Imperial Mandate Karma Build

Imperial Mandate Karma Build.

Imperial Mandate Karma build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Karma guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Karma build in League of Legends Patch 25.05!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Karma ability Inspire should be leveled first.
E
Karma ability Inner Flame should be leveled second.
Q
Karma ability Focused Resolve should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Morellonomicon should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Guardian from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Karma Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate.
  2. And also all about slows.
  3. You support through disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.

How to play

General

  1. You rush Imperial Mandate. That is only mandatory item for this build. Then you need to adapt to an enemy team.
  2. Your slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.
  3. Remember that you need to keep close to your allies to trigger Guardian.
  4. Since LoL Patch 14.1 Imperial Mandate is changed. Now you need your team to proc it to deal any damage. So you need to play a little bit differently. Do not spam mindlessly. Try coordinating it with your team - when they are about to poke or when they go in.
  5. Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer or Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  6. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Champion

  1. Depending on the enemy team, you can max Q first for more poke and damage.

Tips and Tricks

Riot

  1. Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
  2. When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
  3. Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.

Skill Order

  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Inner Flame
  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    W
    Focused Resolve
  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    E
    Inspire
  • Karma [object Object] ability.
    R
    Mantra

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Imperial Mandate item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Redemption item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Good tank items
Knight's Vow item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Force of Nature item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Frozen Heart item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Thornmail item.
Randuin's Omen item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Situational dmg items
Cosmic Drive item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Rod of Ages item.
Cryptbloom item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Knight's Vow item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Morellonomicon item.
Spirit Visage item.