Runes Reforged


 * You may also be looking for Runes (Historical), a retired feature of the game.

Starting with Pre-Season Eight, Runes and Masteries are replaced with a new system called Runes Reforged.

The system allows players to customize their champion before the start of the game by choosing from a number of Runes, which add or enhance champion abilities and statistics.

The player picks a Keystone Rune and five Secondary Runes that are then combined into a Rune Page. Each Rune has a significant effect, with Keystone Runes being more powerful (see below for a detailed description). The active Rune Page may be changed before each match; pages can be edited freely outside of matches.

It is not possible to enter a match without an active, valid rune page. The game will provide a pre-constructed page for the player if the selected rune page is not valid.

The Rune Wars
Centuries ago, magical artifacts called ‘World Runes’ have been rediscovered. Over the following decades after such event, knowledge of the Runes began to spread as more were unearthed. The world’s brightest minds studied the ancient glyphs, attempting to determine the powers they possessed. Few could even begin to understand the importance of their origins, or the sheer power held within them. Some surmised that the Runes were integral to the creation of Runeterra itself. The first use of these mysterious artifacts proved catastrophic, as they reshaped the landscape of entire nations. Mistrust quickly grew as those who knew of the Runes imagined such “Makers’ Might” being used as a weapon. Conflicts later related to these magical artifacts were known as the Rune Wars.

Open warfare raged across Runeterra. The first horrors of the Rune Wars sparked fear and aggression among those who now realized the power at their command. and his master, Tyrus, have sought out to lock away every World Rune beyond the reach of man for the protection of Runeterra. Some complied with their pleas, others dismissed them due to their new found powers and influence. After an incident with Tyrus, Ryze later on continued his journey alone in gathering all Runic artifacts so as to prevent another Rune War from starting and possibly destroying the world.m.

Overview
Summoners may choose two Paths: one Primary and one Secondary. You may not pick the same path twice. There are five paths to choose from:
 * 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)

The Primary Path has one Keystone slot and 3 Lesser slots, while the Secondary Path has a choice of 2 of the 3 Lesser slots. Each individual slot provides a unique selection of runes, similar to the branches of the former Mastery trees, but you can only choose 1 rune out of each horizontal segment. You also gain an additional bonus based on the combination of your paths, referred to as a Set Bonus or Trait.

Set Bonuses
The Set Bonus is an additional passive based on the combination of your chosen paths, although not all combinations have distinct effects. The set's Title is currently only used within the in-game client, with the passive being unnamed when viewed within the out-of-game Rune Inventory.

Substitutions
The following substitutions will automatically be made where applicable:
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 * On champions without immobilizing effects, is exchanged with.
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 * On Ascension, is exchanged with.
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 * This list may be incomplete.

These substitutions are noted in chat when the game starts.

Rune Pages
All accounts have access to 5 Preset Pages from level 1 that cannot be edited. Players can begin creating/editing rune pages at summoner level 11, but are limited to only editing the keystone rune. Starting at level 13 they can edit their primary rune path and at level 15 they unlock the secondary path aswell and can therefore customize the full rune page. The ability to hide Preset Pages was added in V7.23.

As with the previous system, accounts begin with 2 slots for personalized rune pages and may purchase the of additional pages in the store for  or. Any Rune Pages the player owned in the previous system were transferred across to the new system, in addition to the compensation received.

In the former system there was a limit of maximum 20 rune pages per account, but this is no longer true. The current limit is 25 Rune Pages as of Patch V7.22. The presets are not counted toward the limit.


 * Presets and Example

Compensation for legacy Rune purchases
Note that and  are being merged into a single currency in Season Eight.

Players who bought any legacy Runes or Rune Pages in the retired system receive a compensation according to the following table. This is only relevant for accounts created before the introduction of Runes Reforged in fall 2017.

To spend all that compensation on, there has been a substantial Blue Essence Sale as part of the End of Season Event.

Trivia

 * During development, Precision and Sorcery were originally going to be Primary-only.
 * Runes and their surrounding areas have distinct visual appearances similar to Runeterran factions, which may be intentional and reflect the real-world location of the World Runes:
 * Precision icon.png Precision - Golden cityscape of Demacia_Crest_icon.png Demacia or Shurima Crest icon.png Shurima
 * Domination icon.png Domination - Noxus_Crest_icon.png Noxian fortification
 * Sorcery icon.png Sorcery - Mountains of Freljord_Crest_icon.png The Freljord, Mount_Targon_Crest_icon.png Mount Targon or Void_Crest_icon.png Icathia
 * Resolve icon.png Resolve - Riverlands of Demacia_Crest_icon.png Demacia, Ionia_Crest_icon.png Ionia or Freljord_Crest_icon.png southern Freljord
 * Inspiration icon.png Inspiration - Beneath the heavens atop Mount_Targon_Crest_icon.png Mount Targon
 * The following statements generalize the changes made to compensate 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 increased by 8.
 * Most champions had their increased by 9.
 * Most mages had their increased by 12 (+12), instead. Primarily excepting junglers.
 * Melee supports had their increased by 20, instead.
 * Every rune that gives bonus Adaptive AD or AP, will always grant about 60% of the amount of AP as AD, or about % of the amount of AD as AP.
 * More runes and paths may be added in the game.
 * 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.

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