noob trap runes

3tyson·6/27/2015, 6:40:32 PM·1 votes·476 views

what runes are considerd an noob trap ? like in they are not usefull at al if they only have usefullnes to a couple champs tell me that to please

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rampaging poet6/27/2015, 7:23:18 PM1 votes

Critical Damage runes. They don't help you at all until you have lots of critical hit chance and AD, so they're very much a "win more" rune when they do anything at all. You're almost always better off with Scaling Attack Damage runes if you want late-game damage.

Percent Health runes. They don't scale as well as Scaling Health Runes unless you build huge amounts of health, and aren't that much better than Flat HP runes even when they scale. Occasionally used on beefy tanks or as a compromise between Scaling Health and Flat Health.

Critical Hit Chance runes (outside one Mark for 1% crit chance cheese). Most champions that could use them are better with Flat AD so they can last-hit easier early game.

Time Spent Dead Quintessences. In the few edge cases they can be useful, you'd almost always still have been better off with real stats so you don't die as much.

Experience Quintessences. They don't do enough unless you're a champion that scales hugely with ranks in their ultimate and are skilled enough to abuse that power spike.