Rune (League of Legends)

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Runes are enhancements that add new abilities or buffs to the champion. The player can choose their loadout of runes before the match begins, during champion select, or their Collection tab.

Runes Reforged (the current system of runes) was introduced in Pre-Season Eight, supplanting the previous system of Runes and Masteries, hence the name Reforged.

Rune Pages

Rune page inventory

A player can have a maximum of 25 custom rune pages, which are separate from the recommended rune page which cannot be edited and only exists per-game. Players in levels 1 to 9 cannot create nor edit rune pages.

New accounts have three empty rune pages available; additional pages are purchased in the store for 590 or 6300 each.

It is not possible to enter a match without an active, valid rune page. In such a case, the game will automatically assign the player with the recommended rune page for their champion and role, upon game start.

Rune Recommender

Rune recommendor

Hovering or locking in a champion in the Champion Selection screen allows you to access the Rune Recommender button on the left side of the loadout. The Rune Recommender automatically determines and recommends the best rune sets for your chosen champion and role, and presents up to three different sets. You can select a set in order to apply it to your loadout.

• These recommended rune sets are updated per-patch based on current data and the best runes available for each champion in each role.
• Optionally, the Rune Recommender can also recommend summoner spell loadouts. The option can be enabled or disabled at will by clicking on the slider at the bottom of the Rune Recommender (this option persists through Champion Selection lobbies).

Rune paths

Runes are divided into five paths:

• Precision - Improved attacks and sustained damage
• Domination - Burst damage and target access
• Sorcery - Empowered abilities and resource manipulation
• Resolve - Durability and crowd control
• 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 also 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 selection.

Paths	Keystone	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3
Precision Edit Become a Legend	Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Fleet Footwork Conqueror	Absorb Life Triumph Presence of Mind	Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste Legend: Bloodline	Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Domination Edit Hunt and Eliminate Prey	Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades	Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact	Zombie Ward Ghost Poro Eyeball Collection	Treasure Hunter Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery Edit Unleash Destruction	Summon Aery Arcane Comet Phase Rush	Nullifying Orb Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak	Transcendence Celerity Absolute Focus	Scorch Waterwalking Gathering Storm
Resolve Edit Live Forever	Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian	Demolish Font of Life Shield Bash	Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating	Overgrowth Revitalize Unflinching
Inspiration Edit Outwit Mere Mortals	Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike	Hextech Flashtraption Magical Footwear Cash Back	Triple Tonic Time Warp Tonic Biscuit Delivery	Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity Jack of All Trades

Shards

	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Slot 1 Offense	5.4 bonus Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power (Adaptive)	10% bonus attack speed	8 ability haste
Slot 2 Flex	5.4 bonus Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power (Adaptive)	2% bonus movement speed	10 − 180 (based on level) bonus health
Slot 3 Defense	65 bonus health	10% tenacity and slow resist	10 − 180 (based on level) bonus health

Substitutions

There are game modes and champions in which certain runes are essentially useless. The game will substitute unusable runes automatically upon the game start and print a chat message to the player with the change.

Last updated: V14.16

• In modes without the river, Waterwalking is exchanged with Scorch.
• In modes where wards are disabled, Zombie Ward and Ghost Poro are exchanged with Eyeball Collection.
• In modes without structures or structures are impervious, Demolish is exchanged with Font of Life.
• For champions without mana, Manaflow Band is exchanged with Nullifying Orb.
• For champions without mana nor energy, Presence of Mind is exchanged with Triumph.
• For champions without immobilizing effects, Aftershock is exchanged with Grasp of the Undying and Glacial Augment is exchanged with First Strike.
  • Yorick is an exception to this rule and considered to not have an immobilizing effect despite having an immobilize on his Dark Procession.
• For champions that do not have Flash, Hextech Flashtraption is exchanged with Cash Back.
• For Cassiopeia:
  • Magical Footwear is exchanged with Cash Back.
• For Corki, Font of Life is exchanged with Demolish.
• For Bel'Veth and Shyvana, Ultimate Hunter is exchanged with Relentless Hunter.
• For Samira, Ultimate Hunter is exchanged with Treasure Hunter.
• In URF:
  • Unsealed Spellbook is exchanged with First Strike.
  • Manaflow Band is exchanged with Nullifying Orb.
  • Presence of Mind is exchanged with Triumph.
• In Ultimate Spellbook:
  • Unsealed Spellbook is exchanged with First Strike.

