YO, name's duusuhh and I am a currently Platinum (decay is a ***** when you stop caring about the game xd) support player. Most of the time that I play I stream from my twitch channel

Karma is a bad ***** who don't take no **** from either the enemy bot lane or her own AD.

In all seriousness, Karma brings solid damage as well as beefy shields to the bot lane. Her high damage, low cool down nuke can scare away any non-confident bot lane. The quite literal leash can setup cheesy early game kills and get an AD rolling. Her shield while not as strong as other supports makes up with a very quick burst of speed that saves more lives than you would think. The cherry on top is that all of these spells become stronger with the press of a button.

Overall Karma's kit is one that can stand on its own while also being an aid to teammates. A strong bit of damage with a shield to help others pop off. Karma is a benefit to her team across all stages of the game and can net you some free wins.

Every spell below is under the effect of Mantra (R), all of which scale with levels of Mantra.

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Karma can easily be the queen of trades. Your starting item (shield or spellthief's)should indicate how you intend to play. With shield start expect to lose some trading power in favor of sustain. Spellthief's allows for better trading with Q for early levels.

Level 1
Karma doesn't have the strongest level 1. The R -> Q combo is deceptively strong but on a 30 sec CD. Land a cheeky combo if possible, but get out ASAP. Recent buffs to Karma mean she is back to a very spammable Q, lower mana cost and more mana regen are ideal buffs. Try and play forward when Q is available as its range is rather short. Your Q has a decent AOE so don't be afraid to hit a little bit of a wave to get some damage out(as long as you aren't ruining the lane and shoving harder than the other bot lane).

Level 2-6
Karma's E opens up a whole lot of aggression. Not only are you being shielded from some oncoming damage you get MOVE SPEED! ITS INSANE! Use the increased burst of speed to get close enough for a standard Q or RQ if possible. The shield isn't too strong in these early levels so still be cautious. With your full kit at level 3 not much has changed. Your W isn't too useful for playing wave control. Use it in tandem with your E to latch on right before a gank. Otherwise use the RW only in extreme situations where an RE won't save you or your AD. With more levels in Q, your presence is felt so much more. By level 5 your RQ hits for at least 200 and is a serious threat to the enemy bot lane. Use this to your advantage to try and pressure the opposing duo back.

Karma doesn't benefit too much from roaming. Without hard CC or any repositioning abilities, the extent of your ganks is an RQ followed by a W that will surely be broken due to some mobility ability. Unless mid is heavily over extended, just stay bot and ensure your ad is keeping pace. However, don't be afraid to help around bot side jungle when your jungler is present. These closer and more intimate engagements favor karma. RQ has more impact and you may be able to keep a W chained long enough to actually root. Don't even worry about top unless some fiesta **** is happening lmaoOOOOOOoo

Karma's biggest X-factor is the insane amount of shield output in the mid/late game. Most of the time the RQ combo has no point in being used. Taking the full support rout it is so much better to unleash an RE before a teamfight, hopefully catching the opposition off guard or taking the brunt of some initial burst. Hang back and keep applying shields to the most targeted player. Any damage done by your spells will decrease your R cooldown, leading to another tide turning RE to finish fights.

OK so 10.21 made it so Karma's CDR on ability damage scales now. It might actually be good now to throw an RQ, granted that it will hit at least 2 champs. The dream now is only 4 champs for a free R instead of 5. Feel free to sling it out when shoving down a lane with enemies under tower.

General Path - Moonstone

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Early buys are dependent on how lane is going. Most of the time I end up rushing Moonstone Renewer . Moonstone is very very easy to proc with Karma, whether it be a simple auto, one second of your W, a well placed Q, or shielding someone taking a minuscule amount of damage. One extended teamfight can easily lead to 1000 HP healed. Most of the time you will have an auto dependent laner so pick up Ardent Censer if they are worth the gold, otherwise see below. Now assuming you can position well and your team is actually doing enough on the map, Dark Seal is worth your time. Getting free AP for shielding someone about to last hit an enemy champ is a sweet deal. This can also build into a Mejai's for even more AP. A big benefit of more than 10 stacks is a 10% move speed buff to help your W actually root.

Next on the list is usually the decision between Staff of Flowing Water or Redemption . Like the notes on the build say it just depends on your team at the time. Some times one of your mages is going absolutely mental and just a little more AP can send their damage potential soaring. Other times its better to have a chimp mid than an actual mid laner. In case of the latter just grab Redemption . The massive AOE heal/damage can easily save a fight in mid/late game. Of course this is assuming your team is competent enough to play for the win. Sometimes its worth it to just play for yourself and grab Cosmic Drive .

