Runes and Masteries for New Season.

Eismaus·11/28/2014, 11:16:10 PM·2 votes·831 views

Let's be clear from the outset: this is not a criticism, I'm simply curious about where things are going.

Last season there was the announcement that Runes were a priority for a rework - this has come and gone, and we're now looking at some rather large, sweeping changes to the state of the game. There's also the question of what's going on with the Masteries - typically RIOT takes a swing at tweaking those, as they've seen a new iteration with every previous season to date. The radio silence regarding these two systems leads me to wonder: are these currently off the table for changes? Are changes being considered, but so nebulous that there's nothing to report? What is the current RIOT party line regarding the general "game-health" of both the Runes and Masteries systems?

Thanks for your time!

3 Comments

disregardable11/28/2014, 11:19:25 PM2 votes

They've definitely confirmed that adjusting runes is off the table. Just check any number of the questions in the pre-season Q/A. A lot of the changes they've made have been literally in spite of the runes, and they admit that. They just didn't want to deal with them.

The masteries...I don't know why they didn't tweak them.

Decrit11/28/2014, 11:19:46 PM1 votes

They said more than one time that the major address of this season was tactical diversity with some adjustements to jungle. Probably they will drop something in the middle of the season but nothing heavy, just a band aid, and then revamp at the beginning of the next season ( where they also announced crit changes, and probably carry itemization).

However i would like too a fresh confirm.