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Ability power icon Ability power, or AP, is one of the two main offensive stats that binds champions to certain item builds, and the counterpart to Attack damage icon attack damage. Unlike attack damage, ability power does not have a tangible, baseline effect. Apart from increasing damage, it also most commonly scales the potency of indirect-combat or utility effects (for example, Slow icon slows and movement speed buffs).

Ability power is defined by the lack of innate multiplicative synergy that attack damage has with attack speed, critical strike chance & critical strike damage, and attack effects. Because of that, champions that utilize ability power either:

  1. Have effectively none or purposeless basic attacks after a certain point in the game, meaning they are pure ability-casters (e.g. Syndra Syndra, Xerath Xerath, Swain Swain, Ahri Ahri, etc.) OR
  2. Are purposefully designed to have modified basic attacks or abilities that explicitly scale off of some or all of those same statistics that attack damage-utilizing champions do (e.g. Zoe Zoe, Kayle Kayle, Katarina Katarina, Diana Diana, etc.).
  • Ability power Additive stacking icon stacks additively, and each point acquired directly adds to the statistic (1:1).

Every champion starts with 0 ability power, which does not increase through growth per level. Ability power is gained from any source other than levels, for example from buffs, items, runes, and others.

Gold Value

  • ​​​Ability power has a gold value of 20 Gold 20 per point.


Ability power as scaling[]

Effects may benefit from (scale off of) a percentage/ratio, of the total amount of AP. When referring to these scaling ratios, this is always shortened to simply "AP".

Many abilities, items, and runes scale off of ability power through those AP ratios. Note that AP scaling does not necessarily mean magic damage dealt; ratios can be assigned to any damage type.

The following 20 champions do not have Ability power icon ability power ratios on any of their abilities: Aatrox Aatrox, Camille Camille, Darius Darius, Dr Dr. Mundo, Draven Draven, Garen Garen, Kayn Kayn, Kled Kled, Naafiri Naafiri, Nilah Nilah, Olaf Olaf, Pyke Pyke, Riven Riven, Samira Samira, Sett Sett, Talon Talon, Urgot Urgot, Xayah Xayah, Yone Yone, and Zed Zed.

Items[]

Runes[]

Neutral buffs[]

Increasing ability power[]

Items[]

This table is automatically generated based on the data from Module:ItemData/data.

