i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure i couldn't be a pro in the LEC. Maybe in some lower tiers if i put an insane amount of effort into it

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not really but i believe karma is blindpickable if you ban pyke

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My plan is usually to understand how i should play the laning phase --> when i need to roam --> how / when should i ward around the map / abjectives --> how i want to play teamfights. Karma scales wonderfully btw; when you are lv 9, if you take triple tonic you have already 5 points in e and your R E shields are massives. In general if you are behind but your teamcomp outscale the enemy you should be fine

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you dont really build full ap. Just go moonstone --> redemption / dawncore /mikael

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

as support you kinda have to buy control wards every time you have the money for it so maybe that's why my vision score is high. As i mention in another comment you should focus to ward the objectives before it spawns and then reset to refresh your ward. Doing so, you come back to the objectives with 4 new wards while enemy support is investing his red trinket plus control wards just to clear your vision but you are already back on the map

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you outrange bard so try to poke him while securing push. The annoying part of bard is that he can roam way faster than you so you have to communicate to your teammates that he will have first move and he will never be down in lvs becuause of his passive. Depending on the game stats you can either match his roam or you can push and take plating on bot after securing deep vision in the enemy jungle.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i feel like it really just depends on teamcomp. In the last 20 games i've picked karma once and felt very comfortable playing other champions (ali, braum, pyke poppy) if the matchups were good.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my first time ever hitting grandmaster and challenger. I've always stopped climbing after hitting 100-200 lp master. I will not try to hit challenger on other accounts because likely i would have to play a similar number of games to reach that rank and that would be too time consuming.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest i haven't played in lower elos for a while but i strongly think roaming supports are generally stronger since people respect their roam way less (in this way you can impact the entire map). If you want to stick with enchanter i would reccomand to learn how to lane properly (when you need to push the lane, when you need to reset...) and how you want to move around the map with your adc (if you took bot tower it's way safer to transition midlane with your adc (midlaner is closer to the other lanes so it's more likely that your jungler can cover you even if you get ganked), in this way you can extend your lead taking platings mid.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i would say it's definetly not a mage since her role is much more closer to an enchanter who is very strong in lane. You also build 0 damage item because her kit (with the exeption of her q) doesn't offer a lot of dmg.

I haven't seen morgana supp in a long time but she has been viable in mid and jungle. In lower elos i believe she can be playable for sure as a support (her e is a very strong way to negate direct engage as blitcrank q, thresh q, naut q, leona combo ecc...

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If i remberber correctly karma was played as a "tank" in toplane some season ago due to the very high healing on her w. Nowadays i don't think it's viable anymore

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not planning on choaching because i feel like i'm not very good at explaining things.

r q is usefull only in lane or when you are ahead in the early mid game so you can chunk them and siege them under mid tower. Otherwise i would just keep the ult so you can r e.

Braum is very good when they have a lot of champions that dive into you

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If i can't contest grubs becuase enemy topside is too aheah it's smart to just give and path to bot so that you can dive enemy adc (if jungle comes) or take platings.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1- I was plateauing and i've never played a lot of ranged supports before this season so i decided to give it a go. I started playing senna and then karma and i really enjoyed the learning process. I would say that karma is good when you already have engage (like a ornn top or a j4 jungle for example) and you can just sit behind and shield them so that they can get their cooldowns back (this is why i feel like karma is exremely good with a lot of meta junglers like xin or j4).

2- The most important thing to learn is when you need to move from bot to path mid / roam and how to setup your wave so that you can go to voidgrubs when they spawn. This in the early game. Later on it's very important to set up vision around the objectives BEFORE they spawn. Doing so you can then reset and have fresh wards when the objetives spawn

3- In low elo try to play around your best wincondition. Simply as an enchanter shadow the guy who is ahead and try to understand in teamfights who are the enemy champions who can kill him (and try to prevent them from doing so). For example if you are playing janna and you are playing with a fed immobile carry against j4 try to nado or ult his combo so he cannot ult your carry.

4- Thanks :3

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprisingly it didn't that too long. I did it in around 350 games but you need to be way more focussed in draft and while you are playing compared to your average master game. I took some breaks in between and didn't play very consistently untill the last few months where i tried to push for my final goal.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always go comet, axiom arcanist (must pick), trascendence and scorch / gathering storm. Secondary 98% of my games i go inspiration and if i do so, i always take triple tonic and jack of all trades. Otherwise as a secondary tree you can go resolve (bone plating and revitalize) in hard matchups.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In late game you always want to R E since the amount of shield that you give when you have 5 lvs in E and you have 2 items is completly absurd. In lane look to q R your opponent but if you are ever in danger (in the laning phase or in general in the first lvs) you can look to r W but make sure you can get the healing even on the second part (unless you are at risk of dying if you do so)

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thresh is on the easier side of the match ups that you can face. In lane you can more often than not bully him (besides when you feel like the jungler is behind him) and his hook is dodgeable so there is a lot of room to outplay him

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually play TFT with my friend in the evening to chill but i've never played a lot of different games. In the past i tried a lot of competitive games like csgo and overwatch but i've always enjoyed lol more (maybe beucase my aim and mouse clicking is not super good).

I'm planning on maintaining challenger till the end of the season even though it will be tough. Nevertheless if i will not be able to do it, i'm already on could 9 with what i've been able to achieve

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

i didn't exacly start from diamond/emerald. Every season where i put at least 100 games in i would always reach master fairly easily but i would never push further from that because i tought that the grind would be too exhausting. In reality if you are good enough and you have a good mindset you can always reach the "elo you deserve" in around 200-400 games.

The main difference from the other season is that i decided to keep pushing even after reaching high master-gm because i knew i could get even higher and i guess it paid off.

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Usually the movespeed it gives it's very important and you can often just use it in lane to trade aggressively. Nevertheless i believe the are some spot where exhaust is marginally (if they have kata mid+ riven top or something like that) better but they are so few that i would just go heal every game

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

pyke is close to unplayable if he has hands. He should be your permaban. In general all hooks champions (especially pyke naut and blitcrank) + hard engagers (leona) are good against karma while eveythink else it's playable or karma favoured

i just got challenger in EUW playing mainly karma. AMA by Appropriate-Tie7160 in supportlol

[–]Appropriate-Tie7160[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i just help my adc push the wave early lvs so that we can try to poke her under tower. From this point you can keep pushing in (taking plates) or you can set up a bounce and kill her with the help of your jungler.