The new mage runes hit like a wet noodle.

Unlike thunderlords decree, the new runes have low base damage, but instead have a higher scaling. The problem with that is that mage itemization has just 1 ap item when it comes to scaling.

Guess what it is....

And as we all know, this item is built late and sometimes not even at all.

So yea, the new AP runes hit like a wet noodle because they simply do no damage until you get