Trivia

• During development, Precision and Sorcery were originally going to be Primary path only.
• Runes are referred to internally as "perks".
• 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
  • Domination - Noxian fortification
  • Sorcery - Mountains of Icathia
  • Resolve - Riverlands of Southern Freljord
  • Inspiration - Beneath the heavens atop Mount Targon
• 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.

Calculation of rune combinations
Count	Paths		Calculation
	Primary path	Secondary path	Primary path	Secondary path	Total Combinations
1	Precision	Domination	4*3*3*3=108	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	108*27=2916
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	3*3*3*3=81	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
1	Domination	Resolve	3*3*3*3=81	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
1	Domination	Inspiration	3*3*3*3=81	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
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	3*3*3*3=81	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
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*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
1	Resolve	Domination	3*3*3*3=81	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
1	Inspiration	Domination	3*3*3*3=81	3*3+3*3+3*3=27	81*27=2187
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					46656

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Removed runes

• Celestial Body (replaced by Time Warp Tonic)
• Chrysalis (replaced by Bone Plating)
• Iron Skin (replaced by Chrysalis)
• Future's Market (replaced by Cash Back)
• Ingenious Hunter
• Kleptomancy (replaced by Prototype: Omnistone)
• Legend: Tenacity (replaced by Legend: Haste)
• Lethal Tempo
• Minion Dematerializer
• Mirror Shell (replaced by Chrysalis)
• Overheal (replaced by Absorb Life)
• Perfect Timing (replaced by Triple Tonic)
• Predator
• Prototype: Omnistone (replaced by First Strike)
• Ravenous Hunter (replaced by Treasure Hunter)
• The Ultimate Hat (replaced by Ultimate Hunter)

Rune presets

Prior to the introduction of the Rune Recommender in V12.23, the client offered five preset rune pages that could not be edited, but were viewable in the player's Collection tab. Also, if an invalid rune page was selected, it was substituted for one of the preset rune pages upon game start. The preset selection depended on your champion's traits.

Inspiration: The Timeless (Inspiration + Resolve)

Precision: The Perfect (Precision + Sorcery)

Domination: The Executioner (Domination + Precision)

Resolve: The Colossus (Resolve + Sorcery)

Sorcery: The Calamity (Sorcery + Domination)

Personalized Rune Page

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

Rune traits

Prior to the introduction of Shards in V8.23, 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 Wicked 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 Timeless	—

Champion stat adjustments

After the launch of Runes Reforged, the balance of champion stats was heavily impacted due to their dependence on the old Rune system's direct stat buffs.

• The following generalize the changes made to compensate for the loss of attack damage from marks and health or 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 bonus 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 or nerf specific champions.
  • AD champions had the base damage on their abilities increased by 5.
    • Ranged AD champions also had their base attack damage increased by 8.
  • Most champions had their base armor increased by 9.
    • Most mages had their base health increased by 12, instead. Primarily excluding junglers.
    • Melee supports had their base armor increased by 20, instead.

Patch History

V14.10

• New: Absorb Life, Cash Back, Jack of All Trades, Legend: Haste.
• Removed: Future's Market, Ingenious Hunter, Legend: Tenacity, Lethal Tempo, Minion Dematerializer, Overheal, Predator.

V14.2

• Slot 2 option 2 changed to 2% bonus movement speed from 6 bonus armor.
• Slot 2 option 3 changed to 10 − 180 (based on level) bonus health from 8 bonus magic resistance.
• Slot 3 option 1 bonus health changed to 65 at all levels from 15 − 140 (based on level).
• Slot 3 option 2 changed to 10% tenacity and slow resist from 6 bonus armor.
• Slot 3 option 3 changed to 10 − 180 (based on level) bonus health from 8 bonus magic resistance.

