Champion sheet · Support

Karma

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

22.6%#20 of 173 champions

Pick: 14.3%picked in 408 of 2,851 games
Ban: 8.3%172 bans over 2,078 games, against 2.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Support43.3% between 39.2% and 47.4% over 395 gamesSoloQ 48.6%: clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 28.1 min

Amateur: 2,886 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 241,611 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 tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itSummon Aery, then Malignance, Stormsurge, and Shadowflame: 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
43.3%
SoloQ
48.6%
43.3% win rate in amateur play over 395 games, against 48.6% in soloQ over 17,317 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
7.1%
SoloQ
3.4%
7.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
8.1%
SoloQ
2.2%
8.1% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 2.2% in soloQ over 108,274 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
28.1 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 28.1 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Summon Aery, then Malignance, Stormsurge, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesSummon Aery66% · 11,369

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal84% · 14,452

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 62% · 53 games

Core (3 legendaries)9% · 6

9%of soloQ games

Malignance
Stormsurge
Shadowflame

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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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

Ornn42.4% · expected 41.8% · 33 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +0.4

Junglegap to expected

Wukong51.9% · expected 43.2% · 52 g+8.7 ptSoloQ +0.8

Vi53.3% · expected 43.0% · 30 g+10.4 ptSoloQ +0.7

Midgap to expected

Ahri44.1% · expected 41.7% · 34 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -1.6

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn51.1% · expected 43.7% · 47 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ashe43.6% · expected 38.7% · 39 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +2.3

Supportgap to expected

Lulu50.9% · expected 45.7% · 57 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -1.7

Seraphine40.0% · expected 37.7% · 40 g+2.3 ptSoloQ +4.9

With

Topgap to expected

K'Sante48.4% · expected 39.9% · 31 g+8.5 ptSoloQ +1.1

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao48.6% · expected 41.6% · 37 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -1.7

Midgap to expected

Viktor50.0% · expected 45.0% · 36 g+5.0 ptSoloQ 0.0

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn55.8% · expected 42.9% · 52 g+12.8 ptSoloQ +2.3

Jhin54.8% · expected 47.7% · 31 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +1.1

Matchups and allies

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