ItemCostAmountAvailability
Aether Wisp Aether Wisp850 850 Gold30Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Amplifying Tome Amplifying Tome400 400 Gold20Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Archangel's Staff Archangel's Staff2900 2900 Gold80Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Ardent Censer Ardent Censer2300 2300 Gold50Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Bandleglass Mirror Bandleglass Mirror1000 1000 Gold20Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil3100 3100 Gold120Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Blasting Wand Blasting Wand850 850 Gold45Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Blighting Jewel Blighting Jewel1100 1100 Gold25Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Cosmic Drive Cosmic Drive3000 3000 Gold80Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Cry of the Shrieking City Cry of the Shrieking City2200 2200 Gold60Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom2850 2850 Gold70Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Dark Seal Dark Seal350 350 Gold15Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Dawncore Dawncore2700 2700 Gold40Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Daybreak Daybreak2700 2700 Gold60Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Doran's Ring Doran's Ring400 400 Gold18Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Echoes of Helia Echoes of Helia2200 2200 Gold40Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Enmity of the Masses Enmity of the Masses2700 2700 Gold110Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Fiendish Codex Fiendish Codex900 900 Gold35Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Force of Arms Force of Arms2900 2900 Gold120Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Guardian's Orb Guardian's Orb950 950 Gold50Arena, All Random All Mid
Guinsoo's Rageblade Guinsoo's Rageblade3000 3000 Gold35Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Haunting Guise Haunting Guise1300 1300 Gold35Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Hextech Alternator Hextech Alternator1100 1100 Gold50Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt2600 2600 Gold70Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Horizon Focus Horizon Focus2700 2700 Gold90Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Icathia's Curse Icathia's Curse3100 3100 Gold90Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Imperial Mandate Imperial Mandate2300 2300 Gold60Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Infinite Convergence Infinite Convergence2600 2600 Gold70Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Liandry's Lament Liandry's Lament3000 3000 Gold110Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment3000 3000 Gold90Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Lich Bane Lich Bane3100 3100 Gold100Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Lost Chapter Lost Chapter1200 1200 Gold40Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Luden's Companion Luden's Companion2900 2900 Gold95Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Malignance Malignance2700 2700 Gold80Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Mejai's Soulstealer Mejai's Soulstealer1500 1500 Gold20Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5
Moonstone Renewer Moonstone Renewer2200 2200 Gold30Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon2200 2200 Gold90Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Nashor's Tooth Nashor's Tooth3000 3000 Gold90Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Needlessly Large Rod Needlessly Large Rod1250 1250 Gold70Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Oblivion Orb Oblivion Orb800 800 Gold30Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap3600 3600 Gold140Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Rabadon's Deathcrown Rabadon's Deathcrown3600 3600 Gold190Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Riftmaker Riftmaker3100 3100 Gold80Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Rod of Ages Rod of Ages2600 2600 Gold50Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rylai's Crystal Scepter2600 2600 Gold75Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Seeker's Armguard Seeker's Armguard1600 1600 Gold45Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Seething Sorrow Seething Sorrow3000 3000 Gold55Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Seraph's Embrace Seraph's Embrace2900 2900 Gold80Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Shadowflame Shadowflame3200 3200 Gold120Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Shattered Armguard Shattered Armguard1600 1600 Gold45Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Shurelya's Battlesong Shurelya's Battlesong2200 2200 Gold55Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Shurelya's Requiem Shurelya's Requiem2200 2200 Gold70Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Staff of Flowing Water Staff of Flowing Water2300 2300 Gold40Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Starcaster Starcaster2200 2200 Gold50Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Stormsurge Stormsurge2900 2900 Gold95Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
The Baron's Gift The Baron's Gift3000 3000 Gold120Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Upgraded Aeropack Upgraded Aeropack2600 2600 Gold95Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Verdant Barrier Verdant Barrier1800 1800 Gold40Nexus Blitz, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Void Staff Void Staff3000 3000 Gold80Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass3250 3250 Gold120Nexus Blitz, Arena, Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5, All Random All Mid

Item passives[]

Consumables[]

Champion abilities[]

Runes[]

Neutral Buffs[]

Decreasing ability power[]

Champion abilities[]

Trivia[]

  • The ability with the largest AP ratio is Annie's Annie's Summon Tibbers Summon Tibbers, with a maximum AP ratio of (+ 615% AP) counting initial cast of (+ 75% AP) and the target taking damage from all 45 ticks of Tibbers Tibbers aura damage ((+ 12% AP) per tick).
  • The second and third bounces of Nami's Nami's Ebb and Flow Ebb and Flow scale exponentially, however the low base ratio means it will not beat other spells at normal levels of AP.

Last updated: May 20, 2023, patch V13.10

  • Disregarding any form of infinite scaling, items like Seraph's Embrace Seraph's Embrace that grant AP based on any of their user's other stats, and allied or neutral buffs such as Hand of Baron Hand of Baron, the maximum attainable ability power that any champion is able to obtain is 1255.8 AP with no boots, or 1115.8 AP with boots.

Last updated: May 20, 2023, patch V13.10

  • Disregarding any form of infinite scaling, the highest attainable ability power by a champion on Summoner's Rift is Singed Singed, reaching 1851.2 AP without boots.
  • Syndra Syndra is a close second, at 1849.75 AP

Last updated: May 5 2023, patch V13.9

  • The highest attainable ability power by a champion at level 1 using only their starting gold is 70 AP on any champion.
  • Champion:
    • Items = 20 20 = 20 AP
    • Runes = 24 24 + 3 3 + 5 5 + Rune shard Adaptive Force 9 × 2 = 50 AP
      • AP = 20 + 50 = 70 AP
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