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Gold Generating Runes, are they worth it?

Creator: SlashStarEX December 19, 2013 7:54pm
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Are they still worth using?
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After my friends brought up the idea of running tanky runes rather than gold generation because of the new improved income, I thought to pose this question to you guys.

Are they still mandatory or are they case-by-case now?
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i havnt been using gold generation runes, what i am using is MS quints but from what ive heard flat Health quints are good, but ive been getting a full build without gold generation items with 21 points in utility
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Its hard to tell with all the Gold Generating items around.... ima say maybe 2 gold quints and a flat HP might be best right now. Going the other way (2HP and one Gold Quint) might be better though. I'm not a Theorycrafter though.
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Right now I am using only Greater Quintessence of Gold. I think armor runes are more important than gold ones (because you need extra defense as support) since gold income items have improved.
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Even in S3 I eventually stopped using Gold Runes.
The extra lane presence and saved gold from Sightstone made the Quints rather useless, and HP Runes took over.

In S4 it is even better so, fk dem Gold quints!
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Nope at least not in s4 you get so much gold as support already why lose your tankess and trades in lane for little gold?
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Chirika wrote:

Right now I am using only Greater Quintessence of Gold. I think armor runes are more important than gold ones (because you need extra defense as support) since gold income items have improved.

Depending on how passive player you are but flat hp quints are better right now.
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I use 3 gold quintessences on jungle WW, but only because he's basically the same no matter what quints you use.
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why not lifesteal? :O
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why not lifesteal? :O

I finish every clear on full HP without using any potions. Lifesteal isn't very useful until late-game. But I prefer to use the gold quints to get a faster Spirit of the Ancient Golem, which in turn leads to even more gold generation.
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