Delete Scorch, it's just stupid...

Vanëssa·12/21/2017, 6:25:22 PM·1 votes·1,565 views

Ok, so the rune "Scorch" from the power section from sorcery is just so bad. "Gathering storm" rune is in the same section as Scorch, So why would I pick Scorch instead of Gathering storm? Scorch would seem a perfect pick for Karthus, but at lvl 18 it gives only a bonus consisting of a bad 60 magic damage, while at lvl 18 "Gathering storm" gives me 84 ap, surpassing Scorch regarding damage. Needless to say that Scorch has a cooldown of 20 seconds and Gathering Storm would give me the bonus damage to all my abilities... Tell me if I'm wrong, I really dont get it...

9 Comments

Ralanr12/21/2017, 6:29:47 PM5 votes

Skorch is for early game poke.

MetaVolca12/21/2017, 6:43:27 PM2 votes

Gathering Storm is pretty useless though, it scales off of game time not level. And most games never go past 30 minutes now.

Martyrofsand12/21/2017, 6:38:26 PM1 votes

You misunderstand Gathering storm, it doesn't care about your level it cares about how much time has passed in the game. Scorch on the other increases it's damage with your level up to a total of 60 damage. The math, for most champions, works out so that gathering storm becomes stronger than scorch after 30 minutes but before that scorch is stronger.

Considering most games tend to end in ~20-25 minutes right now that makes scorch is simply better in the vast majority of your games.

MrHaZeYo12/21/2017, 6:39:41 PM1 votes

Scorch is for early game, Gathering Storm is for late game.

FooDang12/21/2017, 6:36:39 PM1 votes

Early game vs lategame. The first 10 minutes Gathering Storm does nothing for you. After 10 minutes before 20 minutes Gathering storm gives you a whopping 8 AP to work with.

Not saying Scorch is amazing, but it does something that gives you an edge early game compared to taking Gathering Storm.

kaironen12/21/2017, 6:50:07 PM1 votes

Scorch, is just, not interesting. Waterwalking is a rune that makes you play around the river. It's well designed and interesting. Gathering storm is a dumb design but it's at least interesting. Scorch, great for laning phase. It literally just does damage, mainly for the laning phase and that's just not interesting. But, because it gives raw stats, people take it (even if they want another rune). Gathering storm and scorch are probably both equally not great designs but at least gathering storm makes you play a little around the rune and it feels interesting since it changes how you want to play.

Scorch right now, I believe is still op because it impact lane phase compared to the other 2. Gathering storm takes too long to get strong and since most people generally want to win and carry their team from lane phase, scorch is the rune that they take (scorch is only good mid, top, and support. Only a few adcs like mf can use this rune I think).

Who is Taliyah12/21/2017, 6:55:28 PM1 votes

Scorch is for early game power spike. Gathering storm is for late game.

Zed genius12/21/2017, 7:27:21 PM1 votes

I almost always take scorch when I have selected sorcery it just feels so smooth and that little bit of extra damage helps