New Karma changes destroy her theme.

Revikatis··3 votes·757 views

First I want to say that Karma always was one of my favorite Champions. The old Karma had 3 things that made me like her so much:

  • she was using fans as weapons which I realy like
  • she had a very strong yin-yang theme where every of her skill could be used for offence and/or for defense
  • she was really fun to play I played her as solo lane mage and back then she was pretty weak especialy alone but her skills required something that only 2 other champion have. You had to pay close attention to your teammates position so that you could use your skills for maximum effect. After rework her fans were gone and other points were weakened a bit but still remained, in exchange she got way stronger as a champion. This is fine. Her new visuals are awesome all her skills still have offensive and defensive uses even if Q only provides a slow for defence and she is still very fun to play even if in a bit different way. However her new changes take away what litlle was left of old Karma. One change I particularly dislike is taking away the damage component from Defiance (RE). Not only it breaks the offence/defence part of her kit it takes away one thing in her kit that I find the most fun that is: using your teammates position to deal damage or achieve something awesome. Right now only 3 champions have this thing in their kits and thats why I love to play them all that is : Orianna, Lulu, and Karma. These champions provide a unique opportunity for teamwork where you can use a teammates mobility or tankiness to win a teamfight. For example all my friends know that when I play one these I can use them to to extend the range of my skills and chasing a low on health enemy, even if all of their cooldowns are down and they have no chance of catching him themselves, is beneficial and can bring extra kills for the team. Also she is the only champion who have a shield that deals damage. Taking it away makes her less unique. My question is: If the goal of the changes is making Karma even more team oriented champion then why remove the part which rewards teamwork the most?

8 Comments

Marthian1 votes

This is a really out of date question. Her rework to her live kit was a year or more ago.

Revikatis1 votes

I am talking about her new changes which are on PBE

Marthian2 votes

I fail to see how it destroys her theme. Her E+R shouldn't be about damage, it should be about shielding everyone. She still has a lot of potential damage.

Revikatis1 votes

You are right that this skill should be more focused on shielding, you have a more damage oriented Q but now there is no way to use it offensively and it destroys her yin-yang theme and removes a fun mechanic

Marthian1 votes

Q deals damage and Q+R just does not offer much more utility other than the delayed explosion and slow (not a big slow imo)

Revikatis1 votes

Yeah it is not much but it IS something. A slow field is great defensive mechanic

DanofDemacia1 votes

Dont listen to marthian. Also i wasnt here for the karma that used fans but i wish i was it seems cool :p but in all honesty idk why they re even touching her

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