Maybe Kleptomancy could use a change in how it's RNG works

AstroFerrari ·Jan 17, 2018·14 votes·1,205 views

In the earlier stages of the game, like the first 0-10 minutes, Kleptomancy can only give HP pots, MP pots, and specialized wards that only last for a smaller amount of time than your standard warding totem.

As the games progresses in the 10-20 minute stage, the gold bags and damage potions can be introduced. Green vision wards will also become available in this time span.

Maybe this rune should also reward the farming play style while also encouraging you to poke your opponent to get the most value out of it. For example, the higher CS per minute you maintain, the better the RNG is for high income gold bags.

Just brainstorming.

13 Comments

Bronze 6 YasuoJan 17, 201810 votes

Riot: but then ezreal won't be op anymore and ezreal is an adc.

TokogawarufJan 17, 20185 votes

Personally i hate that this Rune is even based on RNG.

Thats why Gangplank and Ezreal are broken with it, since every Poke has a Chance to steal something, whilst every Melee Champs can only take this Rune effectivly if they want to waste their Main Rune space.

I would prefer it to have some sort of CD build in, but has a guarranteed Steal.

I would love to be able to use this Rune on Supports like Zilean , but in its current State I feel like i would waste my Main Rune, as stated above.

SpaghettiVaseJan 17, 20182 votes

Zilean would be such a good support for Klepto as he is one of the few supports who builds AP and is still a viable support to his team

PaffWasTakenJan 17, 20184 votes

How about just removing Klepto and replacing it with something balanceable

SaturnSC1Jan 17, 20182 votes

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How about just removing Klepto and replacing it with something balanceable

Klepto isn't balancable and i beleive it should be replaced entirely indeed.

Sexy Jack RabbitJan 17, 20182 votes

Frankly it just needs to be deleted. It's such a meta warping keystone.

Pika FoxJan 17, 20183 votes

Thats.... literally the point of keystones?

Sexy Jack RabbitJan 18, 20181 votes

Keystones exist to change the meta up sure. As do most things in league.

But this Keystone has pretty much been nothing but problematic since release. It's pretty much the sole reason why certain champions are even viable right now.

Keystones are important but they shouldn't be the sole reason for a champions viability.

Pika FoxJan 18, 20181 votes

Everything about the game changed in one patch, of course things are going to be very wacky right now. Part of why things seem so weird is because the game is more like seasons 1 and 2, where no one knows the most optimal strats.

Its like thunderlords on release. Thunderlords wasnt OP, yet everyone ran it. Because, until pro play solved what the best picks were, everyone else just went with what they deemed the best (aka what gives biggest numbers)

Atm, the other 2 keystones in inspiration need buffs/to feel better to use. That is a big reason klepto feels so strong atm.

Add that to no one really having much of an idea what the real best strats are, and might not for months, and people are going to ride the fotm train all day.

KamunagiJan 17, 20181 votes

Recently I went into a ranked game and while we are all loading League Of Legends decided to kick me out to restart because of the Season 8 patch. I am really disappointed because of how the system works 20mins is to long. Just lower it down to 10 mins. Please Riot

ﬂooJan 17, 20181 votes

Why doesnt it just have a cd like every damn other keystone rune?

wildfox99Jan 17, 20181 votes

from a post i made a while ago :

as long as it works like a ofc it will be so strong on sheen users while being weak for others if it can't be buffed because some champions would abuse it,just make (almost) every champion able to abuse it so you can balance it:

hitting a champion with an ability or AA grant you bonus gold and a chance to getting a consumable 5 sec CD

5 sec CD means low CD skills (such ezreal's Q) will proc it once,but with a CD enought low to allow ability with mid/long CD to always proc it (so you wont notice the difference)

plus these 5 sec would make it balanced in many ranged vs melee matchups,if you trade you will both use it once (if a trade lasts more than 5 sec you are fighting untill someone dies) for example phanteon's Q or a ranged AA would activate klepto in the same way,and after 5 sec phant Q will be up again so the ranged wont proc klepto more often than him

but i think this rune should be removed and replaced with something totally different

Pika FoxJan 17, 20181 votes

I feel the best change would simply be keeping everything the same except the gold sacks, and giving them based on how often you proc klepto. This means if you proc it less, you get more gold sacks to keep up the gold gen, and if you proc it more, you dont get as many.

I dont feel this keystone is too strong so much as not enough champs can use it, and other keystones arent strong enough (glacial, spellbook)