Better version of Karma?

big boi edri·Jan 4, 2015·1 votes·1,006 views

Hi, trash tier Silver player here in need of some advice. I like playing support quite a bit, mainly Morgana but she is banned often. When that happens, I enjoy playing Karma. I like that she has great poke in the lane phase and good CC with R+Q and W. Her shield helps out a lot in sticky situations as well, however I feel like late game she doesn't offer enough.

For instance, with Morgana her poke is also a snare, which I love, and her spell shield is priceless. Late game her ult can out right win team fights. I feel like she is solid all through out the game. With that said, I feel like Karma isn't quite as valuable the later the game goes. Her slow is decent when landed well, and her W can peel pretty well from my experience, but I just honestly feel like she doesn't offer enough (not near as much as Morg).

So my question, am I playing her wrong? Does she have just as much to offer late game as Morgana? Or is there a better Support that has a solid role all through out the game like Morgana with good CC/Poke? I know my item choices aren't the best, I gear towards too much AP when I should be building more support items, but kit wise I just feel that either I don't know how to play Karma late game, or her kit doesn't offer the late game potential like Morg's.

tldr; Is there another support that does what Karma does, but better?

Any advice is appreciated!

6 Comments

BakedLotionJan 4, 20151 votes

Karma is overpowered, no one found out yet though. (or no one plays her) She has AoE shield that does damage, sustain and snare with w, and a nuke with q The difference is, karma's q has much short cooldown and it's aoe/easier to land, and when you mantra it, it becomes a huge nuke

Karma is an anti-melee so i dont see anyone else that does what she does better

Slender MelonJan 4, 20151 votes

It seems like a lot of underplayed champs are really good.

The ChinJan 4, 20151 votes

Late game you almost always want to save your mantra for E, the AOE speedup is extremely useful for either disengage or chasing. That's basically Late game karma strats, just cc whatever you can and speed up the team when they need it.

big boi edriJan 4, 20151 votes

I see, I've been using Q to slow. I'll have to try that out. A friend of mine told me Sona fits the bill, thoughts?

The ChinJan 4, 20151 votes

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I see, I've been using Q to slow. I'll have to try that out. A friend of mine told me Sona fits the bill, thoughts?

Yeah I actually like Sona a lot, her poke is stronger than karma's and it's not a skill shot, and her speedup is better - but she feels about the same as Karma late game, you're just there to ward, speed people up, and shield them in team fights, but she also has an AOE stun for an ult, so yeah I guess Sona's got more tools available to her than Karma.

If you like to play aggressive supports I'd recommend Zyra - very fun very high damage. It's not uncommon to see support zyra doing the most damage in the game, and she's a great counter to thresh/leona - the most popular supports.

Nami would be another gooder.