Man, I just blew about 9000 IP on runes

Scrimshäw·Apr 6, 2015·151 votes·6,296 views

and it still wasn't enough to complete one page :/

80 Comments

MandaariApr 6, 201517 votes

My smurf hit 20 a while ago. I saved up almost all the IP from 1-20 and it was enough for most of a page. Considering how long it takes to level, that's really sad.

Space BumApr 6, 20155 votes

9x armor, MR, magic pen, AD 3x AD, AP

Everyone should have 2 standard pages by thirty. Once you build one you already have half of the second one. It's only a problem if you do something dumb like start off with a very champion specific page.

stevedoesmcApr 6, 20152 votes

i got 3 rune pages, 3rd one is for my supports

Space BumApr 6, 20152 votes

Right at 30?

stevedoesmcApr 8, 20151 votes

no i had the 3rd one filled before 30

TerntApr 6, 20151 votes

This is right. When I was starting out one of my buddies helped me buy my first set of runes at level 20. He told me scaling MR, flat armor and flat AD. AD quints.

ayNigerianPrinceApr 7, 20151 votes

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9x armor, MR, magic pen, AD 3x AD, AP

Everyone should have 2 standard pages by thirty. Once you build one you already have half of the second one. It's only a problem if you do something dumb like start off with a very champion specific page.

I started with standard runes, then started working my way towards runes for AD, AP top/jg, ADC, and AP Mid. (Which I still need 2 ap quints for) Then I have 2 other pages for specific runes for champs I play a lot.

DurzakaApr 6, 20151 votes

I was able to have 2 filled rune pages by level 20 (filled to the extent you can at level 20), and completed them at level 30.

You must have spent a lot of IP on other things to not be able to get 2 pages.

MandaariApr 7, 20153 votes

I bought 4 champions for around 4k total. Imagine you're a new player. You'd probably want to buy a LOT more than 4 champions as soon as you could, only realizing later on that runes are so important and expensive.

DurzakaApr 7, 20151 votes

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I bought 4 champions for around 4k total. Imagine you're a new player. You'd probably want to buy a LOT more than 4 champions as soon as you could, only realizing later on that runes are so important and expensive.

I WAS a new player.

I just was smart enough to research a bit about the huge fucking game i was playing and see the suggestions to save for rune pages.

Even with a ton of bot games played i reached level 20/30 with more than enough IP to purchase 2 full generic rune pages.

Runes are too fucking expensive, but not what is being exaggerated here.

MandaariApr 7, 20153 votes

You're nowhere close to the typical case. The vast majority of people (casual players) won't go do research. They'll see a champion they want to play and buy it. Hell, I've had plenty of friends start playing, be told to save for runes, and buy champions anyway just because saving isn't fun. Just because you have your experience doesn't mean everyone else shares it.

DurzakaApr 7, 20151 votes

If youre looking to spend dozens if not hundreds of hours on a video game, why the fuck wouldnt you do some research into it?

MandaariApr 8, 20152 votes

Because people just want to play or they straight up don't care. What feels better to you, playing a shiny new champion or passively being slightly stronger on the free week champions? I would guess that 90% or more players don't want to min-max. I am 100% educated about how necessary runes are, I'd definitely be considered a hardcore player, yet I still have to consciously restrain myself from buying champions on my smurf. Power be damned, runes aren't fun.

JingerbeardmanApr 6, 201515 votes

ahhh i remember the days of still needing to buy runes. now i have 200k+ ip wasting away with nothing to spend it on :|

TheadsApr 6, 20157 votes

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ahhh i remember the days of still needing to buy runes. now i have 200k+ ip wasting away with nothing to spend it on :|

They should make icons that say 50k, 100k, 150k, 200k, 250k etc., up to like 1m. They should all cost that much IP respectively just to show off you had the IP to blow.

Can you even get 1m IP?

Meeks011Apr 7, 20151 votes

I get like 1000 IP a day, how the fuck do you have that much?

JingerbeardmanApr 7, 20151 votes

It has been over a year since I finished buying all of the runes... and I played a lot last year.

I also got all of the champions and rune pages before even starting on the my quest for buying all the useless runes out.

DreadlocksApr 6, 20157 votes

I have so many runes I wish I could refund some of them for at least half of what i spent on them lol

rtbf211279518Apr 6, 20153 votes

Wow, considering that runes are the foundation for getting better at League, you'd think that they'd be less expensive. I mean, I really want to have runes for my mages but this is just telling me to not even try to get those. -.-

Worst Mid EverApr 7, 20153 votes

shouldve just bought hecarim, you dont need runes for him, you dont even need a keyboard, just bind Q to your scroll wheel lmao

ScrimshäwApr 7, 20157 votes

i'm sensing a deep seeded hatred

andingApr 6, 20152 votes

if you have tier 1 and tier 2 runes left you can always combine them and hope that you get good ones

TerffApr 6, 201564 votes

They removed the rune combiner

AnruiApr 6, 20157 votes

weren't they supposed to remove the tier 1 and 2 runes too because it is a total trap for new players?

