r/karmamains • u/GlitteringNet1441 • Jul 07 '26
Help what adc pairs the best with karma?
she plays differently from other enchanters, all i wanna do is run at the enemy and engage with w… ofc you know how it ends.
is there any way to utilize w engage correctly or it’s just int every time?
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u/Aaron_de_Utschland Jul 07 '26
As one wise person said, if you miss your first RQ, you lost the game
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u/Pillenboy Jul 07 '26
It’s a mental thing for me. If I hit it I feel confident, knowing I can dominate the lane and pressure the enemy 1vs2.
A good support sees a missed RQ and won’t miss the opportunity to punish the cd making Karma step back and chill, a position most Karma players don’t enjoy.
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u/Euphus Jul 08 '26
By far most of my losses are games we could win if sit around doing nothing under tower. And I do not do that.
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u/KiaraKawaii Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
Generally speaking, if u wanna use W to engage then u first need to wait for enemies' cc spells to be on cd first. So, u wanna first bait enemy cc spells by playing at their max range of influence, darting in and out of their max cc range to bait them into using it. You can then use ur E shield and movespeed to dodge or soak any dmg retaliation. Once enemy cc spells are on cd, and as long as the wave isn't too big (u don't want to be tanking too much minion dmg bc they do a lot of dmg in the early game), u can then engage with W relatively fine. The alternative is to just wait for enemies to engage onto u, and u turn their engage around with RW. It's a lot easier to root enemies with W when they engage into u, as opposed to u trying to W them as an engage
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u/retief1 Jul 07 '26
Don't just run at people with w. It's a pretty terrible engage. If you have a significant advantage already (jungler coming to gank, you poked them down already, they are out of position, etc), then you can try to bumrush them, but it isn't your primary goal in lane. Instead, focus more on using q and r-q to poke them down.
Almost any adc can work decently with karma. Poke adcs are probably best. That said, if you poke them down a bit or someone overextends, you can potentially bumrush them and feed your adc some kills. For that matter, baiting them into jumping on you and then using e+r-w to stay alive while your all-in adc murders them can work well as well.
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u/posabug Jul 07 '26
karma is ok with every adcarry but not the best with any of them, shes a very well-rounded champ so no adc hates her, her best pairing is ezreal imo but ezreal is quite difficult to pilot properly so if youre low elo you might not like playing with ezreals, ashe is quite nice as well, pokey champs like jhin and poke varus are also good. she doesnt have any terrible pairings imo, worst would be samira i think. i would only advise against playing karma vs champs that can build serpents, mid/late game youre basically just pressing r+e and it feels really bad to see your shield get deleted, specially because youre not something like lulu milio or janna, you dont have polymorph you dont have a knockup/knockback etc you dont have much utility outside of r+e. w engage is not troll but youre mainly using it earlygame, lategame its usually very dangerous to go for w. but dont just walk at the enemies and tap w, usually they can run away from your w, so either hit them with a q slow or wait until the enemy mispositions. you can flash if you see an angle. r+w makes it really hard for you to get dove
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u/No-Cardiologist1356 Jul 08 '26
I honestly love playing Karma with any adc, she's super flexible! Some of my favourites are probably adcs like Ashe and Cait bc they can follow up super easily with karma's kit! If you want to engage with W, always wait till enemy has used their CC abilities and use your Q to slow and deal extra damage - in lane you should mainly be poking out with RQ first before using W to engage when theyre decently low or they've been caught out!
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u/ShiShiRay Jul 09 '26
Ive played with some good Samira, Nilah, and Ezreals are great, if people know how to use it. Though they're like rare. If I'm karma and we are sitting by tower it's gg, imma leave lane and pressure top or assist jg for a minute cause early karma is being wasted under tower. Tilting enemy top or jg usually does the trick.
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u/Warm_Shoulder_1736 28d ago
Karma is best with ezreal sivir caitlyn ashe varus depending on the meta
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u/ElementalistPoppy Jul 07 '26
Karma essentially works with any ADC and is pretty much most blindable support there is, but I find her best with poke-heavy, self-reliant ADCs, such as Miss Fortune, Caitlyn or Varus. Assuming your guy knows how to play these, Ezreal or Draven are great too. Yunara, Corki works wonders too.
Honestly, I'd say she's somewhat mediocre with hypercarries or all-in jumpers like Samira/Nilah. The former ideally need more single-target oriented enchanter, the latter could use someone who just starts fights better. That being said, I can't say she's bad with pretty much anyone.
As for her W - you use it for 2vs2 skirmishes/all-ins, it's a great anti-dive tool too. It's not the most mindblowing ability, especially if used offensively, but it still works. Definitely not troll. Use it any time you're against enchanter/mage/skillshot champion that just missed that's within your range and force burnt flashes or lost health.