Runes

Runes

Runes are special effects that you can equip before a run start, that help shape your build even before the match starts. These are ideally unique effects that can synergise with specific builds, playstyles or characters.

Runes can interact with your stats, can be new mechanics, and ideally, change the way you want to play the game. In addition to that, each rune has a Runic Power Cost. You can get a total of 5 Runic Power through the Skill Tree and 5 more by completing Achievements. You can equip up to 5 Runes depending on your Runic Power. They are interesting effects that you cannot get through power-ups, as they are too disruptive to be simple power-ups.

Runes also require specific achievements to be completed before they can be used and swapped at any time without restrictions.

Runes are multiplicative.

Legendary
Runic Power Cost: 5	Runic Power Cost: 4	Runic Power Cost: N/A
Singular Focus	Synergetic	Rune Name
Skills can now be picked multiple times. Power-ups that enhance a specific skill, will be applied to a random instance of the skill.	Increases the chance of being offered synergy power-ups where applying one negative effect can chain and apply another, and increase the chances of those synergies happening by 50%.	Rune information
Win a match with all curses up to and including tier VI enabled on The Caves of Dhal Zhog.	Complete 100% of Endless Mode cycle 3.	Rune unlock information
Epic Runic Power Cost: 3
Commanding Presence	Recklessness	Reroll Mastery
Reduces all damage you deal by 25%, but increases the damage modifier of all units summoned by you by 25%.	Increases all damage you cause by 0.4% per missing health point, up to a maximum of 30%.	You gain one extra reroll every 5 levels.
Eliminate a total of 300,000 enemies.	Eliminate a total of 3,000 elite enemies.	Eliminate a total of 500 Lords of the Void.
Rare Runic Power Cost: 2
Focus Fire	Generalist	Multi-cast Mastery
Increases all damage you deal by 40%, but decreases the area of all your skills by 20%.	You cause 5% extra damage for each different type your currently active skills have.	Increases the chance for long chains of multi-casting to happen.
Eliminate a total of 2,000 elite enemies.	Eliminate a total of 400 Lords of the Void.	Win a match with all curses up to and including tier IV enabled on The Caves of Dhal Zhog.
Surefooted	Controlled Chaos	Critical Mastery
You take 15% less damage from all sources and are also much more resistant to pushback.	For all your abilities that deal a random amount of damage, damage will be rolled twice and the highest roll will be chosen.	100% of your critical chance is added to your critical damage multiplier when calculating critical damage, including bonus critical chance from negative effects.
Reach experience level 90 in a single match.	Complete 100% of Overlord Mode cycle 1.	Win a match with all curses up to and including tier III enabled on The Whispering Grove.
Executioner	Purity	Rune Name
You cause 5% extra damage per different type of negative effect on enemies you hit.	Increases all damage done by 50%. This bonus is reduced by 5% for each different type of negative effect on the target.	Rune information
Win a match with all curses up to and including tier IV enabled on The Dungeon of Despair.	Eliminate a total of 200,000 enemies.	Rune unlock information
Uncommon Runic Power Cost: 1
Weapon Expert	Dash Mastery	Center of Attention
You start the game with the special weapon skill for your currently selected weapon.	Increases your dash speed by 50%, resulting in a longer distance traveled.	All random targeted area effects are now targeted at your position instead.
Reach experience level 100 in a single match.	Win a match with all curses up to and including tier II on The Frozen Wastelands.	Unlock a total of 8 characters.
Skill Type Runes
Skill Affinity	Skill Mastery	Skill Inclination
Runic Power Cost: 1	Runic Power Cost: 2	Runic Power Cost: 3
Reach prestige level 30 with a specific Character.	Complete a match in less than 12:00 minutes with a specific Character.	Reach prestige level 60 with a specific Character.
Arcane The Arcane Weaver
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Arcane the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Arcane that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Arcane will be offered to you when you level up.
Chaos The Chaoswalker
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Chaos the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Chaos that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Chaos will be offered to you when you level up.
Ice The Death Knight
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Ice the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Ice that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Ice will be offered to you when you level up.
Nature The Beastmaster
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Nature the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Nature that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Nature will be offered to you when you level up.
Fire The Pyromancer
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Fire the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Fire that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Fire will be offered to you when you level up.
Electric The Elementalist
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Electric the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Electric that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Electric will be offered to you when you level up.
Shadow The Necromancer
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Shadow the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Shadow that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Shadow will be offered to you when you level up.
Holy The Paladin
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Holy the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Holy that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Holy will be offered to you when you level up.
Swing The Spellblade
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Swing the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Swing that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Swing will be offered to you when you level up.
Thrust The Legionnaire
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Thrust the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Thrust that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Thrust will be offered to you when you level up.
Slam The Barbarian
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Slam the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Slam that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Slam will be offered to you when you level up.
Projectile The Sentinel
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Projectile the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Projectile that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Projectile will be offered to you when you level up.
Bomb The Assassin
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Bomb the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Bomb that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Bomb will be offered to you when you level up.
Blast The Hound Master
You are guaranteed to be offered only skills that contain the type Blast the first time you are offered active skills, if possible. If you have multiple affinities, they will happen one at a time.	Adds up to 6 random Active skills of type Blast that your character would not have access to otherwise to the skill pool, if possible.	Increases the chance that active skills of type Blast will be offered to you when you level up.
Runic Power
Complete a match in less than 8:00 minutes.	Complete 100% of Overlord Mode cycle 3.	Win a match with all curses up to and including tier VI enabled on The Scorching Valley.
Eliminate a total of 600 Lords of the Void.	Eliminate a total of 500,000 enemies.	5 from Skill Tree