Go farm Countess: In 20 Countess runs there is about a 7% chance you won't see an El. If not, Act2 Normal (like Tombs) is the best place to get a El rune.

-May the RNG be with you!

When rotw released, i was farming with my old char in hell and zero El drop like you…. It was weird

Then i started a new char and started finding alot of El in normal/nm

So i think El rune doesnt drop much in Hell

Is it turned off in your loot filter? Also I think there are cases it doesnt drop any more for certain high level zones?

Let me be clear. I've been playing this game for 28 years. There's not a stat or strat you can throw out that I don't already know. The point is there is something wrong. I've done many hundreds of countess runs and hundreds of trav runs this ladder between my lock and barb. There's basically no chance an el hasn't dropped yet. Also it hasn't dropped from random grinding or leveling. Literally never seen it before.

My account is bugged too, I’ve only seen Ber runes. Literally no other runes have dropped, anytime I kill countess, Ber.

Lol, I get it. Everyone thinks I'm lying, haven't been paying attention, or just don't know what I'm talking about. It's not the case. There's something weird going on.

The same bug happens to me but instead of El, I couldn’t find any Zod

I got like 5 el runes for 30+ of other runes like Tal, Ort or Amn.
Same for Eld got like 6 only since ROTW.

Your odds are most unlikely but El runes are actually rarer in Hell than what they want you to think.

The guy who says he is at 99 on all runes up to Hel is obviously lying or bought the runes to fill up.