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So...Can we talk about The Ultimate Hat?

Drynin·11/21/2017, 5:50:52 PM·3 votes·3,204 views

So, when pre-season started, I thought this would be a really interesting rune to run, but currently it's being hampered by being in the slot with Manaflow Band and Nullifying Orb which already outshine it as far as necessity goes, so what was already going to be a niche pick is made even MORE niche by forcing the choice to forgo some important options.

Well, none of that is really a problem, but what I do think is a problem is people taking it into game, playing with it, and I'm guessing feeling underwhelmed by it, and this is partly because I don't think people realize the added CDR on your ultimate is Multiplicative and not Additive.

I'm assuming this is intentional, but people are taking this ability thinking it's going to be an additional 15% CDR on their ultimate, but then if we do the math at say max standard CDR-

60% CD * 85% CD = 51% CD (9% Additional CDR on Ultimate)

Or with the Cosmic Insight Rune as well-

55% CD * 85% CD = ~47% CD (8% Additional CDR on Ultimate)

...Oh, so maxed out, over a third of what I was expecting isn't there and adds less Cooldown to one ability than Transendence adds all together + other utlity. And unless you're playing someone like Kassadin Leblanc Karma or other short CD ultimate spammers, you are likely to get Transendence at level 10 before you would max out the 15% effect. So.....Is this really worth it, or can it be? You definitely don't want people running around spamming ultimates on a 70% CD (Double team-fight Lux Laser? WTF!?) So how does this become NOT an incredibly bland rune?

9 Comments

Taeseuk11/21/2017, 6:13:18 PM1 votes

Given that you can get karama down to a less than 10 sec ult time with it {in aram specifically haven't tried it in sr} I would say yes if you're going to building then right, playing a karma that has an ult with a timer of a regular ability is deadly even if you have to give up some other choices.

Dreadlocks11/21/2017, 8:13:11 PM1 votes

I think the rune is fine, I like it on Rengar, it's prob one if my fav runes to take alongside transcendence.

If u dont like it, dont take it. But I think its worth the slot in a lot of cases.

Rebonack11/21/2017, 8:27:20 PM1 votes

Making it additive rather than multiplicative CDR would make it quite a bit more attractive compared to its pretty amazing competition. It's supposed to be a late game investment option, but right now the option really doesn't pay off.

Generally speaking, we should be using runes like the Hunter and Legend set to compare gold value for stacking runes like this. Late game runes typically net you about 400 gold (give or take) worth of value. Ult Hat basically gives you 10% CDR but ONLY for ONE ability. Transcendence out-strips that all on its own since it opens up build paths that would be hugely cost-inefficient otherwise.