Karma, the Enlightened One, is a mage and support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 1003 analysed ranked games, Karma is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 45.9% win rate in that role: tier C among Support champions (#28 of 38, ranked by win rate). Karma's damage is mostly magic (87%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 48.2% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 533 games) versus 41.5% in short games (under 25 min).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 1003 Support games played with Karma, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Karma is a mage-support whose ultimate Mantra empowers her next ability: each one gets a bonus (a cataclysm, a strengthened tether that heals her, a shield extended to nearby allies). Her damaging abilities reduce Mantra's cooldown, which lets you use it often.
When: An enemy is within range.
Mantra empowers the next ability: Inner Flame also creates a cataclysm that deals damage after a short delay.
When: An enemy can be pinned down.
The empowered Focused Resolve heals Karma and extends the root: the tether roots the enemy if it is not broken.
See all 3 Karma combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Inner Flame harasses and reduces Mantra's cooldown by dealing damage. Focused Resolve reveals the enemy, roots them if they do not break the tether, then deals damage again.
The most-played core build is Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia (77 games, 49.4% win rate).
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 180 games).
At 10 min: 2825 gold, 14 CS, 2775 XP. At 15 min: 4365 gold, 20 CS, 4350 XP.
For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Karma's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 57.8% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Redemption: 63.3% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.
No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Seraphine has the edge in 71% of the 24 Support duels against Karma. See the Seraphine guide.
Janna has the edge in 67% of the 18 Support duels against Karma. See the Janna guide.
Milio has the edge in 59% of the 27 Support duels against Karma. See the Milio guide.
Alistar has the edge in 59% of the 17 Support duels against Karma. See the Alistar guide.
Nami has the edge in 58% of the 31 Support duels against Karma. See the Nami guide.
Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Karma's matchups.
| Measure | Karma | Support average | Gap |
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| Gold at 10 min | 2825 | 2918 | −93 |
| CS at 10 min | 14 | 14 | −0 |
| XP at 10 min | 2775 | 2711 | +63 |
| Gold at 15 min | 4365 | 4507 | −143 |
| CS at 15 min | 20 | 20 | −0 |
| XP at 15 min | 4350 | 4325 | +25 |
Measured over 180 Karma games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.
Best result: medium-length (25 to 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
The most-played core build is Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia (77 games, 49.4% win rate).
Karma's toughest matchups as Support are Seraphine (29.2% win rate over 24 games), Janna (33.3% win rate over 18 games), and Milio (40.7% win rate over 27 games).
Karma posts its best win rates against Neeko (64.7%), Soraka (61.1%), and Bard (53.6%).
Win rate varies with game length: 48.2% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 533 games) versus 41.5% in short games (under 25 min).
The most-played rune page uses Summon Aery with the Resolve secondary tree (506 games, 46.8% win rate).
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