Karma (League of Legends)

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Karma
the Enlightened One
Release date	2011-02-01
Last changed	V11.18
Class(es)	Burst Enchanter
Legacy	Mage Support
Position(s)	Support Top
Resource	Mana
Range type	Ranged
Adaptive type	Magic
Store price	3150 | 790
Crafting	+ 1890
Ratings
Damage 2 Toughness 1 Control 2 Mobility 1 Utility 2
Style
Difficulty
Champion Spotlight
Karma Champion Spotlight

Karma is a champion in League of Legends.

Base statisticsKarmaEdit
Health 534+95
Health 534+95
Mana 374+50
Mana 374+50
Health regen. (per 5s) 5.5+0.55
Health regen. (per 5s) 5.5+0.55
Mana regen. (per 5s) 13+0.5
Mana regen. (per 5s) 13+0.5
Armor 28+3.8
Armor 28+3.8
Attack damage 51+3.3
Attack damage 51+3.3
Magic resist. 30+0.5
Magic resist. 30+0.5
Crit. damage 175%
Crit. damage 175%
Move. speed 335
Move. speed 335
Attack range 525
Attack range 525
Attack speed
Base AS 0.625
Base AS 0.625
Attack windup 16.146%
Attack windup 16.146%
AS ratio N/A
AS ratio N/A
Bonus AS +2.3%
Bonus AS +2.3%
Unit radius
Gameplay radius 65
Gameplay radius 65
Selection radius 120
Selection radius 120
Pathing radius 35
Pathing radius 35
Acq. radius 525
Acq. radius 525
Special statistics
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +5%
Dmg. Dealt +5%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Dmg. Taken -5%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Dealt +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Dmg. Taken +0%
Healing +0%
Healing +0%
Shielding +0%
Shielding +0%

Abilities

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Gathering Fire

Gathering Fire

Innate: Karma reduces Mantra's current  cooldown by 5 seconds for every enemy champion she damages with an ability.

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Targeting input	Passive

• Inner Flame / Soulflare reduces Mantra's cooldown per target hit (for a total reduction of 25 seconds if 5 enemy champions are hit at once).
• Focused Resolve / Renewal reduces Mantra's cooldown per tick of damage (for a total reduction of 10 seconds for the entire duration).
• Inspire / Defiance does not reduce Mantra's cooldown (it has no damage component).

Map-Specific Differences

Ultra Rapid Fire differences ^edit

• On-damage cooldown reduction reduced to 0.5 / 0.75 / 1.*

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Inner Flame

Inner Flame
TARGET RANGE:	950 / 890
EFFECT RADIUS:	280
WIDTH:	120
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	45 Mana
COOLDOWN:	9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5

Active: Karma fires a burst of spiritual energy in the target direction that detonates on the first enemy hit, dealing magic damage to all enemies within the area and slowing them by 35% for 1.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 40% AP)

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Soulflare

Soulflare
EFFECT RADIUS:	280

Mantra - Active: Inner Flame detonates upon hitting an enemy or reaching maximum range, dealing increased magic damage to enemies within the area.

Bonus Magic Damage: 40 / 100 / 160 / 220 (+ 30% AP) Total Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 40 / 100 / 160 / 220) (+ 70% AP)

A field lingers around the detonation for 1.5 seconds, slowing enemies within by 50%, after which it explodes, dealing magic damage to all enemies within the area.

Detonation Magic Damage: 35 / 140 / 245 / 350 (+ 60% AP) Total Bonus Damage: 75 / 240 / 405 / 570 (+ 90% AP) Total Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 75 / 240 / 405 / 570) (+ 130% AP)

Soulflare scales with Mantra's rank.

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• Soulflare Details

Targeting input	Direction
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Spell shield	Blocked
Spell shield	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

Notes

• Spell shield will block the initial impact from Inner Flame.
• Inner Flame will cast from wherever Karma is at the end of the cast time
• Inner Flame's effect radius is centered around the location of the missile as it collides.

