what if we could change runes in game?

Th3 Rift Hero·Jan 7, 2019·1 votes·1,172 views

I think this would be great for when you forget to switch runes or if for example you thought you would face an ap mid but its an ad one instead and you have useless mr runes.

Let's say someone is playing yasuo vs diana. At game start he go conqueror, triumph, alacrity, coup de grace, absolute focus and gathering storm with as ad and mr.

He fall behind, so, he switch from conqueror to fleet footwork, alacrity to bloodline and absolute focus to nullyfing orb while switching his as for ad and his ad for mr, wouldnt it be great?

7 Comments

Rathar DashingJan 7, 20192 votes

That would be busted for a lot of reasons. For one, everyone would start scorch, then once 10-20 minutes have passed they would switch to gathering storm. Similarly, champions could take klepto to get gold much faster than everyone else, then swap to unsealed or glacial to maintain his dominance. You could get free boots, then switch to hexflash/stopwatch, you could get 6 instant minions or 4 free biscuits that permanently increase your power, then quickly go into debt to finish your first big item before anyone else, before swapping back to another rune. You could take fleet footwork to survive lane, then get PTA or lethal tempo to start wreaking havoc. After gaining 200 gold from triumph you could swap to PoM to start ulting much more often, and get back more mana, or you could get overheal to always have a little extra HP at the start of a fight. You could swap to cut down from another rune if the enemies start building health. You could swap to demolish once your team starts knocking on towers, or even worse your entire team could swap to demolish to take out towers in one big proc. You could swap from grasp (after getting bonus health from it) or aftershock to guardian to keep one of your allies who is doing well alive, or you could swap from comet to aery to do the same thing. It would be a balance nightmare.

Th3 Rift HeroJan 7, 20191 votes

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That would be busted for a lot of reasons. For one, everyone would start scorch, then once 10-20 minutes have passed they would switch to gathering storm. Similarly, champions could take klepto to get gold much faster than everyone else, then swap to unsealed or glacial to maintain his dominance. You could get free boots, then switch to hexflash/stopwatch, you could get 6 instant minions or 4 free biscuits that permanently increase your power, then quickly go into debt to finish your first big item before anyone else, before swapping back to another rune. You could take fleet footwork to survive lane, then get PTA or lethal tempo to start wreaking havoc. After gaining 200 gold from triumph you could swap to PoM to start ulting much more often, and get back more mana, or you could get overheal to always have a little extra HP at the start of a fight. You could swap to cut down from another rune if the enemies start building health. You could swap to demolish once your team starts knocking on towers, or even worse your entire team could swap to demolish to take out towers in one big proc. You could swap from grasp (after getting bonus health from it) or aftershock to guardian to keep one of your allies who is doing well alive, or you could swap from comet to aery to do the same thing. It would be a balance nightmare.

this would require strategic planning though. But we could also allow runes changes only at base to make it so runes arent changed too frequently

Slam DùnkJan 7, 20191 votes

do you live up to your name in game tho?

Th3 Rift HeroJan 7, 20191 votes

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do you live up to your name in game tho?

not rly these days lol

Slam DùnkJan 9, 20191 votes

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not rly these days lol

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Warlord RhinarkJan 7, 20191 votes

Runes are already a mess.

This would just make the mess an even bigger mess.

Th3 Rift HeroJan 7, 20191 votes

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Runes are already a mess.

This would just make the mess an even bigger mess.

no runes would also do the work