Cosmic Drive is an exceptional item on Karma, with either Mandate or Moonstone you will have enough AP with fully upgraded support item to get the bonus CDR and MS. Both contribute to Karma playing URF in a ranked playlist. Again consider this item when


At 3/4 items grab a Wardstone . If you're at 4 items this will be to top of your support build. It upgrades to Vigilant at level 13 and gives major stat buffs. Due to its upgrade later in the game it might just be better to skip until last item given the increased vision caps being moved to the upgrade. If you're at 3 items just grab any AP item that fits the situation (assuming you won't need Staff ).

General Path - Shurelya's

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Shurelya's is an outstanding buy for when you need to run into the enemy team at dangerous velocities. As you might expect, this means you need to be slightly tankier than other builds might. However, most of the build is close to the same.

Starting item can change, I personally think the extra mana regen is too good to pass up, but a passive lane could use Relic Shield . Your first back should always include a Kindlegem or Bandleglass . Regardless of which items I try to include brown boots .

With Shurelya's complete, your CDR will be decent and only scale from there. Complete Ionain's next to sit at 48 haste. Where you go from here is up to you. I try and stick with normal enchanter items like Staff but you can definitely grab some more hp and armor with something like Zeke's

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You should build Shurelya's over Moonstone a majority of the time. Moonstone isn't bad, just Shurelya's enables your assassins and burst characters to chase prey way easier. Since you get the MS from the item as well it helps with positioning and landing your W as well. Only issue is that your E CD can get so low that its below 4 seconds. This means that the MS passive won't proc on every E if you hit the same target, just keep this in mind. OK so champs like Brand and Teemo just keep moonstone running 24/7, thinking its an autobuy in that case.

As a support vision is paramount. You have heard it once and you will hear it again, vision wins games.

I personally always try to leave base with 2 pink wards just to be entirely safe. In case a skirmish breaks out over vision and I am in no position to contest, my backup is always there to re-ward river/tri/whateverthe****youwerewarding. Pink wards still keep vision over pinks which can be crucial for boss monster contests/steals. Don't be afraid to drop one to give your jungler some hope of pulling off a play he has no right doing. Also don't be afraid do drop another pink ward in lane even if you already have one placed. Early on bot laners will abuse bush vision if it means escaping with their life. This can be easily countered by vision from your trinket/pink ward. Even if you have a pink ward down don't be stingy and give your AD vision to secure the kill. Theirs and your pockets will thank you.



Priority always belongs to objective and ganks. Whether this means a river, bushes by buffs, or a choke points, always try and have 3 wards placed. Make sure to back with ample time to grab wards for Dragon/Baron. Nothing is more infuriating than playing into bottom river with zero vision. This usually means backing 1:30 before major fights but you can squeeze a 1:00 minute back if your team is already playing up enough.

10.25 - Support items are cheaper. Mandate grants allies more damage, Moonstone better in short engages so may be better on Karma now. Shurelya's just slightly worse.

11.1 - Karma base shield strength increased, most notably in later levels, stronger late game shielding yes yes yes daddy likes

Guide update 1/25/21 - Updated to reflect new feeling and emotions towards Moonstone Renewer.

11.3 - HAHAHAH YOU FOOLS AT RIOT GAMES INC. YOU HAVE GIVEN KARMA BACK HER ABSURD LANE PRESENCE. WHEN WILL YOU LEARN. (For real tho making her Q have reduced mana cost while also giving her more base mana regen is something that will push Karma is a very good direction in all walks of life)

11.5 - Cooldown of Q has been flat reduced by a second at all ranks, may be worth more to take double adaptive into lane, will test.

Guide Update 3/20 - Added new CDR focused build, changed some match-ups, still can't get my imgur links to work to show wards so use your imagination.

Guide Update 3/23 - WE HIT DIAMOND LADS, YOU CAN OTP KARMA AND CLIMB THROUGH PLAT. IT'S POSSIBLE.

Guide Update 4/8 - Added Guardian runes, an easier on the eyes build path, and some match-ups.

11.11 - Moonstone given a tiny buff making it an almost go to for Karma. Wardstone got interesting changes that mainly focus and giving supports more relevance in later stages of game. Will be interesting to see a build focused on CDR with an upgraded moonstone.

11.13 - Moonstone tiny buff from 11.11 tinily(?) buffed. Scales better now, might be better than Shurelya's in most comps, Moonstone no good when ape comp go bananas.

11.14 - Solo lane Karma is gone 🦀🦀. With base attack damage nerfed it is even more important to make sure your Qs are cash money. Not too much impact to support role over all though.

12.7 - Near year long hiatus over, Karma is still the same, prob just go Shurelya's over Moonstone tho.

12.12 - Nothing ever happens to this champ any more :(

At the end of the day, Karma is a very versatile champ that regardless of what lane you play, will have some impact. I am doing my best to update guide with matchups and patches. Feel free to leave comments, first guide so sorry if **** xd.