Targeting input	Direction
Damage type
Type	Area damage
Type	Area damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Projectile	Blocked
Projectile	Blocked

Notes

• Spell shield will block the initial impact from either ability but will not block Soulflare's field damage.
• Soulflare's detonation radius is centered around the location of the missile as it collides, while the lingering field will always be created at the impacted enemy's center instead.
• Soulflare will cast from wherever Karma is at the end of the cast time.

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Focused Resolve

Focused Resolve
TARGET RANGE:	675
TETHER RADIUS:	825
CAST TIME:	0.25
COST:	50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 Mana
COOLDOWN:	12

Active: Karma exerts her will over the target enemy champion or monster, dealing them magic damage and forming a tether between Karma and the target for 2 seconds, during which the target is revealed.

Magic Damage: 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+ 45% AP)

If the tether is not broken by the end of its duration, the target is dealt the same magic damage again and is rooted for a duration, during which they are revealed.

Total Magic Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+ 90% AP) Root Duration: 1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 / 1.85 / 2

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Renewal

Renewal

Mantra - Active: Focused Resolve's root duration is increased, and heals Karma for  20% (+ 1% per 100 AP) of her missing health on-cast and once more when the tether is not broken by the end of its duration, or if the target dies while tethered.

Root Duration Increase: 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 Total Root Duration: 1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 / 1.85 / 2 (+ 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 / 1.25)

Renewal scales with Mantra's rank.

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• Renewal Details

Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Aggro	True
Aggro	True
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Projectile	N/A
Projectile	N/A

Notes

• Spell shield will block the tether's application and damage but not the aftereffects of one already applied.

Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Type	Spell damage
Type	Spell damage
Sub-type	Magic
Sub-type	Magic
Aggro	True
Aggro	True
Counters
Spell shield	See Notes
Spell shield	See Notes
Projectile	N/A
Projectile	N/A

Notes

• Spell shield will block the tether's application and damage but not the aftereffects of one already applied.

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Inspire

Inspire
TARGET RANGE:	800
CAST TIME:	none
COST:	50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 Mana
COOLDOWN:	10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Active: Karma shields the target allied champion or herself for 2.5 seconds and grants the target  40% bonus movement speed for 1.5 seconds.

Shield: 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 (+ 50% AP)

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Defiance

Defiance
EFFECT RADIUS:	700
CAST TIME:	none

Mantra - Active: Inspire's target receives bonus shield, and all allied champions near them receive the total shield as well as the bonus movement speed both at 30% effectiveness.

Primary Target Bonus Shield: 25 / 80 / 135 / 190 (+ 50% AP) Total Shield: 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 (+ 25 / 80 / 135 / 190) (+ 100% AP) Secondary Target Bonus Shield: 7.5 / 24 / 40.5 / 57 (+ 15% AP) Total Shield: 27 / 40.5 / 54 / 67.5 / 81 (+ 7.5 / 24 / 40.5 / 57) (+ 30% AP)

Defiance scales with Mantra's rank.

Secondary targets receive 12% bonus movement speed.

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Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Type	Shield
Type	Shield

Notes

• No additional notes.

Targeting input	Unit
Target out-of-range override	Walk in range of the target
Damage type
Type	Shield
Type	Shield

Notes

• No additional notes.

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Mantra

Mantra
CAST TIME:	none
COOLDOWN:	40 / 38 / 36 / 34

Active: Karma empowers her next basic ability within 8 seconds for an additional effect.

Karma begins the game with one rank in Mantra.

Mantra can be used while affected by cast-inhibiting crowd control.

 

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Targeting input	Auto

• Mantra counts as an ability activation for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and stacking Force Pulse.
• Mantra's bonus effects are added on top of Karma's basic abilities.

Patch history

For the expanded patch notes, see here.

