT HER WITH. I MEAN FOR GOD'S SAKE SHE IS THE DUCHESS OF IONIA AND DOESN'T HAVE ONE SINGLE INTERACTION. HER DANCE IS A FORM OF SHEN'S DANCE. SHE HAS NO RUNNING ANIMATION YET CAN HASTE HERSELF. SHE HAS NO SHIELDING ANIMATION. YET CAN SHIELD HERSELF. CMON RIOT PLEASE!

######~500 Karma in ranked as Karma, I know what I'm talking about.

#EDIT: 6/14/16 WE GOT MEDDLER TO COMMENT ;O Thank you 2 everyone who brought attention to this post.