One year later - time to admit that kleptomancy was a bad idea...

Another poster back in August posted this: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/gU08U2pG-can-we-finally-remove-kleptomancy .

We are now knee deep into season 9 now and this one rune has been responsible for the re-appearance of "Bankplank" and overplaying of Ezreal, the use of funnelling in LCS, bizarre boosting strategies, the ruining of support items, the removal of multiple tear items from champion builds, and now the bizarre appearance of Sona-Taric in botlane.

Could Riot's balance department maybe take a clue from all this nonsense from Seasons 8 and 9 and maybe delete/replace this rune?

EDIT: On reflection, a lot of the Inspiration tree seems to have been a bust for balancing. Glacial Augment is barely used - except maybe by Youtube content makers who want to speak of "Permaslow". Spellbook had to be nerfed because it was the source of abuse by pros - and is now under-used. Maybe the whole Inspiration tree could be replaced with something for the champs that are more utility-based (e.g., tanks and supports).