Champion sheet · Support

Karma

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

23.2%#20 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.7%picked in 930 of 7,335 games
Ban: 10.5%362 bans over 3,438 games, against 3.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Support48.9% between 46.1% and 51.6% over 896 gamesSoloQ 48.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 7,832 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 261,868 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.DraftLength
How to play itSummon Aery, 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 Sejuani in amateur play: +21.3 pts over 34 games, range above zero.+21.3 pt34 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.2%
SoloQ
4.3%
6.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
10.2%
SoloQ
3.0%
10.2% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 3.0% in soloQ over 182,390 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Summon Aery, then Malignance, Horizon Focus, and Cryptbloom: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesSummon Aery65% · 21,100

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal89% · 28,850

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 53% · 129 games

Core (3 legendaries)7% · 5

7%of soloQ games

Malignance
Horizon Focus
Cryptbloom

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 Sejuani in amateur play: +21.3 pts over 34 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

Sion50.0% · expected 48.5% · 60 g+1.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

Gnar52.4% · expected 49.2% · 42 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

K'Sante52.9% · expected 49.7% · 34 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +1.4

Dr. Mundo57.6% · expected 56.1% · 33 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +1.5

Junglegap to expected

Sejuani76.5% · expected 55.1% · 34 g+21.3 ptSoloQ -3.3

Nocturne65.0% · expected 51.8% · 40 g+13.2 ptSoloQ -2.1

Xin Zhao55.2% · expected 49.1% · 67 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +1.7

Wukong50.9% · expected 48.8% · 110 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +3.0

Cho'Gath53.1% · expected 46.2% · 32 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.6

Midgap to expected

Hwei55.1% · expected 47.9% · 49 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +0.3

Syndra47.7% · expected 47.2% · 88 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.6

Aurora56.3% · expected 52.8% · 32 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +3.4

ADCgap to expected

Yunara52.3% · expected 46.1% · 111 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +0.5

Xayah58.1% · expected 48.8% · 43 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +1.3

Jhin52.8% · expected 46.6% · 53 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ezreal54.2% · expected 50.8% · 72 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -1.1

Caitlyn47.5% · expected 46.4% · 99 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +2.4

Supportgap to expected

Braum59.7% · expected 50.9% · 62 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -3.1

Lulu51.6% · expected 50.8% · 122 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -1.5

Nami54.3% · expected 50.6% · 46 g+3.7 ptSoloQ 0.0

Leona54.3% · expected 54.0% · 35 g+0.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

With

Topgap to expected

Olaf60.9% · expected 57.2% · 46 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +3.1

Zaahen52.9% · expected 52.4% · 34 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.6

Junglegap to expected

Nocturne59.5% · expected 46.0% · 37 g+13.5 ptSoloQ -4.5

Xin Zhao54.5% · expected 48.6% · 88 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -0.9

Jarvan IV50.5% · expected 48.4% · 95 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -1.0

Midgap to expected

Aurora54.8% · expected 45.0% · 31 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -2.6

Syndra53.5% · expected 50.6% · 86 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +0.7

Viktor51.2% · expected 49.5% · 84 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.9

Orianna52.2% · expected 50.2% · 67 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -1.3

Locke59.4% · expected 53.2% · 32 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -1.1

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn56.3% · expected 51.4% · 176 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +1.2

Jhin56.1% · expected 51.1% · 82 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.0

Sivir48.9% · expected 46.7% · 92 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.3

Jinx51.2% · expected 46.6% · 41 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

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