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Do mages feel worse to play now? + me whining about runes

a little shadow·11/8/2017, 8:59:42 PM·2 votes·361 views

With the change from TLD to electrocute I feel like mages lost a lot of ways to proc keystone in lane. I play a ton of Ahri and Ekko. With Ahri hitting both parts of q and an auto would proc tld, it was the best way to do quick trades, staying for an extra auto would often mean I lost the trade. With Ekko landing q,q then e wold proc tld and would let you get out. So even though you are taking damage no matter what for the trade you were able to do enough damage quick enough to run back out and still win the trade, now I feel like I lost the ability to do that and I've lost a ton of pressure early. I was talking to a friend about this and they said "Yea but it scales better" But I don't see how that tradeoff is worth it at all. Late game you were blowing up the targets you got onto/landed a charm on anyway, it's not like I needed 250 more damage on the end of my late game combos(idk what the actual numbers are). Is there a different rune im not seeing that I can use instead? Electrocute just feels bad to use and i feel like I'm forced into worse situations trying to proc it and get damage.

Tbh I really am disliking the new runes in general. I was always more of a "Set runes and masteries that I don't need to change so I never have to look at them again" player because it's just a chore to me. I don't think it is fun to do any of this it is just another stupid thing I have to learn to do to play the game on an even level with everyone else, then on top of that the champions I like playing don't feel nearly as smooth as they did before. I know this is just another post about someone whining about the new runes but I honestly hate this so far.

Also to add to all of this now I can't have multiple masteries set up. So I have to memorize the page I want for every single champion I own... In arams getting a champ I don't play or if I want to play a new champion in norms I will have to try and find a guide and set everything up before the match starts... that just feels really shitty to me.

Someone help me see the light? Is there anything to like about this new system? What am I missing?[sg-ahri-1]

3 Comments

Galactic Dong11/8/2017, 9:22:35 PM2 votes

You're misinterpreting electrocute (late game potential/ all in) for a true harass mastery like tld. Get comet instead if you're harassing. Execute is for assassins. Note the huge cd and difficulty provccing. This would be akin to comparing dft to tld. They kind of split tld into multiple pieces so it is no longer the brainless pick imo.

Galactic Dong11/8/2017, 9:25:17 PM2 votes

The thing to keep in mind is that the runes / keystones aren't just replacements for others. They're a new thing almost altogether with some similarities and throwbacks. There wasn't a thing like dark harvest or demolisher before. It's just new stuff. Once you let go of the old play styles and just swap to figuring out the strongest build or most fun cheese, you'll have more fun.

Galactic Dong11/8/2017, 9:28:40 PM2 votes

If my stuff is Tldr then maybe this will help. If you don't need +250 dmg late game get... basically any other dmg one. Comet is prob best for ahri and what you seem to want. You could even go dark harvest and just auto 1 time after tank dies or someone is killed in a team fight.