Has anyone noticed that Taste of Blood does not have a cooldown timer visually on your screen? You're kind of forced to self count off the rune to conserve skills.
As far as I know..... most runes have an indicator for the cooldown. Why doesn't this one?
Infernape9 votesBecause Riot's terribly inconsistent. They could give Manaflow Band one, but not the rest of the runes that don't already display their cooldown on your buff bar.
Oleandervine1 votesThis. Riot has a bad track record for not making things be consistent across the board. For instance, Zyra's plants will trigger and fetch you a Dark Harvest stack, yet Heimerdinger's turrets will not? It's difficult to learn the game and interactions when the rules change on every given scenario.
Errastas1 votesI’ve noticed that sometimes her plants won’t. I haven’t bothered to keep track of it every time, but a few times that I’ve attempted to get my stack with q/plant auto it hasn’t counted. Which then makes me reread DH info to make sure I’m not going crazy
Warlord Rhinark1 votesSame thing with it's previous version, Feast, back when masteries were a thing.
No cooldown indicator for that one either (even though Fearless had one).
I even made a post about it before Runes Reforged came out, but Riot probably didn't see it (or didn't care enough to implement it).
Rathar Dashing1 votesIt's probably because of its relative ease to proc, and you're not gaining much by waiting for the cooldown. With a rune like Manaflow Band, waiting an extra second or two to use your ability means you gaining a permanent +25 mana, and the faster you stack that the better. It also triggers only off of abilities, so if you use your one ability that can affect enemies right before it's up, you have to wait an extra several seconds before you can try to proc it again. Similarly, you need to know the cooldowns of Dark Harvest, Electrocute and Comet so you know how available your burst damage is. In the case of comet, its cooldown changes when you land other abilities, so it would be impossible to count down on your own. However with taste of blood, you can trigger it off of auto attacks, and its cooldown isn't unreasonable. If you use your combo right before the CD is up, you can always just throw an auto attack at the enemy champion to get your little heal. It's never a life or death situation, while with other runes who deal damage, it almost always can be. Other runes can become essential to a champion's abilities and playstyle, like Lethal Tempo, Phase Rush, Electrocute, Aftershock, etc., but knowing whether you're going to heal 20-80 health with this trade or not is not really essential information. Cluttering up the hotbar can be a real problem.
Bears Dont Care1 votesDoesn't manaflow band have a little indicator above your hp bar that shows it's on cd? I know taste of blood shows nothing but manaflow band does I'm sure.
