LoL Champion Build Guides: Karma

Karma The Enlightened One

Find the best Karma build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.1. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Karma build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Karma's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Karma Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Karma we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Karma, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Karma this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Karma player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Karma!

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Patch 12.1: 539197 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 2610 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Third Best

66%

Win Rate 93 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

More Karma Runes

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 53324 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 2572 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 3052 Games

Second Best

41%

Win Rate 3389 Games

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 483 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

65%

Win Rate 52 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

59%

Win Rate 131 Games

Passive Ability

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Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 67 Games

Sorcery

Domination

Third Best

56%

Win Rate 82 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

More Karma Runes

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 2022 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 1538 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 3327 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 3071 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 1372 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

64%

Win Rate 324 Games

Passive Ability

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Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 292 Games

Resolve

Sorcery

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 117 Games

Sorcery

Resolve

More Karma Runes

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 1031 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 216 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 766 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 841 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 972 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 1205 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

61%

Win Rate 151 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

62%

Win Rate 73 Games

Passive Ability

Karma Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Karma guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Karma Support in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Karma. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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Karma Skins

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Find Karma's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Karma skins and chromas on Karma's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Tranquility Dragon Karma

October 21, 2021

+ Wishlist

1350

Ruined Karma

January 21, 2021

+ Wishlist

1350

Odyssey Karma

October 15, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Dawnbringer Karma

December 12, 2019

+ Wishlist

1350

Dark Star Karma

June 13, 2019

+ Wishlist

1350

Conqueror Karma

Special Events

April 24, 2017

+ Wishlist

975

Winter Wonder Karma

Special Events

December 14, 2016

+ Wishlist

1350

Warden Karma

October 1, 2015

+ Wishlist

750

Order of the Lotus Karma

October 2, 2014

+ Wishlist

975

Traditional Karma

Legacy

March 29, 2013

+ Wishlist

Sun Goddess Karma

Legacy

February 1, 2011

+ Wishlist

750

Sakura Karma

February 1, 2011

+ Wishlist

520

Classic Karma

Original

Wishlist

Karma's Abilities

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Gathering Fire Karma's Passive

Self

Karma reduces Mantra's current cooldown by 5 seconds for every enemy champion she damages with an ability.

Inner Flame Karma's Q Ability

950

9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5

Karma fires a blast of energy that explodes on enemy contact, dealing 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to enemies in the area and slowing them by 35% for 1.25 seconds.

Mantra Bonus - Soulflare: Inner Flame deals 40 / 100 / 160 / 220 (+30% of ability power) extra magic damage and leaves a circle of flame at the impact area or upon reaching maximum range, slowing enemies for 50%. After 1.5 seconds, the circle erupts, dealing 50 / 150 / 250 / 350 (+60% of ability power) magic damage to enemies in the area.

Focused Resolve Karma's W Ability

650

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

Karma forms a tether to target enemy champion, revealing and damaging the target for 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+45% of ability power) magic damage over 2 seconds which goes up to a total of 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+90% of ability power) magic damage in total (one tick at the start of the cast and one at the end). Gathering Fire is applied every time this ability damages. If the tether is not broken after the 2 seconds, the target is revealed and rooted for 1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 / 1.85 / 2 seconds.

Mantra Bonus - Renewal: Focused Resolve increases the duration of the reveal and root by 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 seconds and heals Karma for 20% (+1% per 100 ability power) of her missing health immediately plus another 20% (+1% per 100 ability power) of her missing health if the tether remains unbroken.

Inspire Karma's E Ability

800

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Karma shields target ally, which absorbs 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 (+50% of ability power) damage for 2.5 seconds and grants the target 40% bonus movement speed for 1.5 seconds.

Mantra Bonus - Defiance: Inspire's shield overflows with energy, increasing the target's shield amount by 25 / 80 / 135 / 190 (+50% of ability power). Allied champions gain 30% of that amount as a shield, and are also hasted by 30%.

Mantra Karma's Ultimate (R) Ability

Self

40 / 38 / 36 / 34 / 34

Karma empowers her next ability cast within the next 8 seconds, adding an additional effect. Empowered abilities share the same cooldown as their basic form.

Karma begins with one rank in Mantra and can increase it at levels 6, 11, and 16. Ranks in Mantra improve the additional effects of empowered abilities.

Soulflare Karma's Q Ability

950

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5

Inner Flame deals 40 / 100 / 160 / 220 (+30% of ability power) extra magic damage and leaves a circle of flame at the impact area or upon reaching maximum range, slowing enemies for 50%. After 1.5 seconds, the circle erupts, dealing 35 / 140 / 245 / 350 (+60% of ability power) magic damage to enemies in the area.

Renewal Karma's W Ability

Self

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12

Focused Resolve increases the duration of the reveal and root by 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 seconds and heals Karma for 20% (+1% per 100 ability power) of her missing health immediately plus another 20% (+1% per 100 ability power) of her missing health if the tether remains unbroken.

Defiance Karma's E Ability

800

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Inspire's shield overflows with energy, increasing the target's shield amount by 25 / 80 / 135 / 190 (+50% of ability power) and the movement speed duration to 2.5 seconds. Allied champions gain 30% of that amount as a shield, and are also hasted by 60%.

Questions About Karma

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Latest Questions

DD on Karma's skills.

Asked on May 27, 2020

Do it work 'cause the passive says that 15% of dealt even if its magic heals. (P.S. I like playing Top Karma.)

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Maw's passive on Karma's empowered W.

Asked on May 24, 2020

I like using Karma as a tank and playing with my enemies there. I want to know if the spellvamp on Maw's passive do work when shes using Absolution.

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HOW TO PLAY WITH PASSIVE SUPPORTS AS DRAVEN

Asked on May 23, 2019

IM A D3 DRAVEN PLAYER AND IM STILL UNCOMFORTABLE PLAYING AROUND PASSIVE SUPPORTS. I CAN PLAY REALLY WELL WITH A THRESH, LEONA, AND ETC. BUT WHEN I GET A SORAKA OR SOMETHING SUPER PASSIVE I LOST AUTOMATICALLY. I KNOW THAT I HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO...

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what champ to buy

Asked by slootzki on October 29, 2017

right know i have 6300 IP anf i dont know who to buy karma and sona or only braum or thresh pls help

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Looking for a duo partner EUW

Asked by Heavenborne on August 27, 2015

Hey, Im looking for a Silver player to join me in ranked, I main supp (Karma, Leona, Janna), but can also play top/jung, I'm S4 currently. I am looking for preferably an adc, but just an overall calm player. I generally play about 2-3 games...

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On which champs/cases is athene's better than morellonomicon

Asked on February 19, 2015

after a 4 month break --- title said all :) is athene's sometimes better than morello (morello now new meta?)

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Finnlay Riot remakes Karma but...

Asked by Tatticadanit0 on March 29, 2013

I think [[karma]] has benn nerfed with this rework, let's take a look at the skill. [*][[gathering fire]] Well, the old passive was way too better. This passive can be useful in a support role but Riot says they want to put [[karma]] in the mid...

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When to build Doran's Shield as support and Why?

Asked by Burnboy37 on March 16, 2013

So recently I've seen a lot of higher level players and professional players building [[doran's shield]] when playing support. Specifically I've seen a lot of [[leona]], [[thresh]], and [[lulu]] players building [[doran's shield]]. So I was...

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KARMA!!

Asked by Jimaras134 on February 24, 2013

Does worth to buy Karma guys?

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