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Karma
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Karma Guide

the Enlightened One
Mage
Support
Tier C Support

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

Average KDA
1.6 / 5.6 / 14.2
ratio 2.8
Damage / min
357
CS / min
1.1
Gold / min
302
Kill participation
56%
Vision / min
2.79

Averages measured over 1003 Support games played with Karma, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

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.

Mantra harassment
Mantra R Inner Flame Q Focused Resolve W

When: An enemy is within range.

Mantra empowers the next ability: Inner Flame also creates a cataclysm that deals damage after a short delay.

The root
Mantra R Focused Resolve W Inner Flame Q

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 →

Laning phase

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.

Common mistakes

Riot's official tips for playing Karma

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia (77 games, 49.4% win rate).

77 games · 49.4%
55 games · 60.0%
27 games · 51.8%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W55.3% · 47 games
123456789101112131415
QQ●●●●●
WW●●●
EE●●●●●
RR●●
Max order : E > Q > W45.0% · 40 games

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).

Starting items

Health PotionHealth Potion47.2% · 178 games

First completed items, in order

40 games · 40.0%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 2825 gold, 14 CS, 2775 XP. At 15 min: 4365 gold, 20 CS, 4350 XP.

Summoner spells

FlashHeal Flash + Heal47.1% · 896 games
ExhaustFlash Exhaust + Flash39.0% · 59 games
FlashIgnite Flash + Ignite32.6% · 46 games

Most-played runes

Summon Aery
Summon Aery + Resolve
46.8% · 506 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Manaflow Band75%
Transcendence94%
Gathering Storm72%
Secondary tree · Resolve
Revitalize100%
Font of Life76%
Shards
Ability haste78%
Adaptive force91%
Health88%
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet + Inspiration
44.3% · 253 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak47%
Transcendence76%
Scorch94%
Secondary tree · Inspiration
Cosmic Insight92%
Magical Footwear56%
Shards
Adaptive force87%
Adaptive force97%
Health62%
Summon Aery
Summon Aery + Inspiration
39.0% · 82 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak66%
Transcendence77%
Scorch78%
Secondary tree · Inspiration
Cosmic Insight92%
Magical Footwear83%
Shards
Adaptive force71%
Adaptive force84%
Health83%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

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.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team49.4% · 269 games
At least 50% of their damage is magic

The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 57.8% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team46.8% · 282 games
Less than 35% of their damage is magic

The item that stands out most is Redemption: 63.3% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team43.1% · 452 games
Mixed physical and magic damage

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Karma as Support

Seraphine Karma: 29.2%24 games

Seraphine has the edge in 71% of the 24 Support duels against Karma. See the Seraphine guide.

Janna Karma: 33.3%18 games

Janna has the edge in 67% of the 18 Support duels against Karma. See the Janna guide.

Milio Karma: 40.7%27 games

Milio has the edge in 59% of the 27 Support duels against Karma. See the Milio guide.

Alistar Karma: 41.2%17 games

Alistar has the edge in 59% of the 17 Support duels against Karma. See the Alistar guide.

Nami Karma: 41.9%31 games

Nami has the edge in 58% of the 31 Support duels against Karma. See the Nami guide.

Who Karma is strong against

Neeko64.7% · 17 games
Soraka61.1% · 18 games
Bard53.6% · 28 games
Thresh48.9% · 47 games
Sona47.6% · 21 games

How to play against Karma

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Karma's matchups.

Karma Support: what our games say

Laning phase against the Support average

MeasureKarmaSupport averageGap
Gold at 10 min28252918−93
CS at 10 min1414−0
XP at 10 min27752711+63
Gold at 15 min43654507−143
CS at 15 min2020−0
XP at 15 min43504325+25

Measured over 180 Karma games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min41.5 %340 games
medium-length 25 to 35 min48.2 %533 games
long over 35 min47.7 %130 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.

Abilities

Gathering Fire
PassiveGathering Fire
Karma's damaging abilities will reduce the cooldown of Mantra.
Inner Flame
QInner Flame
Karma sends forth a ball of spirit energy that explodes and deals damage upon hitting an enemy unit.

Mantra Bonus: In addition to the explosion, Mantra increases the destructive power of her Inner Flame, creating a cataclysm which deals damage after a short delay.
Focused Resolve
WFocused Resolve
Karma creates a tether between herself and a targeted enemy, dealing damage and revealing them. If the tether is not broken, the enemy will be rooted and damaged again.

Mantra Bonus: Karma strengthens the link, healing herself and extending the root duration.
Inspire
EInspire
Karma summons a protective shield that absorbs incoming damage and increases the Move Speed of the protected ally.

Mantra Bonus: Energy radiates out from her target, strengthening the initial shield and applying Inspire to nearby allied champions.
Mantra
RMantra
Karma empowers her next ability to do an additional effect. Mantra is available at level 1 and does not require a skill point.

Other Support champions to know

Most played

Nautilus49.9 %Lulu51.2 %Thresh50.1 %Nami49.0 %Bard50.9 %Alistar52.8 %Leona51.7 %Seraphine49.1 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Poppy56.9 %Zilean55.0 %Neeko54.9 %Galio54.2 %Brand54.2 %Lux53.6 %Maokai52.7 %LeBlanc52.3 %

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Karma?

The most-played core build is Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia (77 games, 49.4% win rate).

Who counters Karma?

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).

What are Karma's best matchups?

Karma posts its best win rates against Neeko (64.7%), Soraka (61.1%), and Bard (53.6%).

What game length suits Karma best?

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).

Which runes should I play on Karma?

The most-played rune page uses Summon Aery with the Resolve secondary tree (506 games, 46.8% win rate).

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