Karma·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Karma Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Zombie Ward and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Malignance. For your last 3 items, you should build Imperial Mandate, Shurelya's Battlesong and finish with Morellonomicon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 50.7% winrate over 56 332 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Karma Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Font of Life with Revitalize in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Malignance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Imperial Mandate, Morellonomicon and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.2% win rate over 20 347 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Font of Life with Revitalize in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Dream Maker as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Moonstone Renewer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Redemption, Dawncore and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.3% win rate across 8 940 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Karma Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Scorch as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Malignance as third item. The last 3 options are Imperial Mandate, Morellonomicon and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.6% win rate over 3 030 matches played.

Situational Karma Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Karma build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.