In League of Legends<\/em>, there’s a wide variety of options to choose from when it comes to your in-game runes.<\/p>
There are five different paths, but players can sometimes feel pressured by the presence of runes. To truly use what a League <\/em>champion has to offer, runes need to fit the role, the character being played, and the player\u2019s playstyle.<\/p>
Top lane is the most isolated position, but as such, it allows the player to be in control of the laning phase and is open to many different picks and playstyles. Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers.<\/p>
Runes for tanks<\/strong><\/h3>The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity.<\/p>
Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you’re able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game.<\/p>
Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032030\/Top-tank-1024x491.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills.<\/p>
This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. <\/p>
Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don’t get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve’s Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032047\/Top-bruiser-1024x506.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for AP and AD damage dealers<\/strong><\/h3>If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent.<\/p>
AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032055\/Top-AP-1024x491.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032107\/top-AD-1024x509.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Mid lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives.<\/p>
Runes for AP mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don’t have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032121\/Mid-AP-1024x513.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for AD mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032129\/Mid-AD-1024x506.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Bot lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Runes for ADCs<\/strong><\/h3>Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032339\/Bot-1024x513.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032346\/Support-1024x520.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032346\/Support-AP-1024x520.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032402\/Jungle-bruiser-1024x514.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/25032408\/Jungle-tank-1024x505.png\")
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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Runes for bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills.<\/p>
This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. <\/p>
Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don’t get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve’s Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for AP and AD damage dealers<\/strong><\/h3>If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent.<\/p>
AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Mid lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives.<\/p>
Runes for AP mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don’t have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for AD mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Bot lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Runes for ADCs<\/strong><\/h3>Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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Runes for AP and AD damage dealers<\/strong><\/h3>If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent.<\/p>
AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Mid lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives.<\/p>
Runes for AP mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don’t have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for AD mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Bot lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Runes for ADCs<\/strong><\/h3>Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. 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The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic.<\/p>
Mid lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives.<\/p>
Runes for AP mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don’t have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for AD mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Bot lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Runes for ADCs<\/strong><\/h3>Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don’t have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain.<\/p>
Runes for AD mid<\/strong> laners<\/h3>The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Bot lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Runes for ADCs<\/strong><\/h3>Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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Bot lane runes<\/strong><\/h2>Runes for ADCs<\/strong><\/h3>Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer.<\/p>
If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain.<\/p>
Runes for supports<\/strong><\/h3>Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. 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If tankiness isn’t your forte and you’d rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role.<\/p>
Jungle runes<\/strong><\/h2>Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions.<\/p>
Runes for jungle bruisers<\/strong><\/h3>Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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Are Elise, Graves, and Rek’Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks.<\/p>
Runes for jungle tanks<\/strong><\/h3>If, however, you’d rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It’ll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction.<\/p>
