I need help with my Rune page setup

Catastrop·Aug 22, 2015·1 votes·912 views

I should mention that I only own 2 runpages but anyway, I'm trying to decide between Flat Mr or Scaling CDR Blues. Generally I like that little extra magical tankiness while laning but considering most of the champions I play in mid tend to have or (sometimes both) I think I'm covered in terms of MR, note the word usage, THINK. Also since most of the champions I see mid nowadays are melee AD assassins, MR has kind of lost it's value in laning so I'm just wondering if the Scaling CDR Glyphs will be as beneficial as I think they would. Also if you're wondering, if I do go with CDR glyphs, my standard AP runepage will be Flat AP Quints, M.Pen Marks, Flat Mana Regen Seals and the CDR glyphs in question. So I'd like to hear some opinions on this setup. RIP Punctuation.

4 Comments

Sona PingAug 22, 20152 votes

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I should mention that I only own 2 runpages

Go for the MR ones.

hi im GodricAug 22, 20152 votes

Dont take mana regen, take health per level. You dont really need mr, i play with cdr/lvl blues but if you want mr go 6 flat and 3 scaling.

JudasX8 SilverAug 23, 20151 votes

2 Rune pages will not cut it for long and you will need to buy more, end of story. When you first start playing it's fine to have just 1 AD page and 1 AP, and then buy 1 page and build a Tank page.

Once you start playing Ranked you need to buy the 7 page bundle for $20. Trust me you want to buy it and not spend the time unlocking them or buying them all 1 at a time like I did. it's way more cost effective to just buy the 7 page bundle.

The reason you want more rune pages is for match ups. In Ranked you get to see who your going vs in lane, and that's where your Runes help you the most. So if you are MID LANE and you're playing an AP Mage vs an AD such as Zed you can take a page that doesn't have MR Glyphs, and instead take something with CDR, Scaling CDR, AP, or Scaling AP. Or if you're in the TOP LANE and you're vs a tank that does AP damage you can take a page with MR Glyphs and Health Yellows instead of Armor Yellows, because Armor will not help you as much as Health VS and AP.

As for the pages you should take into MID LANE. I have 9 Magic Pen Reds, Health Yellows vs AP, Armor Yellows VS AD, MR Glyphs 99% of the time because most of the time you will be VS AP, and AP Quints.

If you are taking no MR make sure to take Health Per Level Yellows (Scaling Health) to make up for the lack of sustain in the mid game.

Some champs have really low cool-downs so Flat CDR Glyps work great for them in lane, where others might do well with Scaling CDR for the Mid and Late Game. If you are getting items that have CDR built in and you think you're going to get 40% from those then don't run CDR Glyphs, instead run AP glyphs. Flat if you have an early comp, or early power spike, or Scaling AP if you plan on going into the Late Game.

For a MID there are only a few Yellows you can take. Health, Scaling Health, Armor, or Scaling Armor depending on the match up.

CatastropAug 24, 20151 votes

I actually don't plan on going into Ranked anytime soon, so that's kind of how I've managed to go 4 years straight with just 2 runepages. But yeah, I do see the need for more Rune Pages in even in Normals where I generally just go TB. While you can just change up Runes while waiting it's not exactly my cup of tea to always have to change runes when I decide to try something different. I plan on buying Scaling Health and permanently replace my Mana Regen Runes actually, as my builds generally don't get HP until the 5th or 6th item. I play champions like Lissandra Orianna , who have innately low CD's and generally just need a Grail which is usually core on them, so Scaling CDR works better with them because I can open up my build options now. I have a generic AD runepage which use for Top and ADC(for the few times I do play this role). It's consists of Attack damage Marks, Armor Seals, MR Glyphs and Attack Quints. I mention this because I'd like some insight on how I can modify this.