A little math about Crit Damage Runes

Ok sure but why··2 votes·524 views

I know runes are about to be changed up severely, but as someone who regularly used a Bonus Crit Damage rune page every time I played ADC, I just simply gotta talk about how it felt. Maybe since it's too late for anyone to spend the IP and try it themselves, you can all just keep your flood of downvotes to yourself?

First of all, I just took Ashe to the practice tool to experiment officially. I first used my Full AD (22 AD) rune page, and then I used my incomplete Crit Damage (37% bonus critical damage) rune page. I used the build Ashe item 3031 item 3508 item 3812 item 3085 item 3046 item 3072 item 2140, achieved full stacks of fervor, and attacked Target Dummies in both just to be fair and simple.

With the AD page, Ashe's damage multiplier was x2.6 (because she gets a free 10%), and each critical strike dealt 688 With the Crit Damage page, her multiplier was x2.97 (10% included), and each critical strike dealt 756. So, yeah, if you get to use a lot of autos in short succession either way, it's obvious that Crit Damage runes are vastly superior in the late game, when you actually HAVE crit items. The only two downsides is that it makes your abilities weaker, and it makes your total damage towards TURRETS weaker. But everything else is much stronger.

You might say something dumb like "UHUHUHUH WHERE IS HER 9 ARMOUR AND 12 MAGIC RESIST AHAHAHAHA," but come on. The ability to take maybe 5% less damage isn't that phenomenal of a trade-off, especially when it's YOUR job to deal massive amounts of damage, and the TANK'S job to help keep you from taking any in return. You might as well build Ashe full tank with a Bork if that's what's important to you.

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Asayake 5150glow1 votes

You fail to understand how having no AD, armor, or MR means you will disintegrate in laning phase while doing absolutely 0 damage to your opponent.

Ok sure but why1 votes

That's what telling your support, "Hey, let's not go in until I have a BF sword" is for. It's intended to be a late-game rune, the same way "_____ per level" is a late-game rune.

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

[{quoted}](name=JZ Jora,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=gnJEpZbX,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2017-08-27T23:55:31.483+0000)

That's what telling your support, "Hey, let's not go in until I have a BF sword" is for. It's intended to be a late-game rune, the same way "_____ per level" is a late-game rune.

Except, as you probably know by this seasons lanebully meta, you'll simply get bullied out of lane and won't have the gold to get enough crit to make these even useful

Ok sure but why1 votes

So, my runes are only good on people who can actually LAST HIT early game?

Thanks for the compliment!

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

[{quoted}](name=JZ Jora,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=gnJEpZbX,comment-id=0000000000000000,timestamp=2017-08-28T03:25:40.696+0000)

So, my runes are only good on people who can actually LAST HIT early game?

Thanks for the compliment!

No, your runes are only good for those who can take 100+ damage from a single Draven axe while at 550 health and make it past laning without numerous deaths and or terrible CS

Oh and your own autos will be doing 30 damage in retaliation.

Ok sure but why1 votes

Yeah, and if you're not a pile of trash, you can last-hit safely and let that toxic, overloaded son of a bitch fall off in the late game while you scale, scale, and scale.

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

[{quoted}](name=JZ Jora,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=gnJEpZbX,comment-id=000000000000000000000000,timestamp=2017-08-29T01:08:55.839+0000)

Yeah, and if you're not a pile of trash, you can last-hit safely and let that toxic, overloaded son of a bitch fall off in the late game while you scale, scale, and scale.

That's just not possible sometimes. There's a reason why lane bullies > scalers.

Otherwise what would be the point in picking Draven, Cait, or Lucian? And Lucian has been picked in pro play, so you can't exactly call them piles of trash.

La Bello1 votes

Full Lethality Ashe is pretty good too.

your W and pot shots deal a nice chunk

Ok sure but why1 votes

Yeah, but there are lots of champs who are designed to deal massive pokes, like Varus and MF. Ashe would have to sacrifice some major DPS in order to achieve a better poke with her W with a lethality build.

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