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Runes for Supports - AP or Defense?

EDM Moonstar·3/5/2015, 5:48:28 PM·1 votes·1,059 views

Hey everyone! So basically since I joined League, sometime during Season 3, I instantly fell in love with supporting - Sona and Janna more-so. But now my range goes from Zyra to Lux and ect.. My question though is what runes and even masteries are the smartest way to go? I mostly play Sona (yes she isn't "top tier" but I still enjoy using her) and I tend to go with AP Runes but more Support-like masteries.

I basically have been trying to figure out what truly is the best aggressive-poke way to go. Typically I go the normal AP-route for runes; 3x Quints for AP, 9x Seals of Armor, 9x Glyph of Scaling MR, 9x Mark of Magic Pen. And then for the masteries I usually go 0/7/23. Sometimes I'll use 22/0/8 but then you don't get those biscuits and I can't bring a ward with me down right away.

Anyways I would really appreciate some runes and masteries ideas. I haven't played ranked in a while but I think I am ready to go back into it. So please help me out a bit :) ALSO! If you feel as though even doing AP-based runes are a bad idea than what would you suggest? Note 9x/10 I use Sona support. Thank you for hearing me out friends~

4 Comments

RazorTS3/5/2015, 5:57:31 PM1 votes

gold/10 :D

Sly Red Fox3/5/2015, 8:24:49 PM1 votes

I personally run Movement Speed Quints. These allow you to safely poke as Sona or Janna. Along with this I run armor and either ap or mana regen or a combination. This all depends on who you're going against. Every match up is different and if you main support then you should have multiple rune pages devoted to different opponents.

I also run MS on my tanky supports as well. Specifically I run 17 armor and scaling MR with the MS on Leona/Braum/Thresh (Thresh can incorporate AD too for poke since he's ranged and it scales well with E passive)

Lv16 Flaaffy3/6/2015, 10:03:21 AM1 votes

I have different runes for different supports. If they are tanks then I focus on pure defenses so I can stay in and harass bot lane more so my adc can farm freely.

If I am playing someone who isn't so tanky (like Janna) I will add some defenses but also AP so I can harass hard.

Like Leona for example, once I hit 3 I E+Q and harass, and since I engage a lot and am expected to engage team fights defenses are my main priority. Janna, on the other hand, comes in handy with her E and R, and those rely heavily on AP so obviously Janna should have mild focus on AP. If you were to do this with Leona, sure you might get more damage in but you really need the defenses to stand your ground since you actually go in face to face, unlike with Janna as where you fight from a distance.

Miku Lv993/6/2015, 10:37:34 AM1 votes

With most supports that use AP I'd go for AP quints but use the rest of your runes and masteries on something else. Except heavily offense-based supports like Lux or Karma you want more AP.

btw, 0/9/21 is a better mastery setup than 0/7/23. That juggernaut mastery is incredibly good and gives you a lot more health.