Hail of Blades is a rune in 
League of Legends.
League of Legends.
Notes
- The bonus attack speed is gained on-attack.
Strategy
- This rune can be useful for champions in which the first three attacks are the most powerful, either because they deal more damage or because the third strike has a special effect. Examples include includes Xin Zhao's Three Talon Strike and Mordekaiser's Mace of Spades.
- It can also be used by champions which need to stack something in an enemy, using their basic attacks. For example, Sejuani can stack Permafrost faster with Hail of Blades as does Darius with his Hemorrhage, and Tristana with her Explosive Charge.
- Jhin gains an enormous attack damage boost with Hail of Blades, as his passive converts the attack speed gained into AD. Should Jhin critically strike with that attack, he also gets even more movement speed.
Trivia
- Hail of Blades has a very similar effect to Lethal Tempo, with a few differences:
- Hail of Blades lasts only for the first three attacks, whereas Lethal Tempo lasts for a few seconds, regardless of attacking.
- Lethal Tempo is delayed, whereas Hail of Blades activates the instant you attack.
- Hail of Blades can only be activated with basic attacks. Lethal Tempo can be activated with basic attacks and abilities.
- Both keystones are found in different rune paths.
- Hail of Blades lasts only for the first three attacks, whereas
Media
Hail of Blades with Precision
Hail of Blades with Sorcery
Hail of Blades with Resolve
Hail of Blades with Inspiration
Patch History
- Bug Fix: Now properly procs when the first basic attack causes a champion to exit camouflage.
- Bug Fix: Fixed an edge case where its cooldown would become unable to reset after selling or refunding a fully charged Dead Man's Plate.
- Bonus attack speed changed to 110% from 75% − 125% (based on level).
- New Effect: Attack resets no longer consume a Hail of Blades stack.
- New Effect: The triggering attack or ability no longer benefits from the bonus attack speed.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the first attack would sometimes cancel.
- Cooldown reduced to 4 seconds out-of-combat for 5.
- Time between attacks increased to 2 seconds from 1.5.
- Bonus attack speed increased to Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. from Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted..
- V8.11 - Added
- Domination Keystone rune.
- Passive: Basic attacking an enemy champion grants Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. bonus attack speed for your next 3 basic attacks. While active, Hails of Blade removes the attack speed cap.
- Hail of Blades lasts 1.5 seconds, and each basic attack refreshes the duration to 1.5 seconds.
- Cooldown: 5 seconds out-of-combat.
References
 Precision
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 Domination
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 Sorcery
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 Resolve
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 Inspiration
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