Talk:Karma/@comment-6016076-20140419210717/@comment-4136460-20140420131133

"They were actually going to nerf her soon after her rework but couldn't do it with a straight face because she wasn't fotm or even considered any good."

That's not true. The intention with those changes were to change her niche a bit and overall a sizable buff for support (but slight nerf to solo lane). They wanted to do them to actually increase her viability in the meta.

I remember they removed the initial damage from Q2 but increased the slow on it to 70% (from 50%) making the explosion damage more guarenteed and stronger. They also made her normal Q have a 20%>40% scaling slow rather than 25% at all ranks. They also nerfed the damage on E2 but buffed the shield a bit. And W2 no longer did bonus damage but flat healing instead (So it would be X healing + X% healing too) making it the best heal in the entire game. Small buff to passive too.

She would have been an absolute monster of a support with those changes. Easily the best in the game come season 4. They didn't do the changes though since solo lane Karma players didn't want her to entirely shift to support.

However, they THEN said they were going to buff her passive regardless without any other changes. However they've apparently changed their mind on that. She doesn't need any buffs.

So Karma essentially avoided a mini-rework to make her a full blown support. The interesting part is that I bet if she caught on mid and became a threat, they're probably going to revisit that rework and give her utility scaling... I can see it happening.

Or alternatively, she's going to be a top tier support for a while and they're going to give her the Annie treatment. Nerf her base numbers (particularly Q or Q2) and buff her ratios. I wouldn't be surprised is they nerfed Q and E and buff W. A shift of power wouldn't be so bad. Her W is honestly a filler part of her kit.