Talk:Karma/@comment-24726822-20160319035812/@comment-27877809-20160319153343

RW Isn't bad by itself, but it gets overshadowed by her other Mantras in my opinion. What you described is exactly the only situation in which RW has a purpose: clutch heals in tight situations. Now when you think about it, does it not feel weird? Her Mantra is supposed to empower her abilities:

RQ: higher damage, more range (better poke), bigger AOE

RE: stronger shield (& stronger movement speed if below rank5), single target -> AOE

RW: stronger heal ( wait what? there was NO heal to begin with!), stronger root BUT... let's be real, nobody uses it for the root duration, or have you ever pressed R and thought to yourself "yeah, i'm gonna root you for .5 seconds longer now!!1" ? I can count on one hand the times I've used RW for that purpose, and I have well over 100k mastery points on Karma.

As you can see, Q and E keep their identity while being empowered, W however gets completely changed in its purpose. Normally you would use W to engage on someone or to disengage, now you use it to heal yourself..

If it was to actually be empowered in its core identity, then it should get an increased cast/tether range and maybe an additional slow or something of that nature.

Also the heal value itself, while it may not be bad, isn't stellar either as it comes in two parts. Yes it has saved my life many times, but i've died just as often after getting the first part of the healing, because if you're on 10-30% hp, staying close enough to any enemy so you're in range of your W is usually not a good idea. Not to mention that it mainly scales with HP, which is a stat you generally don't get on Karma (aside from maybe Liandry's) as there are more important stats to get.

All in all it isn't a bad ability because it does have its uses, but it feels out of line with her other Mantras and is very situational at best.