Talk:Karma/@comment-5056700-20150826062254

IDK if this has been mentioned before (didn't bother to check the previous posts lol), but Karma is an amazing toplane.

She's a good support, a mediocre mid (other mages outclass her, and her damage falls off late game, imo) but after trying her out top-lane, I literally fell in love with her all over again.

Top-lane Karma really makes full use of her amazing early game by shutting down enemy top-lanes who can snowball hard (like Irelia) with her extreme lane bullying. Her shield is an amazing engage disengage tool (tho misuse of E will probably cost your life) and combine with W and RQ makes for amazing poke. Should they try to heal back up, she can poke them with Q. This also makes last hitting for top-laners almost impossible.

Probably the only other top-laners that can go toe-to-toe with her are those who are not afraid to hard engage (like Riven) or those who can sustain hard (like Nidalee).

Going for Cloth Armor, health pots start is good, then building up dat ole' Zhonya's/Abyssal and Athene's as your core really makes her top-lane presence even more crippling. Really, so good at shutting down those AD top-lane bullies.

Also, she's very hard to gank and dive as well, thanks to her innate tankiness (yeah, she's sturdier than most mages) and her amazing bait with E and R-W.

Late game, where her damage falls off, she makes up for it with her teamfight winning R-E's and unlike a Karma midlane, your team doesn't fall off on the AP damage department. What's more, she can build tank-magic pen like Rumble and annoy the enemy team like crazy (think Liandry, Rylai, Frozen Heart-esque build). Run her with Magic Pen and Cooldown and tanky items and she's a real crazy toplane. What's more, her build is extremely flexible so no need to get locked on certain items. She can build according to the situation and still do real well.

Tho of course I understand there are other toplaners that are way better at what they do, but seeing that she's overshadowed in mid and outclassed as a support, I think she fits real nice in top-lane as a tanky AP bruiser (her late game 3 second Q's shred enemy health).

Disclaimer tho, I don't play ranked a lot and yes, I'm a Bronze player, that's why I'd like to hear (read) the thoughts of higher-ranked players on Karma Top-Lane... (unless no one plays her in high ranks anymore D: )