***Your order of skills will change each game if you are doing it correctly. This is just a basic guideline to follow*** Heavenly Wave and Soul Shield will be leveled almost equally due to the fact that you will not need Spirit Bond until the later levels. I recommend that you max Soul Shield first if their team is playing defensively, Heavenly Wave first if they are playing aggressively.

• : These are the best boots for Karma . Sorcerer's Shoes do not help as much because the AP does not scale near as well as the CDR does for Karma
  
• : I will then get this item or Frozen Heart depending on the other team’s composition. Use this item against a more AP heavy team (so 3 or more AP characters) other wise use the Frozen Heart .
  
• : I will choose either this item or Abyssal Scepter [Abyssal Scepter] based on the other team (this one for a more AD heavy team). This is an amazing item against attack speed champions like an on-hit Teemo , or Pheonix Udyr .
  
• : This will be used for the obvious reason that is the shield. The extra mana is also really nice.
  
• : I will get this item because the crazy (good) scaling that Karma has on her spells. I mean look at it like this; What AP champion doesn’t love 140 AP and a 30% AP increase?
  
• Sight Ward: Plain and simple people, but I will put in caps for those who do not understand. YOU ARE A SUPPORT. YOU ARE THE PERSON ON YOUR TEAM WHO NEEDS TO PLACE WARDS. DO NOT EXPECT ANYONE ELSE ON YOUR TEAM TO PUT DOWN WARDS.

DO NOT FARM!!!! Your job as a support is to get your carry the farm, and if you can, poke the other carry so they cannot farm. But that is just a bonus if you can ^_^ However, if there are creeps to kill and no one around to kill them, please, don't be dumb and just let them die :) Karma is a little unlike the other supports. She almost does need some farm. So your job is simple, do not put yourself into a position where you need to back. That way you can sneak in some farming while your carry has to back.



Your job is to keep everyone alive that you can, in this order: AD carry > AP carry > Melee Carry > Tank > Yourself. You typically will not die because no matter who else you heal, you get healed as well. Your Soul Shield , as stated before, is a great use of stopping damage and causing damage. Use it on whoever the enemy seems to be focusing with their melee (unless they are running in which case use it on whoever will make it hurt them). Also, make sure that your Mantra is fully stacked for every team fight, if you can. This is why CDR is so big for Karma , it gives you Mantra quicker.


Pretty basic here. Just keep your carry alive, poke the other carry, and get your carry as many CS and kills as you can, without dying. Try not to back until you can buy a Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector. Once you buy that, go back into lane and help your carry more, IF YOU KILL YOUR TURRET, try to roam and help any other lane that seems to be losing. By the end of this phase, you should have your Catalyst the Protector Catalyst the Protector, or at least your Sapphire Crystal [icon=Sapphire Crystal. Make sure to ward what you can, typically keep the lane warded so you know if you have an enemy incomming, and ward dragon.

During this phase, STICK WITH YOUR AD CARRY. If they want to dive the nexus follow them and help them as much as you can (not really, but you get the idea). Your whole team should be starting to group up and begin team fights. Normally around this time will be when I get the first rank of E (Soul Shield ). During this phase, you want to get to Frozen Heart or Abyssal Scepter in your build. You need to at least get to the Glacial Shroud . PLEASE make sure that you keep warding every major part (the buffs, river choke points, their jungle) that you can reach while you are roaming.

Depending on how the earlier phases went, you should have: 1) your enemies whole jungle warded (if your team did well) or, 2) your whole jungle warded (if your team did poorly). Along with Baron and Dragon. During this phase your team should NOT be split up, unless you have a split pusher like Master Yi , Garen , or such. This means you should all run from lane to lane together, back at the same time, jump out at the same time, and attack the same target. As a support, people will be looking toward you for the communication at this point because the way they see it, it is easiest for you to talk. Make sure you PING THE AD CARRY AND AP CARRY FOR KILL TARGETS.

BASIC RULE OF ALL SUPPORT, Keep your team alive. Some of the best supports know when it is time to die. I for one, have seen my carry over commit, then escape because I dove the turret and drew all fire off my carry. So I died while he escaped. While dying for a dumb carry is extremely dumb, if you can save someone (or multiple people) that are worth saving (a.k.a. keeping a kill streak going or keeping The Bloodthirster stacked on your carry) please do.

Please comment with how I did, or with any questions. I am more than happy to help.

Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.