Rune

On round start, place your shadow at your location. On cast, become Elusive and quickly travel to your shadow, swapping places with it and leaving an Unstable Anomaly from where you departed.

Cooldown: 12s

Core Knockback: 1390 + 204%

Player Knockback: 250 + 125%

Damage: 220 + 110%

### Unstable Anomaly

[PRIMARY] [IMPACT] [CREATION]

Conjure an expanding anomaly. If it reaches maximum size, it solidifies and continually hits enemies from it. Otherwise, it dissipates on hitting an enemy.

Cooldown: 7.5s

Core Knockback: 1390 + 204%

Player Knockback: 250 + 125%

Damage: 220 + 110%

### Banish

[SPECIAL] [PROJECTILE] [DEBUFF]

Launch a shadow wave that banishes, slows, and damages enemies for 1.75s. Banished enemies cannot be targeted or interacted with.

Cooldown: 35s

Damage: 150 + 75%

## Awakenings

Rune has the ability to take every awakening currently in the game.

## Lore

**Rune** surges with the energy of another realm. The power of Obscura that flows through him gives him the ability to warp the flow of the match in his favor—teleporting across the map and banishing his opponents from the field.

**Rune** had a normal childhood with a loving family and good friends. He was well-liked by his peers and was top of the class in his studies. A successful future was laid out before him. But that future felt dry, boring, and tedious to **Rune**. He desired something more exciting than the average life and began researching dark magicks with his best friend. After school, they would secretly study ancient texts and experiment with forbidden rituals. This exploration into the unknown exhilarated **Rune**, and he always wanted to push one layer deeper.

That curiosity got the better of him. While performing a ritual from one of the texts, **Rune** summoned a primeval power from a realm known as Obscura. The dark energy surged forth wildly, grabbing his friend and engulfing him in shadow. **Rune** frantically tried to seal the power, but found himself helpless to stop it. Within a few moments the shadow had vanished, but so too had his friend.

**Rune** wept in despair, but as he did his friend’s voice called out to him from Obscura. It echoed in his head, laying out the terms of a sinister bargain. If **Rune** would accept and become imbued with dark powers, using them as the voice requested, his friend would be returned to the human world. But in so doing, **Rune** would gradually lose himself to the essence of Obscura. Out of guilt and fear, **Rune** agreed.

The voice of Obscura requests many things. Recently, it drove **Rune** towards the Pro League. Obscura directs **Rune** towards the championship for reasons he cannot understand. But **Rune** doesn’t care for reason—if it will bring his friend back, it simply must be done.

## Patch History

**2023-05-16**

* Unstable Anomaly [PRIMARY]
	+ [BUGFIX] Now scales at a fixed rate, instead of being slowed down by increased Creation Duration
	+ [BUGFIX] Will knock back targets multiple times if they stay inside the Anomaly
* Banish [SPECIAL]
	+ [BUGFIX] Now banishes additional targets hit for the same amount of time as the first target.

**2023-05-09**

* Unstable Anomaly [PRIMARY]
	+ Fully formed Damage :: 220 (+110% Power) → 250 (+125% Power)
	+ Fully formed Core Knockback :: 1390 (+205% Power) → 1405 (+212.5% Power)
	+ Unformed damage and knockback unchanged
	+ Also applies to the Unstable Anomaly left by Shadow Walk [SECONDARY]

**2023-05-02**

* Unstable Anomaly [PRIMARY]
	+ Fully formed PvP Knockback :: 220 (+110% Power) → 250 (+125% Power)
		- PvP Damage and Core Knockback unchanged
		- Unformed damage unchanged
		- Also applies to the Unstable Anomaly left by Shadow Walk [SECONDARY]

**2023-04-27**

* Base Stats
	+ Starting Base Stagger
		- Increased from 1100 → 1125
	+ Stagger at Max Level
		- Increased from 1600 → 1500
	+ Starting Base Stagger
		- Increased from 50 → 100
	+ Power at Max Level
		- Reduced from 120 → 100
	+ Speed at Max Level
		- Reduced from 550 → 450
	+ Cooldown Rate at Max Level
		- Reduced from 50 → 0
* Unstable Anomaly [PRIMARY]
	+ Reduced Charge from 2 → 1
	+ Cooldown Increased from 7s → 7.5s
	+ Core Knockback: 1010 + 380% Power → 1390 + 204% Power
	+ Player Knockback: 310 + 155% Power → 220 + 110% Power
* Shadow Swap [SECONDARY]
	+ Places Unstable Anomaly from where you departed
	+ Reduced Charge from 2 → 1
	+ Cooldown Increased from 10s → 12s
* Banish [SPECIAL]
	+ Banish length increased from 1.5s → 1.75s

**2022-12-08**

* Unstable Anomaly (PRIMARY)
	+ Activation time for Anomaly :: Increased from 0.25s → 0.35s
	+ Cast Time for Rune :: Unchanged (0.25s)

**2022-11-17**

* Shadow Swap [SECONDARY]
	+ Cooldown :: 9s → 10s

* Banish [SPECIAL]
	+ Tooltip now states Banish duration (1.25s)

**2022-10-20**

* Released