Attack damage

Attack damage (AD) is one of two damage-increasing stats. Unlike AP it increases the damage of basic attacks (by an unknown ratio), not only abilities.

Note: abilities damage can be increased by AD, AP, health, or AD and AP. But in the case of AD the increase can be as much as total AD, but that is rare. Usually ability damage is increased only by bonus AD (which does not include base AD).

Each champion has its own amount of AD, which increases each level (though the increase is not the same each level due to the weird formula used). This is called "base AD". The disadvantage of a champions base AD is that it doesn't affect its ability damage, only basic attacks, except for some abilities which are only present for some champions.

Champions can gain more AD mainly by items (items are the single major source of stats), but some champion abilities give more AD. Pre-game setup (runes and masteries) can grant extra. This is bonus AD; it increases basic attack damage and ability damage.

The champion's total attack damage is the base attack damage plus the bonus attack damage.

This statistic stacks additively in most circumstances. When there are percentile attack damage bonuses, they are first added together if there are several sources and then they multiply the total attack damage of the champion.

At level 18, base attack damage ranges from 84.568 ( Orianna) to 139 ( Mega Gnar).

Attack Damage has a theoretical gold value of 36 gold per unit. This means that B. F. Sword and Pickaxe are the most efficient AD core items, with a gold/AD ratio of 31 and 35 respectively. The costs of these stats are always offset by increased final costs of their upgraded items, so The Bloodthirster and Infinity Edge still break even at 36 gold per 1 AD.

Increasing attack damage

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Champion abilities

Note: Only the attack damage bonus effect of these abilities is shown here, to read more information on each of these abilities, follow the link on each of them.

• Alistar's Unbreakable Will increases his attack damage by 60 / 75 / 90 for 7 seconds.
• Dr. Mundo's Masochism increases his attack damage by 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 plus 0.4 / 0.55 / 0.7 / 0.85 / 1 per 1% health he is missing for 5 seconds.
• Fiora's Riposte increases her attack damage by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35.
• Gangplank's Raise Morale passively increases his attack damage by 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16. He can activate this ability to increase his attack damage by 12 / 19 / 26 / 33 / 40 instead and nearby allied champions' attack damage by half of that amount for 7 seconds.
• Hecarim's Warpath passive gains attack damage equal to % of his bonus movement speed.
• Janna's Eye Of The Storm Eye Of The Storm increases an allied unit's attack damage by 14 / 23 / 32 / 41 / 50 (+10% AP) for 5 seconds or until the shield breaks.
• Master Yi's Wuju Style passively increases his attack damage by 10% of his attack damage when the ability is not on cooldown.
• Nasus' Fury of the Sands grants him 6.375% of the damage it deals as attack damage.
• Nocturne's Duskbringer grants him 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 attack damage as long as he is on the trail created by the ability.
• Poppy's Paragon of Demacia increases her attack damage by 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 when she is hit by an attack or hits an enemy. This buff lasts for 5 seconds and stacks up to 10 times. She can activate this ability to gain max stacks.
• Rammus' Spiked Shell passively increases his attack damage by 25% of his armor.
• Rengar's Empowered Savagery Empowered Savagery increases his attack damage by 10% for 5 seconds.
• Riven's Blade of the Exile gives Riven 20% of her total AD as bonus attack damage for 15 seconds.
• Taric's Radiance increases his attack damage by 30 / 50 / 70 and half of that to nearby allied champions for 10 seconds.
• Trundle's Chomp increases his attack damage by 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 for 8 seconds.
• Tryndamere's Bloodlust passively increases his attack damage by 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 plus 0.15 / 0.2 / 0.25 / 0.3 / 0.35 per 1% of his maximum health missing.
• Twitch's Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat increases his attack damage by 20 / 28 / 36 for 7 seconds.
• Vayne's Final Hour increases her attack damage by 30 / 50 / 70 for 8 / 10 / 12 seconds.
• Zed's Living Shadow passively grants Zed 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25% increased bonus attack damage.

Masteries

• Brute Force increases your champion's attack damage by 0.22 / 0.39 / 0.55 per level (4 / 7 / 10 bonus attack damage at level 18).
• Martial Mastery increases your champion's attack damage by 4.
• Warlord increases bonus attack damage by 2 / 3.5 / 5%.

