Why is phase run even in the sorcery tree? This rune has no real direction as to who its for....

xxxMadLionxxx··18 votes·1,290 views

Mages never liked the original storm raiders to begin with. If I recall, storm raiders was meant to give assassins a chance to escape after going all in. Yet the keystone is in sorcery, not domination.

The most practical use in the past of this keystone was for bruisers like Darius to stick to targets without getting slowed.
The only mages who like storm raiders were Cass and ryze, but even they won't use the new phase rune because it is harder to proc and they get better use from comet or aery.

So my question is, who is phase run for and why is it in sorcery path?

26 Comments

Chromatic Eagle11 votes

Sorcery isn't exclusively for mages. Riot wanted to emphasize that.

L Psy Kongroo4 votes

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Sorcery isn't exclusively for mages. Riot wanted to emphasize that.

If Sorcery isn't exclusively for mages, why is Domination exclusive to assassins? Practically every single burst mage used Thunderlords before they revamped runes, but now if you want the Thunderlords equivalent as a mage you have to spec into Domination, a tree that gives almost nothing else of value to AP champions.

Chromatic Eagle3 votes

I'm just the messenger, not the defender.

Terozu1 votes

It gives sustain and healing.

And phase runner works well on champs lile Annie, or Ekko, or Gnar.

L Psy Kongroo2 votes

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It gives sustain and healing.

And phase runner works well on champs lile Annie, or Ekko, or Gnar.

Sustain and healing are the same thing.

AlienPrimate3 votes

item 3070 = sustain

Terozu1 votes

Similar, but there's distinction, armor is also sustain since it reduces damage taken.

Coguetsu3 votes

As an AurelionSol player i can tell you I liked the old stormraiders and that I use the new phase rush but I will admit that sometimes I don’t feel like I’m using it sometimes.

RenownedWheat421 votes

Try Glacial Augment instead maybe? I prefer that over Phase Rush for sure.

Tokogawaruf2 votes

Singed

Jokes aside, i agree with you, it has no meaning to be where it is, nor what it is.

PaffWasTaken2 votes

To be honest, the sorcery tree's keystones were just bad jokes for mages who are supposed to use them

oblivioncrusade1 votes

Ryze and AurelionSol used it. thats about it maybe vlad. stormraiders wise. but with comet being around ryze doesnt have a reason to use phase. since he has a way of making comet always land

Kàyle1 votes

Kayle Liked it before the change too. There isn't an attack speed tree with it though.

KennysDreamGirl1 votes

Taliyah used it too

Sun Wu Ryuumoku1 votes

i would like it better in domination (yeah, i know. its not an offensive keystone... but who care ? ). The tree hit pattern's same as Electrocute.

TheMoralSupport1 votes

Might as well say that item 3030 is a dead item- AurelionSol

ChaddyFantome1 votes

Sorcery is the caster Tree. it is meant for variety of Casters. Sorcery isn't exclusively a "mage" tree.

RenownedWheat421 votes

Just look at the rest of the tree and you see it's not just a mage-specific tree. Nullifying orb is great almost universally, as are MANY of the things in the Sorcery tree.

Lucian Waifu1 votes

Diana likes it, but that's the only champ I can think of that should use the sorcery runes that would also likes phase run.

Master Noct1 votes

I take it on botside on-hit attack speed Veigar. It's pretty stupid having people flash away from me to just catch up to them and nail them again.

paisy1 votes

Just wanted to state that many mages used stormraiders, Cassiopeia Taliyah Ryze AurelionSol

FCJAAAAGOOOO1 votes

I one-trick Arcane Comet Renekton; I'm currently in Gold.

I could imagine Phase Rush working on him or other toplaners. It lets people escape ganks for free and has good synergy with Celerity.

Cunky1 votes

The only mages who like storm raiders were Cass and ryze

Stormraiders Kennen was the shit when I discovered it was a thing.

Colton1471 votes

Cassiopeia Ryze Vladimir AurelionSol Taliyah Nasus Darius

shicky971 votes

TahmKench is the only phase rush user I know of that would prefer it over old stormraider's. You hit them 3 times, get the phase rush proc, then eat them and run them back into your team or to your tower. It's a bit of a gimmick but I find it fun.

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