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Phase Rush Discussion

The biges killer·3/22/2019, 9:37:59 PM·3 votes·4,935 views

Phase Rush needs a buff or a change, it needs something to make it feel like the other keystones. I used to be a Stormraider's Surge user, it was way more reliable and useful when needed. Now that Phase Rush replaced it to the worse, it is by far the least used rune in solo queue and I wish to use it or see it more. I would honestly like it to be viable like Stormraider's Surge once was. Phase Rush is used less than Glacial Augment in all of my solo queue experience, I've never seen any Phase Rush.

I got an idea for a new Stormraider's Surge/Phase Rush type of rune, Dealing 20% of a champion's maximum health within 1.5 seconds grants you 20% bonus movement speed and 50% Slow Resist for 2 seconds for ranged champions. Dealing 30% of a champion's maximum health within 2 seconds grants you 40% bonus movement speed and 75% Slow Resist for 2.5 seconds for melee champions.

Cooldown : [30 s - 15 s]

Maybe something like that where ranged champion can proc it easier, but it is less effective, while melee take more time to proc it but they get way better effect from it. Plus, because it is higher at a higher level in the early game it is harder to abuse and at the late game it is more procable.

9 Comments

ReySolomon3/22/2019, 11:47:03 PM3 votes

Or bring back SS and take out PR, they don't need to come up with anything else because it will probably be worse.

KlydeFrog3/22/2019, 11:42:51 PM1 votes

Glacial augmentation any one can use. It's a double fun rune . You get a free iceborn gauntlet slow with a huge aoe slow with any active slow item. Right fury rand omen, the ap one with the ghosts . But phase rush is truly only good on sol and that's it. Hell nimbus cloak is more useful.

Makarakarn3/24/2019, 5:08:23 AM1 votes

I definitely like the concept of phase rush, but I do agree it's lacking in a variety of ways. The only time I use it is if I'm feeling a little spicy on a swain game.

SomeOneButNoOne3/24/2019, 10:30:40 AM1 votes

Stormraider's surge has an issue though. It gives mobility to champions that aren't suppossed to be mobile, and in mid-late game, that mobility is way easier to obtain, then the Phase Rush one.

Example - Vlad needs to hit 3 abilities to proc Phase Rush, and then he can kite/engage/w&e

Vlad needs to press Q on non-mr target on your team to be able to kite/engage/w&e

Same goes with Ryze, except, lets be fair, more often then not, Ryze will use it for kiting/dodging skillshots, and due to the Phase Rush limitation of hitting 3 spells/autos, he atleast needs to e-w-auto (wich is a really close range if you think of it).

Also, some juggernauts (Darius/Mordekaiser for example, probably more but can't think of others rn) could proc it insanely quickly and kind of negate their only weakness (lack of mobility), wich with phase rush, makes them actually have to auto/get near you before they can proc it.

Also, one of the main Stormraider's abusers was Riven, since she was able to go in, mash you over the face in 1second, get the proc, and just walk away. Or any champion that has a shield/range advantige.