Y'know, beefy Junglers like Olaf or Zac, not wimps like Nid or Eve.
The way I see it, Scaling Armour would help you out if you are buying stuff like Black Cleaver/Spirit Visage/Titanic Hydra since they give Health but no Armour. But you will eventually buy some Armour items such as Deadman's Plate and what not, which sorta diminish the value of Scaling Armour runes...
What is the best choice in the end?
Weathered1 votesGenerally you just take flat armor, but if you had to take scaling, armor may work well with SotA, however that Keystone is getting removed.
The Deckowner1 votesflat armor is simply better since it gives you healthier clear.
Oglaf1 votes[{quoted}](name=The Deckowner,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=6dsr5Xzq,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2016-11-06T14:46:17.903+0000)
flat armor is simply better since it gives you healthier clear.
Even on Champs like Zac/Olaf who already have pretty healthy clears? Is it worth giving up the end game benefits of scaling runes?
SirLapse1 votesEven on Champs like Zac/Olaf who already have pretty healthy clears? Is it worth giving up the end game benefits of scaling runes?
Scaling health is used primarily by mid laners to maintain advantage against other mages, as they do not need armor. Scaling armor has no meaning because runes are made for the early game, unfortunately many late game runes are a trap with the exception of scaling MR glyphs.
Even if you take into account scaling armor for "healthy clears," you won't get the same base amount of armor to fight champions with until lv6. You probably won't be high enough HP to be doing reliable ganks on Olaf since the Olaf I know of right now is super mana hungry and does not cleanly finish a full jungle clear with high MP.
The Deckowner1 votesTo clear the jungle AND gank you need to be VERY healthy after the clear, scaling armor/hp doesn't do that for u.
GamerThink1 votes