Runes

Name	Type	Tier 1 (Lesser)	Tier 2 (Normal)	Tier 3 (Greater)
Attack damage	Mark	0.53 5 Influence Point	0.74 35 Influence Point	0.95 205 Influence Point
	Seal	X	X	0.43 205 Influence Point
	Glyph	X	X	0.28 205 Influence Point
	Quintessence	1.25 15 Influence Point	1.75 100 Influence Point	2.25 1025 Influence Point
Attack Damage, Scaling (Attack Damage per level)	Mark	X	X	0.13 per level (2.43) 410 Influence Point
	Seal	X	X	0.06 per level (1.09) 205 Influence Point
	Glyph	X	X	0.04 per level (0.73) 205 Influence Point
	Quintessence	X	X	0.25 per level (4.5) 515 Influence Point

Neutral buffs

• The Hand of Baron buff grants up to 40 attack power and ability power (scaling with game time) for 3 minutes.

Decreasing attack damage

Champion's abilities

Note: Only the attack damage reduction effect of these abilities is shown here, to read more information on each of these abilities, follow the link on each of them. Effects that reduces damage is not the same as decreasing a champion's attack damage.

• Tryndamere's Mocking Shout reduces surrounding enemy champions' attack damage by 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 for 4 seconds.
• Trundle's Chomp reduces the opponent's attack damage by 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20 for 8 seconds.

List of champions' attack damage

Main article: List of champions' attack damage

The highest and lowest base damage champions

Champion Level	Top 5 champions		Bottom 5 champions
Level 1	1. Maokai	61.7395 AD	1. Orianna	38.219 AD
	2. Warwick	62.945 AD	2. Karthus	43.77375 AD
	3. Singed	60.671 AD	3. Lulu	45.219 AD
	4. Galio	56.6025 AD	4. Teemo	51.945 AD
	4. Jax
	4. Malphite
	4. Poppy
	5. Irelia	62.26 AD	5. Thresh	54.493 AD
Level 18	1. Cho'Gath	135.024 AD	1. Orianna	80.872 AD
	1. Skarner
	2. Sion	130.88 AD	2. Thresh	90.584 AD
	3. Kassadin	120.308 AD	3. Lulu	87.872 AD
	4. Alistar	120.95 AD	4. Fiddlesticks	96.658 AD
	5. Blitzcrank	117.02 AD	5. Annie	91.658 AD

• It is worth noting that Mega Gnar has the highest base AD of any champion at 139 dmg. Due to him being the alternate form of Gnar, he isn't on the table.

Trivia

[Last updated 20/7/2015 on patch 5.13]

• One of the biggest amount of AD any champion can obtain is 1518.601532, being a level 18 Zed.

Zed must:

• Have all AD runes and masteries:
  • 9 Scaling Marks of Attack Damage (2.43 × 9 AD)
  • 9 Scaling Seals of Attack Damage (1.09 × 9 AD)
  • 9 Scaling Glyphs of Attack Damage (0.73 × 9 AD)
  • 3 Scaling Quintessences of Attack Damage (4.5 × 3 AD)
  • 3 points in Brute Force (10 AD)
  • 1 point in Martial Mastery (4 AD)
  • 3 points in Warlord (5% bonus AD)
• Have the best AD items:
  • One fully stacked Sword of the Occult (110 AD)
  • One Maw of Malmortius (95 AD)
    • Be at less than 30% of his maximum health
  • Any combinaison of four 80–AD items: (4 × 80 AD)
    • BT, Essence Reaver, IE, or Mercurial Scimitar
  • Have consumed an Elixir of Wrath (25 AD)
• Possess the Hand of Baron buff (40 AD)
• Possess 5 stacks of the Dragon Slayer buff (12% AD)
• Be close to an allied champion equipped with Zeke's Herald (20 AD)
• Be close to a Taric casting Radiance (35 AD)
• Be close to a Gangplank casting Raise Morale (20 AD)
• Be under the effect of Eye Of The Storm Eye Of The Storm cast by a Janna with the maximum amount of ability power
• Have Living Shadow at the fifth rank. (25% bonus AD)

Relevant mathematics:

Janna AP = (16.02 + 6 + 1.8 × 9 + 1.8 × 9 + 3.06 × 9 + 7.74 × 3 + 40 + 180 + 120 + 229.19 + 100 × 3 + 40 + 35) × (1.05 × 1.12 × 1.35) = 1665.979812

Zed AD = (((2.43 × 9 + 1.09 × 9 + 0.73 × 9 + 4.5 × 3 + 10 + 4 + 110 + 95 + 80 × 4 + 25 + 40 + 20 + 35 + 20 + 50 + 1665.979812 × 0.1) × (1.25 × 1.05)) + 112.5) × 1.12 = 1518.601532

Champion statistics