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Why does every bad rune get tweaked/buffed/changed except Phase Rush?

waiting for WoW·4/11/2018, 8:07:09 PM·8 votes·4,035 views

I keep seeing the same excuses for leaving this rune so badly undertuned, Riot keeps saying other rune work has been more important... why won't Riot just come out and admit they want to leave this rune intentionally undertuned and underpicked on purpose?

Seeing random buffs to Precision runes every patch is the most frustrating thing to see when you realize that PHASE RUSH is still the most unsatisfying rune in the entire game, and the only champions that use it have no better alternative(Cassiopeia, Asol). I still see a decent amount of Dark Harvest, Predator, and Lethal Tempo but I virtually never see phase rush unless there's a Cassiopeia or Asol and they're both unpopular champions to begin with. Add this to the fact that Phase Rush is exclusively balanced around the existence of Celerity making it feel even worse if you go for Transcendence or Absolute Focus.

Either create better alternatives like making Comet decent for more mages when it's currently completely busted and OP on champions that can abuse it but completely worthless on champions that can't utilize it well, or straight up fix Phase Rush.

9 Comments

DaCurtis4/11/2018, 8:46:54 PM1 votes

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Hi!

remakoro4/11/2018, 9:04:02 PM1 votes

Whats wrong about having runes fitting their own purposes? Its a rune with rly strong effect so i personally would be happy if less people were able to utilize it. Its not like we dont have enough racing cars in league.

5050BS4/11/2018, 10:41:44 PM1 votes

IKR

Shablagoo4/12/2018, 3:13:32 AM1 votes

I miss SS so much man it was the shit, I'd use it on rengar and darius and cass when I played her but now idk what about it makes it so bad but it is. Its the 3 hits, I think the 30% was fine as you have to be going all out.

Bern4/12/2018, 3:32:54 AM1 votes

It's designed in a way where there aren't many good levers to pull to change it. They consciously decided to make it harder to proc than Stormraider's, and then chose a very prohibitive mechanic for proccing it that can't be tweaked without opening the floodgates on its potential users.

It'd basically just need to be redesigned, and I don't think they're willing to spend the time on it when 1) it's fine on the champions that use it and 2) most other potential users can scrape by with aery, comet, or electrocute.

IdveYsUfSK4/12/2018, 3:37:01 AM1 votes

riot doesn't want their players to be traumatized by skillful maneuvers + spellcasts. they want players to play popular champs that can brainlessly do instant dashes/blinks for oneshots = more money.

Snowman Arc4/12/2018, 7:56:21 AM1 votes

Well, it's a very weird rune. Not a lot of champs want that MS bonus so badly to the point that they sacrifice everything else that's being offered in the keystone section, which is why it's rarely picked. Only a select few champions actually like this and that's because they synergize well with it (easy to proc, and need the follow up).

I don't think it's undertuned, for the purposes it's picked, I think it's fine. I assume you want an easier way to proc this, but I'm not sure if that would be good for the game. Remember how every mid laner was getting Stormraiders during Worlds last year, based on how easy it was to proc. You definitely want to be careful with such runes, because the reward is very huge.

Sun Wu Ryuumoku4/12/2018, 11:55:34 AM1 votes

Either create better alternatives like making Comet decent for more mages when it's currently completely busted and OP on champions that can abuse it but completely worthless on champions that can't utilize it well, or straight up fix Phase Rush.

why not both ?[sg-lux-2]