Champion sheet · Support

Karma

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.3%#64 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.7%picked in 1,399 of 18,053 games
Ban: 4.6%779 bans over 17,107 games, against 3.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Support47.3% between 45.1% and 49.6% over 1,367 gamesSoloQ 48.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.4 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLengthRunes
How to play itArcane Comet, then Malignance, Horizon Focus, and Cryptbloom: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 95% of supports.Lets allies carry
With / againstBetter than expected against Lux in amateur play: +16.7 pts over 36 games, range above zero.+16.7 pt36 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.6%
SoloQ
3.7%
4.6% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 3.7% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.
RunesSummon Aery instead of Arcane Comet
Amateur
59%
SoloQ
50%
Played in 59% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Arcane Comet (50%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Malignance, Horizon Focus, and Cryptbloom: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet50% · 13,802

≠ Amateur: Summon Aery instead of Arcane Comet. 59% · 1,459 games

SpellsFlash + Heal92% · 25,354

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 59% · 66 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 3

8%of soloQ games

Malignance
Horizon Focus
Cryptbloom

Amateur: Malignance, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 95% of supports.

Lets allies carry killstop5%rank 95 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Lets allies carry

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 58 in lane, 39 in mid game and 30 in late game, out of 100 supports.

300+12 vs 288

306-36 vs 342

320-67 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Karmasupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 63% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 58 of 100 among supports300 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 39 of 100 among supports306 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 30 of 100 among supports320 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 39 of 100 among supports+32 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 37 of 100 among supports-6 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 54 of 100 among supports4.4 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 51 of 100 among supports393 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 49 of 100 among supports54% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 31 of 100 among supports14% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 95 of 100 among supportsrank 95 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 32 of 100 among supports0.9 · median 1
Team damage · rank 46 of 100 among supports9% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Lux in amateur play: +16.7 pts over 36 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Malphite56.7% · expected 45.6% · 60 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +4.3

Yone60.0% · expected 46.9% · 40 g+13.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

Olaf56.1% · expected 45.6% · 41 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -0.6

Ambessa53.1% · expected 48.0% · 64 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

Aatrox46.4% · expected 45.9% · 56 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -1.6

Junglegap to expected

Jayce66.7% · expected 49.2% · 30 g+17.5 ptSoloQ +1.8

Sylas54.9% · expected 46.2% · 91 g+8.7 ptSoloQ +1.5

Cho'Gath51.2% · expected 44.8% · 41 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -4.0

Nocturne52.2% · expected 50.0% · 46 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +2.1

Midgap to expected

Yone56.5% · expected 44.8% · 46 g+11.7 ptSoloQ +1.5

Viktor52.6% · expected 47.3% · 95 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +1.9

Galio54.5% · expected 47.7% · 44 g+6.8 ptSoloQ -1.9

Ahri46.2% · expected 44.5% · 91 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +2.2

Aurora54.1% · expected 48.6% · 37 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +0.3

ADCgap to expected

Lucian54.9% · expected 47.8% · 102 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +0.5

Ezreal56.2% · expected 51.7% · 130 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Aphelios60.0% · expected 52.2% · 55 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Jinx48.8% · expected 43.1% · 86 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +1.0

Yunara47.5% · expected 44.9% · 118 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Lux63.9% · expected 47.2% · 36 g+16.7 ptSoloQ +0.8

Leona59.6% · expected 46.6% · 57 g+13.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Seraphine52.1% · expected 45.0% · 121 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.2

Blitzcrank55.2% · expected 46.0% · 58 g+9.2 ptSoloQ -4.3

Thresh51.6% · expected 45.7% · 91 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +1.3

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton60.4% · expected 48.0% · 53 g+12.4 ptSoloQ -0.9

Mordekaiser61.4% · expected 47.9% · 44 g+13.4 ptSoloQ +3.8

Nasus55.8% · expected 48.8% · 43 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.5

Shen53.7% · expected 46.7% · 41 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -0.3

Olaf55.3% · expected 49.0% · 38 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

Junglegap to expected

Qiyana60.0% · expected 45.4% · 35 g+14.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Viego59.5% · expected 46.8% · 37 g+12.6 ptSoloQ +1.1

Lee Sin50.0% · expected 46.0% · 162 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -0.5

Jarvan IV50.0% · expected 45.9% · 92 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -2.3

Vi51.5% · expected 48.1% · 103 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +2.4

Midgap to expected

Akali56.3% · expected 46.5% · 48 g+9.8 ptSoloQ +1.3

Viktor53.8% · expected 47.3% · 80 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -1.2

Lissandra52.0% · expected 45.7% · 50 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -0.8

Ahri52.9% · expected 50.2% · 104 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +0.4

Galio51.4% · expected 46.9% · 37 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.7

ADCgap to expected

Yunara58.2% · expected 49.8% · 67 g+8.4 ptSoloQ -1.9

Ezreal44.1% · expected 43.0% · 490 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +2.0

Jhin45.3% · expected 43.2% · 223 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +1.6

Caitlyn49.8% · expected 49.2% · 227 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +0.1

Sivir53.2% · expected 48.3% · 47 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +4.5

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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