What Purpose Do Runes Serve?

Mr Vulcanator·Jan 8, 2016·4 votes·816 views

How do they enhance/improve the experience of LoL in a way that masteries don't?

18 Comments

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 8, 20162 votes

they dont. they literally improve it in the exact same way as masteries.

Mr VulcanatorJan 8, 20161 votes

But you have to use IP to buy them instead of champions.

ShaftyMegeeJan 8, 20162 votes

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But you have to use IP to buy them instead of champions.

Yea, you gotta wana work for something

Mr VulcanatorJan 8, 20161 votes

I want to work to unlock champions. Not better numbers.

MyzJan 9, 20161 votes

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But you have to use IP to buy them instead of champions.

You don't need 120 champions to be good at this game. You only need 2-3 for each roles AT MOST. Let's be honest MOST players below platinum can barely play correctly ONE champion, imagine if they had access to all champions from the get go.

QuephaJan 8, 20162 votes

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they dont.

This. They offer nothing to the game that masteries don't except for an unnecessary IP grind that does more damage to the playerbase by making the new player experience even worse.

Mr VulcanatorJan 8, 20161 votes

Glad someone understands.

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 8, 20161 votes

well honestly if you dont buy champions left and right you can afford a sweet full runepage or two on level 30 and be good. i like runes in general because it makes you feel like you can progress through the game for very long, always experimenting with new rune setups.

for example, i have rune setups that nobody else uses. this gives me opportunity to inch out little advantages about people who are too lazy or dumb to figure out the perfect rune setup.

QuephaJan 8, 20161 votes

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well honestly if you dont buy champions left and right you can afford a sweet full runepage or two on level 30 and be good. i like runes in general because it makes you feel like you can progress through the game for very long, always experimenting with new rune setups.

for example, i have rune setups that nobody else uses. this gives me opportunity to inch out little advantages about people who are too lazy or dumb to figure out the perfect rune setup.

All that could be done through the masteries system without making an 'experiment' with an effectiveness that is incredibly hard to gauge cost a month's worth of IP

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 8, 20161 votes

well i dont know how it is for people who play 3 games a month but i basically have infinite IP

QuephaJan 8, 20161 votes

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well i dont know how it is for people who play 3 games a month but i basically have infinite IP

If you really have infinite IP, then what's the point of having a cost to begin with?

AyRe CoNteMpTJan 9, 20161 votes

well its so that you can progress in the game and feel like there is stuff to unlock except champions which literally do nothing. runes give you power and unlocking power feels cool for kids.

BlunterMonkJan 8, 20161 votes

Runes are literally flat stats. They only exist to customize your build.

Think of them as attribute points in any RPG, they aren't really necessary, but they are nice to have.

3ofGot40veJan 8, 20161 votes

Is this a joke?

XenomancersJan 8, 20161 votes

Gold Grab. Otherwise known as GG.

Mr VulcanatorJan 8, 20161 votes

Elaborate.

Lordk0zJan 8, 20161 votes

To add grind.

Meep ManJan 8, 20161 votes

They allow you to further customize your character stats wise. However, I'm not sure about it's relationship with new players since it can make the game hard to get into.