Scorch vs Gathering storm
Ok I've been working on rune pages and I am trying to think of which is a better option for when, I know Gathering storm is for late game and Scorch is for early but I need general opinions on this branch.
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So my made a Google sheets that had all the stats laid out with some math, and it has some pretty clear conclusions, although gathering storm has a edge on scorch, scorch still has a pretty big stop where it can be utilized and create big effects. Link to doc below.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tr393w_qx8jOqnrhI3d-JP9q4rTVmsGpsq0xNqM8__4/edit?usp=sharing
Some of the things I noticed, is that Ad champions will almost always do better with gathering storm due to the fact that there aa's also use ad (with a 1 to 1 Ratio).
Aoe Champs and DPS will do better with gathering storm due to the higher ratios.
High Ratio Champions will do better with Gathering storm. 
Teams that want to brawl and drag fights out should have members take Gathering storm. 
Champion that have high attack speed, and or crit build should almost always take Gathering storm. 
If your are trying to go for that fat first blood, take scorch. 
If your a champion that has Low Ratios but shreds deffences and amps damage, take scorch. 
If your a support, (especially poke supports) take scorch. 
If you plan on sieging, poking, and disengaging, then it is a good idea for the poke to have scorch, 
Single target burst/poke/Lane Bully champions will Want to take scorch so they can get big leads early and have a fine control over who they proc it on.
And scorch should almost always be taken on tanks, because they have slow atk speed, and low ratios and when they go in its nice to kill that person durring the cc.
The biggest choice I think Jungles will make is weather they think they can go hard and abusive the erly power of Scorch, or have some more late game stats, and to have the awareness of who has it and who does not, if your 
witch scorch and the 
has Gathering Storm, then invade... allot.
In addition if your playing a champion that gets bullied allot or fighting a big bullies, consider taking scorch so that you can maybe win trades, (maybe, but you'll prob just feed) such as a lane like 
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For the most part it all comes down to, how you want to play and who your are playing with and versus, scorch is better for laning, trading, poking. Gathering storm is better for, Fighting, Objective taking, Securing the late game.
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Games dont last long enough to even worry about late game tbh I always go scorch
I think the only time you would take Gathering Storm is MAYBE on a support champ like or since their abilities scale with AP but they don't buy any AP items. But even then that's kind of argumentative.
agreeing with the rest of the posters, gathering storm requires at bare minimum a 45 minute game to have any more effect than the purchase of a longsword or amplifying tome, most games are barely lasting 30 minutes, so yeah scorch would be a much better option unless riot adjusts some numbers on gathering storm
i usually pick one scaling rune just for insurance.
most games dont last very long, but on the off chance that one goes to 40 minutes, gathering storm or overgrowth can be incredibly valuable.
and i actually prefer gathering storm on garen more. because lategame health can be meaningless if the enemy just builds % damage.
while 300 to 400 ad are barely possible to mitigate.