Runes (Historical)

A Rune is an enhancement that the Summoner provides the Champions. Before a battle arena match begins, a Summoner will make use of Runes to augment their champion's fighting abilities. Runes can only be bought with Influence Points from the Riot Store.Each rune gives a small bonus to a specific category, which stacks upon each other to give larger bonuses.

Note: Runes CANNOT be sold, but can be combined (five lesser runes combined to create one of greater quality).Therefore it is wise to save up Influence Points for Tier 3 runes.

Types
There are four kinds of Runes a Summoner will use and each of these types of runes have three tiers:
 * Mark: offensive runes
 * Seal: defensive runes
 * Glyph: magical runes
 * Quintessence: strong all-purpose runes

Tiers
The tier of a rune generically represents its power (i.e. the extent of the bonus' it offers), and is visible in the top-left of the pop-up when mousing over it.


 * Tier 1 or "Lesser" runes have dark and faded with visible scratches and chips except for quintessences, which are simply purple.


 * Tier 2 don't have prefixes, they are slightly brighter and are not tattered; Quintessences are have gold faces and purple backgrounds. These are available at lvl 10.


 * Tier 3 or "Greater" runes are brightly lit; Quintessences are completely covered in gold.These are available at lvl 20.

It is also important to note that some runes are "primary," and others are "secondary." Primary runes usually have much larger buffs than secondary runes.
 * Primary Mark: Alacrity, Desolation, Furor, Insight, Malice, Might, Strength.
 * Primary Seal: Clarity, Defense, Evasion, Fortitude, Lucidity, Meditation, Regeneration, Replenishment,Resilience, Vigor, Vitality.
 * Primary Glyph: Acumen, Celerity, Focus, Force, Intellect, Knowledge, Potency, Sapience, Shielding,Warding.
 * All the Quintessences have the max possible effect.

Using
Summoners are able to use a rune per level of power in League of Legends, and they keep their Runes in a tome called a Runebook. Before a match begins, a Summoner will be able to choose from up to ten different rune configurations they have previously set in their Runebook. This allows the Summoner to have quick flexibility in choosing a Runebook configuration best suited for whatever champion they might use in any of Valoran's Fields of Justice.

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