Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Is there a cap for cooldown reduction (CDR) in League of Legends?

Question

At what point does cooldown reduction cap out? Is it possible to hit the cap with only masteries and runes?

Answer

Cooldown reduction (CDR) has a hard cap at 40%.

You can get 9% CDR from masteries alone (typically 9/0/21), and 5.89% from flat cooldown glyphs, a little more if you invest in CDR seals or Marks (though they will provide a lesser amount than the glyphs.

If you're playing Summoner's Rift, the Crest of the Ancient Golem provides a scaling mana regen and cooldown reduction bonus, which caps out at 25% at level 18.

Therefore, using flat CDR glyphs, and a 9/0/21 mastery spec, you can very nearly cap cooldown reduction (39.89% or so) without any items at all.

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