101100111000Apr 6, 20157 votes

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weren't they supposed to remove the tier 1 and 2 runes too because it is a total trap for new players?

They removed the really shitty T1 and T2 and cut the IP Cost on the remaining ones by ALOT. Owning those runes now serves as a good learning experience instead of just a trap.

DarkFaun FortesApr 6, 20154 votes

I fell in this trap before they fixed in and am still trying to recover

HockerApr 6, 20152 votes

should have bought them at the beginning of the season when it was half-off

RyzeReworkApr 6, 20152 votes

lol i bought about half the champions with rp so now i own every champion i could spend 9k ip and get it back in 2 weeks (i only play 3 times a week more or less)

DigivolveApr 7, 20152 votes

I'm sitting at about 50k ip and have nothing to spend it on lol.

OrangesilkApr 7, 20152 votes

Don't worry kid, in a while you will find yourself sitting on 9 rune pages, all the relevant runes in the game, all the champions you love/like/don't despise, and 30000ip wondering "Okay, now what?, I guess scaling AP reds can't be TOO bad, gonna buy me some Urgots while I'm at it"

bad arcade kittyApr 6, 20151 votes

my last ip spendings it were a name change for 13900 (omfg, rito) and a useless icon for 2000 -_-

DownfallApr 6, 20152 votes

why buy the icon if its useless to you?

bad arcade kittyApr 6, 201524 votes

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why buy the icon if its useless to you?

hmmm i like to watch how katarina dances

HeWolfApr 6, 20152 votes

ROFL

stevedoesmcApr 6, 2015

that's like asking why people buy skins

LeeDarkApr 6, 20152 votes

No, skins are not useless to me. They serve the purpose of making the champion look better to me than the base skin. It would be like asking someone why they bought a particular skin after they just admitted hating that skin.

Only Play DariusApr 6, 20152 votes

Rumble Udyr Urgot

The base skins on these guys are soooo bad, you pretty much have to buy super galaxy/ spirit guard/ battlecast if you want to be taken seriously.

Ariel the CruelApr 6, 20157 votes

Nobody takes Super Galaxy Rumble seriously. We AFK because we're tired of listening to him.

ANGUSdaGUYApr 7, 20151 votes

hilarious. row row fight the power

stevedoesmcApr 8, 20151 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMf0w8crkSI that reminds me of this song by area 11

ABlueQuakerApr 6, 20151 votes

I have all Champions purchased (with IP), 12 Rune Pages and a large amount of excess IP.

If Riot lowers Rune Prices, I'll expect compensation in RP for my time spent grinding for them.

Mitch SorensteinApr 6, 20153 votes

12 Rune Pages and a large amount of excess IP

Why aren't you buying 8 more pages?

Space BumApr 6, 20152 votes

Not that guy but I'm 2 shy of max rune pages and have the spare IP but I always just rework the pages I have. 10 really covers everything I need the rest are normally just troll or for testing.

Celeste BenalApr 6, 20156 votes

You're not spending it. So what exactly do you need compensation for?

AbyssphereApr 6, 20155 votes

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I have all Champions purchased (with IP), 12 Rune Pages and a large amount of excess IP.

If Riot lowers Rune Prices, I'll expect compensation in RP for my time spent grinding for them.

You are the exact type of person that stops Riot lowering prices. Why do you expect compensation exactly?

People are so spiteful. You would have spent the same amount of time playing LoL no matter how expensive runes are, but you say "Not unless I get compensated" because anyone having an easier time getting runes than you isn't allowed. You sound like an 80 year old gay man saying "I couldn't get married so they better not make it legal now".

Just because people had to go through shit in the past doesn't mean it shouldn't be made easier in the future. That's what progress is all about.

SnowplosionApr 6, 20151 votes

I know runes are expensive but which ones where you buying? The hybrid penetration ones?

Meanie40Apr 6, 20152 votes

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I know runes are expensive but which ones where you buying? The hybrid penetration ones?

9000 IP for 27 runes is only 333 average per rune. That's assuming he didn't bother buying the OMG THEY'RE HOW MUCH?!? quints as well.

That make sense, given that most of the runes are 410+ IP.

SnowplosionApr 7, 20151 votes

Wonder why mine cost only around 7000... I did buy all the cheap ones. But... I just don't know.

Meanie40Apr 8, 20151 votes

Sure, if you don't care what the runes actually do, you can fill out a rune page (including quints) for 7080 IP. There is a decent combination of everything but quints at 5535 IP - Attack Damage marks, Armor seals, and Magic Resist glyphs would get you there, and that's a traditional ADC page.

But it is quite possible to spend 9000 IP and not fill a page.

EffectFXApr 7, 20151 votes

This will sounds harsh, but deal with it. Riot has to make a profit somehow, and the easiest way to do that is to encourage players to spend real cash on the game. Forcing players to choose between spending IP on runes/champions is one of the ways they do this.

Edit= some people suck at reading comprehension.