Runes are the last TRUE form of customization

ABlueQuaker·Jun 3, 2017·2 votes·267 views

As a Jungle main, right now you can offset a champion's bad early game with extra AD/AP + Armor so you can clear quicker/healthier. Conversely, you can sacrifice early clears for things like scaling stats or more movement speed.

If/when the Rune system gets reworked, Riot may as well bind Runes & Masteries to champions like a passive because there will be 'the best page' and 'trash' with nothing in between.

Every champion in the game will need to be re-balanced with the Rune Update (base AD, AS, Movement Speed), and Runes will be one more thing for Riot to target when nerfing them.

5 Comments

archerno1Jun 3, 20173 votes

You will still be able to customize, but runes will be free and there will be keystones.

hhaavviikkJun 3, 20172 votes

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You will still be able to customize, but runes will be free and there will be keystones.

but will I be able to have a 18% crit rune page?

archerno1Jun 3, 20171 votes

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but will I be able to have a 18% crit rune page?

Maybe

VisionovaJun 3, 20172 votes

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Every champion in the game will need to be re-balanced with the Rune Update (base AD, AS, Movement Speed)

This is why the update is in preseason, so this can all be squared away.

For reference, when they nerfed Armor seals originally, they gave every champion in the game +4 base Armor to compensate, so there's precedent to adjusting base stats based on runes.