Support Karma Build

Support Karma Build.

Support Karma build with runes and items. Support Karma guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Karma build in League of Legends Patch 26.3!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Karma ability Inspire should be leveled first.
E
Karma ability Inner Flame should be leveled second.
Q
Karma ability Focused Resolve should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Moonstone Renewer should be final item in your build.
Diadem of Songs should be final item in your build.
Dawncore should be final item in your build.
Staff of Flowing Water should be final item in your build.
Redemption should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Summon Aery from Sorcery tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Support Karma Runes

Sorcery
Sorcery major tree Summon Aery rune.
Sorcery major tree Arcane Comet rune.
Sorcery major tree Phase Rush rune.
Sorcery major tree Axiom Arcanist rune.
Sorcery major tree Manaflow Band rune.
Sorcery major tree Nimbus Cloak rune.
Sorcery major tree Transcendence rune.
Sorcery major tree Celerity rune.
Sorcery major tree Absolute Focus rune.
Sorcery major tree Scorch rune.
Sorcery major tree Waterwalking rune.
Sorcery major tree Gathering Storm rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal

Heal

OK option. You can take it if you want to have another cooldown to press and more healing output.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option, improves your damage, gives you additional cooldown to use in fights, but reduces your healing output.

Ghost

Ghost

Improves mobility. You can chase, position and flee better. Reduces your healing output, but makes you more agile in fights.

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How it works

  1. You support your team by providing healing, shielding and various buffs.
  2. You rush Moonstone Renewer.
  3. You can peel from your carries with Exhaust.

Playstyle

  1. 🛡️

    Play safe and focus on supporting your allies.

  2. 💖

    Heal, shield, and buff your teammates.

  3. 🔙

    Stay back to heal and support more. Position behind your frontline.

How to play

Support Karma

  1. Depending on the enemy team, you can max Q first for more poke and damage.

Starter items

  1. Start with Tear of the Goddess and Bandleglass Mirror. Rush Moonstone first, then get Diadem of Songs second. Then adapt.
  2. Keep stacking your Tear! The sooner you get it, the sooner you can start healing your team and providing additional sustain.

Adaptation

  1. Your team needs to engage or position? Get items like Shurelya's Battlesong or Trailblazer.
  2. Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption AND/OR Locket of the Iron Solari next.
  3. If you are just getting poked and cannot manage to stay alive - get Kaenic Rookern or Warmog's Armor (caution: needs enough HP!)
  4. You have tanks, bruisers and your team lack damage? As a last resort, you can buy few items to even help with that!

Countering

  1. Remember to counter an enemy team. For example, if they have lots of healing, get Oblivion Orb early.

Buffing your team

  1. If your team has a lot of AP scaling champs, you can get Staff of the Flowing Water.
  2. If your team has a lot of auto attackers AND/OR melee champs, get Ardent Censer.
  3. If your team has a lot of auto attacks, you can also get Bandlepipes to increase their attack speed.

Tips and Tricks

Riot

  1. Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
  2. When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
  3. Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.

Skill Order

  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Inner Flame
  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    W
    Focused Resolve
  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    E
    Inspire
  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    R
    Mantra

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush this
Moonstone Renewer item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Good support items
Dawncore item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Buffing your team
Bandlepipes item.
Ardent Censer item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Counter poke
Banshee's Veil item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Redemption item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
For engage
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Trailblazer item.
Situational items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Mikael's Blessing item.
Knight's Vow item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Situational dmg items
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Cryptbloom item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Rod of Ages item.
For survivability
Kaenic Rookern item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Frozen Heart item.
Spirit Visage item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Dawncore item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Redemption item.