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Runes are enhancements that add newly abilities or buffs to the champion. The player can preset their runes before the match begins and during ace choose. Runes Reforged ( the current system of runes ) was introduced in Pre- Season Eight, supplanting the former system of Runes and Masteries, hence the adjective Reforged. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

lore

The Rune Wars

A World Rune of Runeterra.
Centuries ago, charming artifacts called “ World Runes ” were discovered. In the decades that followed, cognition of the Runes began to spread as more were excavate. The universe ’ sulfur brightest minds studied the ancient glyph, attempting to determine the powers they possessed. Few could even begin to understand the importance of their origins or the diaphanous world power held within them. Some surmised that the Runes were integral to the universe of Runeterra itself. The first use of these cryptic artifacts proved catastrophic, as they reshaped the landscape of integral nations. Mistrust quickly grew as those who knew of the Runes imagined such “ Makers ’ Might ” being used as a weapon. Conflicts related to these charming artifacts were known as the Rune Wars. Open war raged across Runeterra. The first horrors of the Rune Wars sparked fear and aggression among those who now realized the might at their command. Ryze Ryze and his master, Tyrus, sought to lock away every World Rune beyond the scope of man for the auspices of Runeterra. Some complied with their pleas, while others dismissed them due to their newfound powers and influence. After an incidental with Tyrus, Ryze continued his journey alone in gathering all Runic artifacts so as to prevent another Rune War from starting and possibly destroying the populace .

Rune Pages

A musician can have a maximum of 25 customs rune pages, which are branch from the five preset rune pages that can not be edited nor deleted. Players of levels 1 to 9 can not create nor edit rune pages. New accounts have three vacate rune pages, extra pages are purchased in the memory for 590 RP 590 or 6300 BE 6300. Any Rune Pages the actor owned in the former system were transferred across to the new system, in addition to the recompense received. It is not possible to enter a meet without an active, valid rune page. In such shell, the game will automatically substitute with a preset page upon game beginning .
The Timeless (Preset)

Inspiration: The Timeless

( Inspiration + Resolve )The Prefect (Preset)

Precision: The Perfect

( Precision + Sorcery )The Executioner (Preset)

Domination: The Executioner

( Domination + Precision )The Colossus (Preset)

Resolve: The Colossus

( Resolve + Sorcery )The Calamity (Preset)

Sorcery: The Calamity

( Sorcery + Domination )Example Rune Page Personalized Rune Page

Rune paths

Runes are divided into five paths :

  • Precision icon.png Precision (Improved attacks and sustained damage)
  • Domination icon.png Domination (Burst damage and target access)
  • Sorcery icon.png Sorcery (Empowered abilities and resource manipulation)
  • Resolve icon.png Resolve (Durability and crowd control)
  • Inspiration icon.png Inspiration (Creative tools and rule bending)

Each rune page contains runes from two paths : one primary and one secondary. The primary path has one keystone and three lesser runes. The secondary path has two lesser runes. There are besides three Shard slots alongside the Primary and Secondary paths that follow a path separate from the five. Each individual slot can be filled with one survival .

Shards

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Slot 1
umbrage
Rune shard Adaptive Force.png
5.4 bonus Attack damage or 9 Ability Power (Adaptive)

Rune shard Attack Speed.png
10 % bonus attack travel rapidly
Rune shard Ability Haste.png
8 ability haste

Slot 2
Flex

5.4 bonus Attack damage or 9 Ability Power (Adaptive)

Rune shard Armor.png
6 bonus armor
Rune shard Magic Resistance.png
8 bonus magic resistance

Slot 3
defense
Rune shard Health.png
15 − 140 ( based on flush ) bonus health

6 bonus armor

8 bonus charming resistance

Substitutions

There are game modes and champions that do not benefit from certain runes, the game will substitute unserviceable runes automatically upon the game beginning. You can find those specific situations below :
When the game starts the new world chat informs of these substitutions.

