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Pros:
1.)Utility: Karma excels at providing utility to her team. She has shields, heals, crowd control, and movement speed buffs, making her a valuable asset in team fights and skirmishes.

2.)Poke and Wave Clear: Karma's Q ability, Inner Flame, provides long-range poke and wave clear, allowing her to exert pressure in lane and control the pace of the game.

3.)Early Lane Dominance: Karma has a strong laning phase, especially in the early game. Her poke, shield, and crowd control abilities can make it difficult for opponents to trade effectively, giving her lane control and potential for early advantages.

Cons:
1.)Limited Hard Crowd Control: While Karma does have crowd control in the form of her W and E abilities, they are relatively short in duration and require careful positioning and timing. She lacks a reliable hard crowd control ability like a stun or knock-up.
2.)Reliant on Mantra: Karma's effectiveness is often tied to her ability to use Mantra. Without properly timing and utilizing her ultimate, her utility and impact can be reduced.
3.)Scaling: While Karma has a strong early and mid game, her scaling into the late game can be somewhat weaker compared to other champions. She relies more on utility and supporting her team rather than dealing massive damage.

Passive - Gathering Fire Karma's abilities build stacks of Gathering Fire, empowering her next basic attack to deal bonus damage. The bonus damage increases with each stack of Gathering Fire, rewarding Karma for using her abilities.

Q - Inner Flame Karma sends forth a burst of spiritual energy in a target direction, dealing damage to enemies and slowing them. Mantra enhances Inner Flame, causing it to explode upon hitting an enemy or reaching maximum range, dealing additional damage and applying a stronger slow to all enemies in the area.

W - Inspire Karma shields herself or an ally, granting them a shield that absorbs incoming damage. After a short delay, the shield explodes, dealing damage to nearby enemies and applying a movement speed buff to the shielded target and nearby allies. Mantra enhances Inspire, increasing the shield strength and movement speed bonus, as well as triggering the explosion immediately.

E - Focused Resolve Karma links herself to a target enemy champion or ally, dealing damage to enemies and healing allies over time. If the link is not broken, the enemy champion is rooted, while the ally receives increased healing. Mantra enhances Focused Resolve, extending the root duration and significantly increasing the healing amount.

R - Mantra Karma empowers her next ability, adding a secondary effect to it. Each of her basic abilities can be enhanced by Mantra, providing additional utility, damage, or healing. Properly timing and choosing which ability to enhance with Mantra is crucial to maximizing Karma's impact in team fights and skirmishes.

Karma's abilities grant her versatility and utility on the battlefield. Her passive and enhanced basic attacks add extra damage to her combos. Inner Flame provides poke and crowd control, while Inspire shields and provides movement speed boosts. Focused Resolve heals allies, damages enemies, and can root opponents. Finally, Karma's ultimate, Mantra, empowers her abilities to provide even more utility and impact.

By strategically using her abilities and timing Mantra activations, Karma can shield and heal her allies, damage and control her enemies, and provide a powerful presence in team fights. Proper positioning and decision-making are key to maximizing Karma's potential and supporting her team effectively.

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