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Can Sorcery's Next Keystone Be For DPS Mages?

CandiedYams·5/10/2018, 12:43:51 AM·6 votes·3,829 views

Precision has 4 keystones. Domination is getting a 4th keystone soon. Can Sorcery PLEEEEEAAAASE be next Riot? I think DPS champions specifically deserve a more appropriate keystone than the ones that they usually take (Summon Aery and Arcane Comet).

In my opinion Summon Aery is best for utility champions and Arcane Comet is best for champions with reliable and spammable CC; However, they seem to be the default keystones for other champions just because there aren't better options. For example, Summon Aery is used on Teemo (a DPS champion) simply for poke, even though he has no ability that allows him to use the keystone for shielding allies. Another example: Arcane Comet is used on Brand (a DPS champion), which can be dodged easily unless he uses his ultimate or lands his q combo. Even though it is not the worst keystone on him, his CC is not reliable or spammable enough for comet to have as high of a hit rate as other Arcane Comet users.

Before Runes Reforged, Deathfire Touch and Thunderlord's Decree were both great options for DPS mages. While the new Scorch rune mimics the effect of Deathfire Touch to a certain degree, it's damage is weak and well.... it's only a rune. While the new Electrocute keystone mimics Thunderlord's Decree to a certain degree, it is not as good because it doesn't activate simply from DPS. I know I wasn't the only one who was disappointed to find out during Runes Reforged that Morgana's w skill and Galio's q skill doesn't activate Electrocute like it did Thunderlord's Decree.

_AP Galio hasn't been the same since... _

While I am not asking Riot to bring back Deathfire Touch or Thunderlord's Decree specifically, I believe that we need a sorcery keystone just as practical for DPS champions. Let's make DPS great again Riot!

23 Comments

Eedat5/10/2018, 3:18:35 AM3 votes

I don't have a link but I do know Riot said DFT is not coming back ever. Reason being it's insanely uninteractive. It's just.......more damage for absolutely nothing. No activation requirements or mechanic. DFT was replaced by Aery which is slightly more interactive in the sense that the closer you are to the target, the more procs you get. DFT isn't coming back

Stacona5/10/2018, 12:45:25 AM3 votes

Arcane Comet has a cooldown refunding mechanic for landing spells against champions.

flibitydoo5/10/2018, 3:07:41 AM3 votes

Scorch isn't even a mimic of Deathfire Touch due to it's cooldown though.

it works just as well on xerath and ezreal as it does on singed or malzahar.

It's really just an "early game damage" rune to counterfoil the Gathering Storm rune. And the reason why it's a 1 tick dot is to make it visible and noticeable (to add clarity that you are taking damage from the rune).

Bjørnetjenesten5/10/2018, 3:10:26 PM2 votes

DPS mages need something that increases their damage the longer they fight, just like item 3151, or convert 20% to true damage, just like conqueror.

Colton1475/10/2018, 4:40:30 AM2 votes

Revert Galio hot fix.

Pika Fox5/10/2018, 1:45:16 PM2 votes

Movespeed on death keystone. Riot pls.

AirKingNeo5/10/2018, 12:51:59 AM1 votes

DPS mages have phase rush

DoT mages like teemo have aery

Killer of Night95/10/2018, 12:14:11 PM1 votes

I wished two rune... 1 to reward battle mage for stay in combact (karthus/lissandra/...) 2 to reward DoT that got refresh by same ability triggered every 0,5s (just choose a dot cd). (DFT does well the point 2 but it was just a hidden power). Battle mage has never got a keystone that reward their playstyle (stay in combat) and they just took burst access (electroshock) or poke (aery+comet). I wish a rune that work like conqueror/grasp but for mage.