League of Legends – Premade Masteries or Choose on the Fly in League of Legends?

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I'm going to end this season in the gold division and I try to imporve my playstyle constantly. I often see / hear ppl claiming that you shouldn't have prefilled masteries but adapt them before every game. Does this have such a high impact on the game? Is there a sort of cheat sheet for when I should skill which tree?

Best Answer

Many pros/high elo players adjust their masteries every game based on individual matchups in that game so that they get the most beneficial stats they can from masteries. For example, a mid laner may have a generic mid lane mastery page in which they take 2 points in Meditation (mana regen) and 3 points in Merciless (bonus damage to champions below 40% hp). This may be perfectly fine for someone like Ahri, but if you are instead playing Zed, it would be better to take the two points in Meditation and put them into Merciless, as Zed does not benefit from mana regen.

Also, in the case of marksmen, some marksmen do well with thunderlord's decree, while others like Jhin benefit more from Deathfire Touch. Also, if you are in a matchup against a heavy poke lane, it may be better to take Wardlord's Bloodlust to avoid being pushed out of lane as easily.

TL:DR It is fine to have premade mastery pages to save time when setting them up, but if you want to optimize you stats gained from them, you should always try and fine tune them each match based on the champions you are facing.