Karma·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Karma Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Malignance as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Horizon Focus. For your last 3 items, you should build Cosmic Drive, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 45.0% winrate over 280 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Karma Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Font of Life with Revitalize in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Malignance, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Horizon Focus as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Cosmic Drive, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 200 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Archangel's Staff as a third item. You want to finish the build with Horizon Focus, Cosmic Drive and Liandry's Torment. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.5% win rate across 196 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Karma Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating and Revitalize as your primary rune tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Archangel's Staff as third item. The last 3 options are Cosmic Drive, Liandry's Torment and Spirit Visage. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.5% win rate over 105 matches played.

Situational Karma Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Karma build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.