V14.1

• New: Triple Tonic.
• Removed: Perfect Timing.

V12.23

• New: Rune Recommender.
• Removed: Preset Rune pages.

V11.23

• New: First Strike.
• Removed: Prototype: Omnistone.

V11.21

• Slot 3 bonus health increased to 15 − 140 (based on level) from 15 − 90 (based on level).

V10.23

• Slot 1 cooldown reduction shard now grants 8 ability haste at all levels, instead of 1% − 10% (based on level) cooldown reduction.

V9.23

• New: Prototype: Omnistone.
• Removed: Kleptomancy.

V9.2

• Slot 1 and 2 adaptive shard reduced to (5.4 bonus AD or 9 AP) from (6 bonus AD or 10 AP).
• Slot 2 and 3 armor shard increased to 6 bonus armor from 5.
• Slot 2 and 3 magic resistance shard increased to 8 bonus magic resistance from 6.

V9.1

• Offense attack speed shard increased to 10% bonus attack speed from 9%.

V8.23

• New: Shield Bash
• New: Rune shards
• Removed: Trait: Domination.
• Removed: Trait: Inspiration.
• Removed: Trait: Precision.
• Removed: Trait: Resolve.
• Removed: Trait: Sorcery.
• Removed: Chrysalis.

V8.11

• New: Hail of Blades.
• New: Nimbus Cloak.
• New: Ultimate Hunter.
• Removed: The Ultimate Hat.

V8.6

• New: Chrysalis.
• New: Conqueror.
• Removed: Iron Skin.
• Removed: Mirror Shell.

V8.4

• New: Bone Plating.
• New: Time Warp Tonic.
• Removed: Celestial Body.

V7.23

• Added an option to hide preset pages.

V7.22 - Added

• Added to the live servers.
• Any Rune Pages the player owned in the previous system have been transferred across to the new system, in addition to the currency compensation received.
• Individual rune changes are documented on the respective rune's page.

References

Runes

Precision	Press the Attack ▪ Lethal Tempo ▪ Fleet Footwork ▪ Conqueror Absorb Life ▪ Triumph ▪ Presence of Mind Legend: Alacrity ▪ Legend: Haste ▪ Legend: Bloodline Coup de Grace ▪ Cut Down ▪ Last Stand
Domination	Electrocute ▪ Dark Harvest ▪ Hail of Blades Cheap Shot ▪ Taste of Blood ▪ Sudden Impact Zombie Ward ▪ Ghost Poro ▪ Eyeball Collection Treasure Hunter ▪ Relentless Hunter ▪ Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery	Summon Aery ▪ Arcane Comet ▪ Phase Rush Nullifying Orb ▪ Manaflow Band ▪ Nimbus Cloak Transcendence ▪ Celerity ▪ Absolute Focus Scorch ▪ Waterwalking ▪ Gathering Storm
Resolve	Grasp of the Undying ▪ Aftershock ▪ Guardian Demolish ▪ Font of Life ▪ Shield Bash Conditioning ▪ Second Wind ▪ Bone Plating Overgrowth ▪ Revitalize ▪ Unflinching
Inspiration	Glacial Augment ▪ Unsealed Spellbook ▪ First Strike Hextech Flashtraption ▪ Magical Footwear ▪ Cash Back Triple Tonic ▪ Time Warp Tonic ▪ Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight ▪ Approach Velocity ▪ Jack of All Trades
Removed	Trait: Sorcery ▪ Trait: Resolve ▪ Trait: Precision ▪ Trait: Inspiration ▪ Trait: Domination ▪ The Ultimate Hat ▪ Ravenous Hunter ▪ Perfect Timing ▪ Mirror Shell ▪ Iron Skin ▪ Celestial Body ▪ Kleptomancy ▪ Chrysalis ▪ Prototype: Omnistone ▪ Future's Market ▪ Ingenious Hunter ▪ Legend: Tenacity ▪ Minion Dematerializer ▪ Overheal ▪ Predator