V11.18

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 28 from 26.
• Inspire
  • Base shield increased to 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 from 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260.

V11.16

• Gathering Fire
  • Removed: Basic attacks against enemy champions no longer reduce Mantra's cooldown by 1 second.
  • Mantra cooldown reduction from spells increased to 5 seconds at all levels from 2 / 3.5 / 5 (based on level).
• Inner Flame
  • Cooldown changed to 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds from 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6.
  • Mana cost reduced to 45 from 55.
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 from 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270.
• Soulflare
  • Inner Flame bonus base damage increased to 40 / 100 / 160 / 220 from 25 / 75 / 125 / 175.
• Inspire
  • Base shield increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
  • Bonus movement speed reduced to 40% at all ranks from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%.
• Defiance
  • New Effect: Secondary targets now only receive 30% of Inspire's bonus movement speed instead of 100%.

V11.14

• Stats
  • Base attack damage reduced to 51 from 54.

V11.12

• Traditional Karma
  • Updated visual effects.

V11.11

• General
  • Updated visual effects.
• Inner Flame
  • VFX updated to improve color range and reduce noise.
• Inspire
  • VFX updated to improve color range and reduce noise.

V11.7

• Defiance
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it would not trigger Moonstone Renewer's Starlit Grace.

V11.5

• Inner Flame
  • Cooldown reduced to 8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6 seconds from 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7.

V11.3

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration increased to 13 from 11.5.
• Inner Flame
  • Mana cost reduced to 55 from 65.

V11.1

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 54 from 53.544.
• Inspire
  • Base shield increased to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 from 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200.

V10.23

• Renewal
  • Now has an "incoming health" UX added to the health bar, so the player can see how much health they will receive from Renewal.

V10.21

• Gathering Fire
  • Mantra cooldown reduction from spells increased to 2 / 3.5 / 5 (based on level) seconds from 2 / 3 / 4 (based on level).
  • Mantra cooldown reduction from basic attacks reduced to 1 second at all levels from 1 / 1.5 / 2 (based on level).
• Mantra
  • Cooldown reduced to 40 / 38 / 36 / 34 seconds from 45 / 42 / 39 / 36.

V10.16

• Inner Flame
  • Mana cost changed to 65 at all ranks from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
  • Cooldown increased to 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 7.5 / 7 seconds from 7 / 6.5 / 6 / 5.5 / 5.

V10.2

• Inner Flame
  • Base damage increased to 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270 from 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260.
• Focused Resolve
  • Base damage increased to 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130.

V9.24b

• Soulflare
  • Bug Fix: Corrected the tooltip to its actual value (60% AP).

V9.24

• Inspire
  • Base shield increased to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170.

V9.19

• Inner Flame
  • AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 60% AP.

V9.16

• Focused Resolve
  • Bug Fix: Now properly lowers Mantra's cooldown while damaging enemy champions.

V9.15

• Defiance
  • Bonus shield strength reduced to 25 / 80 / 135 / 190 from 30 / 90 / 150 / 210.
  • Bonus shield AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 60% AP.

V9.14

• Focused Resolve
  • New Effect: Now grants true sight for the duration of the  root.
• Renewal
  • New Effect: Now grants true sight for the duration of the  root.

V9.13

• Inspire
  • Bonus movement speed duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.5.

V9.12

• Inner Flame
  • Slow strength increased to 35% from 25%.
• Inspire
  • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
  • Bonus movement speed duration increased to 2.5 seconds from 1.5.

V9.6

• Traditional Karma
  • Inspire
    • Bug Fix: Voiceover no longer uses her base skin's audio.

V8.24

• General
  • New fast run animation added.

V8.21

• Focused Resolve
  • Root duration increased to 1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 / 1.85 / 2 seconds from 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2.

