@Riot @Meddler Thoughts on Karma?
Hello everyone, I'm just curious on what you guys think about Karma right now. Over powered? Under Powered? Balanced? Have a nice day :3
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I moved to Korea and had to start a new account, and I've been exclusively playing Karma. So far I've been able to play her in every role but ADC (obviously). I feel she's quite balanced, but I do wish she still got to keep the damage component on her Mantra E. The original concept of Karma was based around having either a passive/defensive use of the spell, or an aggressive/offensive component. Taking the damage off of E seems out of place thematically, and it does hurt her damage output.
She's a bit undertuned but is effective if she's ahead,she only excels if her opponents make mistakes such as staying in her ranges.
Balanced, at least as a midlaner.
Her only problem there is that she doesn't fare well against maneless AD casters - but who does?
I love playing Karma. She's my 3rd highest played, and continues to be one of the most rewarding champions out there. If you play well, you can steamroll opponents. If you play poorly, you can still help your team with good shields. She's also a flex pick that I frequently rely on in ranked, as she can go top, mid, or support. (If her W healed off of minions, she could jungle.....hint hint rito.)
I think she's close to what I would consider a "viable" pick. Right now her major drawbacks are the lack of a "finisher" skill and a much more reliable "reset/safety" set-up when she's running defense. She's stuck in limbo between being a mage or a support. While she may be classified as a mage-support champ like Lux, Morg, and Ori, I feel like those three can simultaneously play both roles whereas Karma transitions into one or the other based on the situation.
As a mage, she doesn't have that "dealbreaker" spell every mage have to finish off their opponents. As a support, she can't guarantee that her ally or herself can get out of a threatening situation once they're caught by the enemy. I hope they're still looking into ways to improve Karma as a champion overall because I feel she has a lot of untapped potential regarding her archetype/theme/uniqueness as a LoL champion.
She lacks high impact moments. She's powerful if she's able to hit multiple people with mantra Q to reduce mantra cd. Smart enemies don't let her land those.
Mantra E seems lackluster since it doesn't even benefit from the passive mantra cd reduction. Imo Mantra E should be compensate buffed due to this. Higher cooldown spells should be more significant than lower cooldown ones.
An increase to the movement speed buff would be nice. 60% for 1 sec --> 60% for 2 seconds.
I love Karma in all her roles. I say she is balanced but slightly under tuned. The only buff I want riot to give her is to give, shielded targets or just herself when she shields, is an auto attack enhancer, where her next auto will deal .2 ap damage and/or slow. The reason is that Karma mid is slightly lacking in damage compared to other mid laners. This will fit her kit nicely synergizing nicely with her passive and her peel. Dat is all riot. OH and give her a haste and run animation pls. Karma is one of the few it not the only reworked or new champions that doesn't have multiple run animations. I say let her float/glide/ or levitate but that is just me. PLs riot when ever you have time give her a movement speed animation. I have a whole post about it and no one at riot noticed :C.