trivium

  • During development, Precision and Sorcery were originally going to be Primary path only.[4]
  • Runes are referred to internally as “perks”.[5]
  • Runes and their surrounding areas have distinct visual appearances which bear similarities to certain Runeterran factions. This may be intentional in order to reflect the location of the World Runes:
    • Precision – Golden cityscape of Demacia Crest icon.png Demacia
    • Domination – Noxus Crest icon.png Noxian
    • Sorcery – Mountains of Void Crest icon.png Icathia
    • Resolve – Riverlands of Southern Freljord Crest icon.png Freljord
    • Inspiration – Beneath the heavens atop Targon Crest icon.png Mount Targon
  • The following statements generalize the changes made to compensate for the loss of AD from Marks and Health/Armor from Seals, which were almost unanimously used due to the lack of options (and thus the game has been balanced, for example, around most champions having +9 Armor from Seals). The exact values may vary for specific cases, as Riot also took this opportunity to better distinguish classes (e.g., tanks from non-tanks; ranged from melee), as well as buff/nerf specific champions.
    • AD champions had the base damage on their abilities increased by 5.
      • Ranged AD champions also had their Attack damage icon.png base attack damage
    • Most champions had their Attack speed icon.png base armor
      • Most mages had their base healthPrimarily excepting junglers.
      • Melee supports had their base armor
  • Every rune that gives bonus Adaptive AD or AP, will always grant about 60% of the amount of AP as AD, or about 166. 6% of the amount of AD as AP.
  • In Year in Review 2017 a joke phrase was added to each champion. A list with all phrases can be found over here.
  • The number of all rune combinations can be seen below.

Calculation of rune combinations

Count

Paths

Calculation

Primary path

Secondary path

primary path
secondary coil path

Total Combinations

1
Precision
Domination
4*3*3*3=108
3*3+3*4+4*3=33
108*33=3564

1
Precision
Sorcery
4*3*3*3=108
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
108*27=2916

1
Precision
Resolve
4*3*3*3=108
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
108*27=2916

1
Precision
Inspiration
4*3*3*3=108
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
108*27=2916

1
Domination
Sorcery
4*3*3*4=144
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
144*27=3888

1
Domination
Resolve
4*3*3*4=144
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
144*27=3888

1
Domination
Inspiration
4*3*3*4=144
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
144*27=3888

1
Sorcery
Resolve
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Sorcery
Inspiration
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Resolve
Inspiration
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Domination
Precision
4*3*3*4=144
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
144*27=3888

1
Sorcery
Precision
3*3*3*3=81
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Resolve
Precision
3*3*3*3=81
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Inspiration
Precision
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Sorcery
Domination
3*3*3*3=81
3*3+3*4+4*3=33
81*33=2673

1
Resolve
Domination
3*3*3*3=81
3*3+3*4+4*3=33
81*33=2673

1
Inspiration
Domination
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*4+4*3=33
81*33=2673

1
Resolve
Sorcery
3*3*3*3=81
3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Inspiration
Sorcery
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

1
Inspiration
Resolve
3*3*3*3=81

3*3+3*3+3*3=27
81*27=2187

Total

20

55566

  • Prior to the introduction of Shards, players received a bonus based on the combination of their sets (e.g. Sorcery + Precision). These combinations had specific Titles, which are shared with the corresponding presets. The following is listed for archive purposes:

Secondary ►

Precision

Domination

Sorcery

Resolve

Inspiration

Primary ▼

Precision

—

The Merciless Elite
The Brazen Prefect
The Eternal Champion
The Savant

Domination

The Twisted Surgeon

—

The Aether Blade
The Immortal Butcher
The severe Maestro

Sorcery

The incontestable Spellslinger
The calamity

—

The Ancient one
The Cryptic

Resolve

The Imperious Behemoth
The Leviathan
The Arcane Colossus

—

The Enlightened Titan

Inspiration

The Elegant Duelist
The Ruthless Visionary
The Stargazer
The dateless

—

  • ‘The Perfect’ preset was originally called ‘The Prefect,’ as with the Set Title. It is unknown why this was changed.

Media

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