V8.14

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration increased to 11.5 from 8.5.
  • Mana regeneration growth reduced to 0.5 from 0.8.
  • Base armor increased to 26 from 20.384.
• Inner Flame
  • Splash radius increased to 280 from 250.
• Soulflare
  • Base detonation damage reduced to 35 / 140 / 245 / 350 from 50 / 150 / 250 / 350.

V8.12

• Inspire
  • Shield duration reduced to 2.5 seconds from 4.
• Defiance
  • Shield duration reduced to 2.5 seconds from 4.

V8.8

• Conqueror Karma
  • Bug Fix: Unique particles have been restored for all of her spells

V8.3

• Stats
  • Base health regeneration reduced to 5.5 from 5.624.

V8.2

• Focused Resolve
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.

V7.23

• Conqueror Karma and Winter Wonder Karma
  • Soulflare
    • Bug Fix: VFX are no longer cut off on elevated terrain.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 534 from 522.44.
  • Health growth increased to 95 from 83.

V7.20

• Gathering Fire
  • Ability cooldown reduction increased to 2 / 3 / 4 (based on level) seconds from 2 / 2.5 / 3 (based on level).
  • Basic attack cooldown reduction increased to 1 / 1.5 / 2 (based on level) seconds from 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 (based on level).

V7.18

• General
  • Bug Fix: Now correctly has recommended item pages for both mid and support.

V7.15

• Winter Wonder Karma
  • Inspire
    • Bug Fix: Is now better differentiated from Winter Wonder Lulu's Help, Pix!.
  • Defiance
    • Bug Fix: Is now better differentiated from Winter Wonder Lulu's Help, Pix!.

V7.12

• Inspire
  • Base shield strength reduced to 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 from 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190.
• Defiance
  • Percentage of original shield to nearby allied champions reduced to 30% from 50%.

V7.9

• Stats
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.
• Conqueror Karma
  • Bug Fix: Fixed channeling animation (ex. when capturing Skarner's Crystal Spires).

V7.7

• General
  • New splash artwork for Sun Goddess Karma, Sakura Karma and Traditional Karma. Tweaked splash artwork for Order of the Lotus Karma.

V7.1

• Focused Resolve / Renewal
  • Number of damage ticks reduced to 2 from 3.
  • Base damage per tick increased to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 20 / 36.7 / 53.3 / 70 / 86.7
  • Damage per tick AP scaling increased to 45% AP + 30% AP.
    • Total damage unchanged.
• Renewal
  • Bug Fix: Base tether visuals are no longer a funky color.
• Defiance
  • Base shield strength reduced to 30 / 90 / 150 / 210 from 30 / 100 / 170 / 240.

V6.24

• Soulflare
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a spectator mode bug preventing Order of the Lotus Karma's Soulflare explosion circle indicator from displaying.

V6.15

• Inspire
  • Shield reduced to 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 from 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200
  • Removed: Can no longer target minions.
• Defiance
  • Bonus movement speed reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 60% at all ranks.

V6.7

• General
  • Splash artwork for Sun Goddess Karma and Sakura Karma updated to the Chinese art.

V6.6

• Defiance
  • Base shield strength increased to 30 / 100 / 170 / 240 from 30 / 90 / 150 / 210.
  • AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 30% AP.

V6.2

• Focused Resolve
  • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.

V5.22

• Stats
  • Base mana regeneration increased to 8.5 from 6.

V5.17

• Focused Resolve
  • Cooldown reduced to 12 seconds at all ranks from 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12.

V5.10

• Gathering Fire
  • Mantra cooldown refund on spell hit increased to 2 / 2.5 / 3 (based on level) seconds from 2 at all levels.
  • Mantra cooldown refund on basic attack increased to 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 (based on level) seconds from 1 at all levels.
• Focused Resolve
  • New Effect: Can target monsters.
  • AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 60% AP.
• Renewal
  • New Effect: Increases Focused Resolve's root duration by 0.5 seconds.
  • Removed: 75 / 150 / 225 / 300 + 60% AP bonus damage
• Inspire
  • Base shield strength reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
  • Mana cost reduced to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100.
  • Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8 seconds from 10 at all ranks.
• Defiance
  • New Effect: Primary target gains 30 / 90 / 150 / 210 + 30% AP shield health.
  • Allied area-of-effect shield changed to 50% of primary target's from 30 / 70 / 110 / 150.
  • Removed: 60 / 140 / 220 / 300 + 60% AP damage over time.

