User blog comment:Typhron/Karma's Problems./@comment-9245010-20130825204040

A great post, was interesting to read through. I, personally have always felt that there is something in Karma, her base stats were great, her flats and scales were nice, she had both a heal and a shield in her kit (not like Monsoon, you could use both pretty frequently. And then when I finally tried he out, I was truely disappointed. She did not have the impact I thought she should have. I couldn't heal with her Q. I couldn't use my shield+mantra combo. I could not use my W anyhow. She lacked the damage. Not the numbers, she had great damage potential. She did not have any reliable damage sources. Her Q had a low range, and was hard to aim without over-extending. Her W was almost impossible to use for damage-dealing puposes. Her E needed the Mantra to deal damage. And still was impossible to utilise. She had the potential, just... I don't know. She did not have the impact I thought.

Then came the rework. I thought that things will come staight finally. And not. She got even more impressive numbers. And buffs. She has rediculous numbers. Her Q with mantra deals even more damage than a regular ultimate. And still. She was definitely stronger. Way stronger. But she lacked something. And still lacks something. Riot may buff her numbers a couple of times, buff her passive, make her even more unbalanced, but it's not her problem. She has a great kit, that would fit another meta very well. She would've been used much more in Season 1 and 2. But since then, gap-closers became mandatory for almost everyone. Almost everyone can dodge her damage now. She would have been able to deal tons of reliable damage back in Season 2. Now, her Q is easily dodged, and people run away from her before her W could root the target. It's like, ironically, she would need a support to work well.

Anyways, she is now in a fairly good spot, but I fear she might get some hard nerfs if she gets popular.