Remove karma's shield on minion

ThePikol·May 27, 2016·4 votes·1,244 views

Can Riot disable Karma from using shield on minion like they did with Soraka's heal? As much as I liked healing minions and it was quite usefull sometimes I find shielding minions useless and irritating when teamfighting

9 Comments

Billy VoHagenMay 27, 20163 votes

That's your own fault. There is a button for target champion's only, and last I checked, it works for Karma.

Athenes LuluMay 27, 20161 votes

What is it set default at?

Yes, not everyone knows it exists.

Billy VoHagenMay 28, 20161 votes

I think ' I'm not entirely sure what the default is.

SilverSquidMay 27, 20162 votes

This had 3 uses

Allowing Karma to push lanes/towers more efficiently
Allow for a better aiming of your Aoe shield
~~Allow for a better aiming of your AoE damage~~

The second point is not that great actually, just a nuance. Sometimes using a minion allows you to shield/speed 4 allies instead of just 2. Since the removal of the shieldbomb the most important reason to keep it was nullified. It was awesome to use even things like jarvan's flag to surprise others with the RE burst.

Whether Karma actually needs this form of pushing/annoying laners, or whether this power can be put somewhere else instead is debatable. There is also a discussion whether it would be better to allow minion cast ONLY when using it in combination with mantra. Personally I think this would make it very unintuitive for people learning Karma, even though mechanically it could make sense.

But this is just my 2 cents.

AWyldSylveonMay 27, 20161 votes

I can think of maybe one out of ten instances I'm using my shield to protect a minion. I really wouldn't mind if they got rid of it.

JavMay 27, 20161 votes

I main karma! And nope! it's very useful! i shield minions when i'm attacking tower! so it's take more time so i can do more damage to tower! and there's a lot of useful things..

Athenes LuluMay 27, 20161 votes

No other support today can shield/heal minions, so IMO it's only logical that you shouldn't shield minions anymore.

DrDiagaMay 28, 20161 votes

If it doesn't cause a problem, and it doesn't, leave it alone.

Its useful sometimes, but if you say it's a problem then you are a moron.

EetheartJul 26, 20161 votes

I'm actually really sad they removed it. Denying the enemy ADC a cannon minion using the Karma's Inspire like this was such a good feeling. Of course, her shield isn't useless, but now it's not very distinct from other support shield/heal abilities.