V5.5

• Defiance
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where allied champions were granted the inspire portion of the shield, instead of half of the defiance damage.

V4.17

• Soulflare
  • Bug Fix: Area of effect visual fizzling when Karma dies.
• Mantra
  • New Effect: Can now be cast while disabled.

V4.5

• Stats
  • Base armor increased to 14 from 10.

V3.8

• Inner Flame
  • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90.
  • Explosion radius increased to 250 from 230.
• Focused Resolve
  • Bug Fix: Not granting vision of rooted target.
• Renewal
  • Heal changed to 20% + 1% per 100 AP missing health on-cast followed by the same amount over tether duration from 25% missing health over time.
• Defiance
  • Bug Fix: Allied area-of-effect shield not accounting for AP ratio.

V3.7

• Soulflare
  • New Effect: Slow area spawns directly under primary target.

V3.6

• Inner Flame
  • Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260.
• Focused Resolve
  • Cooldown reduced to 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 seconds from 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14.
• Inspire
  • Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 12.
  • Bonus movement speed increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%.
• Mantra
  • Cooldown reduced to 45 / 42 / 39 / 36 seconds from 45 at all ranks.

V3.5 (Balance update)

• Gathering Fire
  • Mantra on-spell cooldown reduction increased to 2 seconds at all levels from 1 / 1.5 / 2.
  • Mantra on-hit cooldown reduction increased to 1 second at all levels from 0.5 / 0.75 / 1
• Inner Flame
  • Detonation area-of-effect focus changed to point of impact from the center of impacted target.
• Focused Resolve
  • Mana cost reduced to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.
  • Gathering Fire application changed to per-tick from on-cast.
  • Ticks reduced to 3 from 6.
• Inspire
  • Bonus movement speed duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.25.
  • Bug Fix: Tooltip displaying incorrect shield value (80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 instead of the intended 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240).
• Defiance
  • Bonus movement speed increased to 60% at all ranks from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60%.( Inspire's rank)
  • Allied area-of-effect shield/haste range increased to 700 from 600.

V3.5 rework

• Full Relaunch
• General
  • Complete visual upgrade across all skins.
  • New artwork for Original Karma.
  • New voice over.
  • New lore.
• Gathering Fire (Innate)
  • Reduces Mantra's cooldown every time Karma damages an enemy with one of her abilities (Half-effect for Karma's basic-attacks).
• Inner Flame (Q)
  • Fires a blast of energy that explodes upon enemy contact, dealing magic damage and slowing all enemies in the area.
  • Mantra Bonus: deals additional magic damage and leaves a circle of flame at the impact area (or upon reaching maximum range), heavily slowing all enemies inside the circle. After a brief delay the circle erupts, dealing heavy magic damage to all enemies in the area.
• Focused Resolve (W)
  • Links Karma to target enemy champion, revealing them and dealing magic damage over 2 seconds. If the link is not broken, the enemy is rooted.
  • Mantra Bonus: Focused Resolve deals bonus magic damage over time and heals Karma for a percent of her missing health while linked to her target.
• Inspire (E)
  • Target ally gains a shield, granting movement speed for a brief duration and absorbing damage.
  • Mantra Bonus: the shield overflows with energy, dealing magic damage to all enemies around the shielded unit. Allied champions near the shielded unit gain half of that amount as a shield and are hasted.
• Mantra (Ultimate)
  • Karma empowers her next ability within 8 seconds for an additional effect.

See also

League of Legends Wiki | Champions

References