Talk:Karma/@comment-10167113-20150728161915/@comment-1666421-20150729122511

It's darn good, but there are some issues IME.

It takes a bunch of slots to build a la Aegis, which means it's tricky to complete if you don't buy it first. But obviously you shouldn't buy it first; you need a Sightstone, you need boots, etc.

Because it comes somewhat later, it means there's not much of a laning phase left to use it in, which means it's slightly less valuable. (50% crit would be brutal in early game trades.)

It's also extremely hard to use in yolo queue. Most people IME don't know what the item does yet. The passive can be triggered by either party, which means it will often go off while the ADC is simply farming or pushing a wave, and not when it would actually benefit a fight.

The duration is also very short. Six seconds is nothing, considering that's all the time you have to try to engage a fight.

My current build for Karma goes Spellthief's - Sightstone - basic boots - Morellonomicon - Zeke's. I would finish that out with situational stuff - defaulting to Liandry's and Rylai's.