User blog comment:Dooomninja/improved NPE of runes/@comment-25228021-20150901164941/@comment-7481207-20150901165451

They should just remove it entirely. None of the other mobas have anything like it (afaik) and runes and masteries are hardly what draws players to LoL. Considering there are "standard" rune pages to use for most champions of a single role, it lacks the stragetic diversity that would be the only reason to keep them.

All in all, runes add nothing to the game other than frustration and illusion of choice.