Talk:Karma/@comment-26262251-20190316110414/@comment-24971427-20190321095423

Well, I gotta say man.

Karma deals a lot of damage in the way that Zyra or Brand does. It's not dot, but she's not a defensive support like Sona or Soraka.

The limits to her supportive abilities are on par with Orianna's shield.

To call her enchanter, is a bit of a stretch.

You can try to call her a catcher, but she can't apply instant hard cc either. 2 seconds is a huge window.

Those seem to be the parameters that Karma can reach for, but just can't quite touch.

The closest she is to a certain role is Battlemage, but even then, her kit lacks an ultimate, a fourth ability to really tie it all together. If she mantra's W, she loses out on the damage on Q, but without Q, she loses her sustain in battle.

Karma can do a lot of things, jack of all trades but master of none.

The only real solid tool she has is her Q spams.

So if there were an additional champion class for her, I'd say she belongs in the specialist category.

The impact of a mantra Q or a mantra W, or even a team-wide speed boosted shield from a mantra E, certainly offers a 'psychological threat' that 'largely diminishes once the problematic ability is known to be on cooldown.'.