Talk:Karma/@comment-10167113-20140606093719/@comment-8468980-20140623043653

"Other than the shield its a really slot inefficient item."

As an ap harass support, what mp5 item are you buying aside from Frost Queen's now that Mikhail's costs about 850 more gold? There's Morello's and that 100% has a spot for some matchups, it may even become core on some supports, but at the moment Ardent is a must have top tier item for supports that can make use of it.

For it's ability to make an impact on early game laning phase (due to its tiny price and killer passive) and still be useful into the late game, it more than compensates for it's tamer stats (which frankly, are fine for early game).