
Thanks to The_Nameless_Bard for the sig!
Honestly, some of the new runes are going to be really overpowered. For example, a primary rune (Inspiration 2nd tree) that is insanely strong is the new hexflash. It is literally a 2nd flash, btw with a short charge up, similar to ezreal's e, arcane shift.
That one guy with that one AP Sona guide
https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/ap-sona-support-for-when-you-need-to-carry-your-adc-wip-513889
https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/ap-sona-support-for-when-you-need-to-carry-your-adc-wip-513889
moon827 wrote:
It is literally a 2nd flash, btw with a short charge up (...)
If it is different, then it cannot literally be something it isn't. I don't know how long is the wind-up, but I am fairly certain it takes longer than 1 second, which is waaay too long to be nearly as useful as

The Runes MIGHT seem overpowered, but don't forget Masteries are going out the window. They are merging both systems. 99% of the champion pool is going to be tweaked accordingly. Base HP here, Mana Regeneration there...
Except the new

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The channel time was 2.5 seconds when they last teased it. It actually seemed more like
Vi's
Vault Breaker given the channel time and slowed movement.



Thanks to Fatelblade for the sig!
I mean... at 2.5 seconds, I can not see any major uses for it besides the occasional cheese when enemies lack vision.
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Thanks to Jovy for the sig!
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