User blog comment:7toony/Experiences with Karma & Sona/@comment-3296804-20110910201020/@comment-3486816-20110926065558

Karma doesn't fit the current Meta as a full support, but she's fine even played as an AP Carry, especially if your team can use the extra utility. And if you think she doesn't have in-built tankiness you haven't considered the union between her passive and her shield and heal. Sure, she's not played in tournament play. By that logic, 80% of the champs in the game are UP. I recognize that she probably can't take the babysitting gp5 role (she really should take some farm and fulfill her ap support role), but that doesn't make her UP by a long shot. There are still other options for duo bot, such as a roamer (like Alistar), that are still respected to some degree in tournament play afaik, and even if need be she's fine with a small (but preferably larger than usual for a support) creep score.