Screengrab via Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There’s no such thing as a standard rune page. But these pages present a great starting point for further variations and will help you find your own version\u2014or they’ll simply be what you need when you autofill for a role you\u2019re not experienced at.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Players can choose to play a tank and slowly farm toward late-game sustainability or play aggressively with bruisers. Runes for tanks The safest picks for a top laner are true tanks such as Ornn and Maokai. These champions require slow play with steady farming through the laning phase and focus on taking the damage for the team, protecting the carries, and holding the frontline in teamfights. To fit this playstyle, top lane tanks go the best with the primary Resolve path since it focuses on giving a champion higher sustain over time and Precision secondary to ensure that you get more tenacity. Grasp of the Undying is the core rune here, which ensures that you get more health over the entire duration of the game while also dealing a lot of damage every four seconds. Demolish will allow you to take tower plates early on quite quickly and ensure you're able to splitpush easily in the mid game. Overgrowth will keep your health pool growing as you farm minions, making you an unkillable machine in the later stages of the game. Triumph will grant you some health back during teamfights, which will be significant due to your maximum health pool and Tenacity will reduce crowd control duration. Runes for bruisers If you\u2019re looking for a more aggressive playstyle with champions such as Renekton or Camille, the rune situation changes. This sort of playstyle requires runes that will help you deal more damage and take control of the top lane through trades and kills. This is exactly what the Precision path will offer with its Conqueror keystone rune. A bruiser is expected to be tanky too, though, so the rest of the path will help add to your sustain as long as you\u2019re taking down enemies at the same time. Conqueror is the bread and butter keystone of such champions, ensuring you get stronger as the combat time grows longer. Triumph will ensure you come out healthy after those early dives while Tenacity makes sure you don't get crowd controlled for too long. Last Stand helps you be a menace the lower your health pool is. Resolve's Bone Plating and Overgrowth make you tankier and increase your health pool the longer the game goes. Runes for AP and AD damage dealers If you\u2019re confident about giving up the sustain and rushing through top purely with damage, make sure your runes are in line with that thinking. AP champions, like Ryze and Vladimir, or AD champs, like Vayne and Lucian, that are played in the top lane call for damage burst from the beginning, poke, and overall dominance over the opponent. AP dealers will want to go for the Sorcery path to gain more poke damage and CDR, which Inspiration will add more of as a secondary path. Movement runes help with easier roams and more sufficient movement in lane trades. If your champion relies heavily on mana, picking Manaflow Band instead of Nimbus Cloak is a good idea. The goal with AD damage dealers is practically the same. Irelia and Fiora want the Precision path. Any of the offered keystones work with this playstyle since they focus on dealing damage. Conqueror is a good general pick since it helps increases your damage overall and has a great healing effect. Most AD champions shine with attack speed and sustain, which is what Precision and Inspiration are offering with Biscuit Delivery and Time Warp Tonic. Mid lane runes Mid laners are carries, meaning they\u2019re the ones who, alongside ADCs, need to take down enemies. The mid lane is played dynamically with a lot of poke in the lane along with participation in fights for jungle objectives. Runes for AP mid laners From that perspective, runes need to be built for the highest burst potential, which is done with the Domination path. Along with Inspiration as the second pick, these runes give higher damage output and necessary resources for dealing with the poke damage coming from the enemy. If you don't have a way to proc Sudden Impact, then going for Taste of Blood is a great alternative to increase your sustain. Runes for AD mid laners The playstyle of AD champions in the mid lane doesn\u2019t differ much from AP champs. As such, these runes follow the same, dominant main path. But taking Precision as the secondary path generally fits this role more for easier takedowns. Champions like Talon and Zed can also profit more from the Ultimate Hunter rune so they can spam their ultimates more often. Bot lane runes Runes for ADCs Just like with top laners, ADCs focus on damage output, attack speed, and lifesteal, so they also fit with the Precision path. Again, all keystones work just as good, so feel free to pick what you feel suits your champion the most, whether it\u2019s Caitlyn, Ashe, or Jhin. For an easier laning phase, it\u2019s recommended to pick Inspiration second for the early Biscuits, which will ensure you get to stay in lane longer. If you\u2019re playing with a support that will provide you with heals, it\u2019s not a bad idea to pick Overheal instead of Triumph for a little bit more sustain. Runes for supports Your bot lane duo will be grateful if you pick a tanky support to protect your carry and control the fights. Runes that fit champions like Nautilus, Blitzcrank, and Leona fall under the Resolve path that strengthens supports\u2019 engaging abilities. As a secondary path, Inspiration will provide assets for an easier laning phase. If tankiness isn't your forte and you'd rather go for more poke-oriented champions like Morgana or Janna, you should pick the Sorcery path. Sorcery allows you to get the most out of your poke with more damage and mana. Inspiration is a good secondary path to choose for almost any role, including this one. But if your champion excels at healing and shielding, Resolve is a good alternative. Additionally, if you\u2019re looking to grab kills and be an aggressive support, feel free to pick Domination, too. It\u2019s a versatile role. Jungle runes Taking on the role of jungler means you need to be able to quickly clear your camps and help the laners win or defend their lanes, whether you do it with the burst from damage output or sustain and crowd control from tankier champions. Runes for jungle bruisers Are Elise, Graves, and Rek'Sai among your favorite jungle picks? Do you like being the jungler who can carry the team as a dominant force? If yes, then these runes are for you. A dominant force calls for the Domination path, which, paired with Sorcery, makes for fast movement in the jungle and high damage for ganks. Runes for jungle tanks If, however, you'd rather be a force that no one can kill and will make sure the backline stays safe, Resolve is the path to go. It'll make under-tower ganks easier and the jungler a lot tankier. Tanky junglers like Zac or Sejuani go well with Inspiration as a secondary path, receiving free boots and increasing your overall cooldown reduction. Remember that runes are here to be customized to suit you and your champion the best. There's no such thing as a standard rune page. 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