Deathfire Grasp

Availability	Common
Tier	Legendary
Stats	+120 ability power +10% cooldown reduction
Active	Unique: Deals 15% of target champion's maximum health in magic damage and applies the debuff, Doom. Doom amplifies all magic damage that champion takes by 20% for 4 seconds. 60 second cooldown (750 range).
Menu	Magic > Ability Power Magic > Cooldown Reduction
Item cost	3100g (680g)
Sell value	2170g
Item code	3128

Deathfire Grasp is a legendary item in League of Legends.^[1] It is best used to initiate fights, as it amplifies all subsequent magic damage the target takes. It is worth stressing that that the damage amplifier will increase magic damage dealt from all sources, not just the holder of Deathfire Grasp.

The activated damage triggers on-ability effects, such as Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Blackfire Torch, and spell vamp, and is treated as a single-target spell for the purpose of these effects. It does not apply champion-specific effects (such as Brand's  Blaze or activating Xerath's  Mage Chains).

The Doom debuff can be removed with Quicksilver.

Recipe Edit

• Needlessly Large Rod (1600g)
• Fiendish Codex (820g)
  • Amplifying Tome (435g)
• 680g

Cost Analysis Edit

Gold Value

• 120 ability power = 2610g
• 10% cooldown reduction = 322g
  • Total Gold Value = 2932g

Gold Efficiency

• The active must have at least a value of 168g for Deathfire Grasp to be gold efficient.

Similar Items Edit

• Rabadon's Deathcap
• Zhonya's Hourglass

Strategy Edit

• Deathfire Grasp is a great choice on burst mages who have the potential to kill enemies in a single spell combo, such as Veigar and LeBlanc.
  • It is also a great choice for Vladimir and Poppy as it stacks additively with Vladimir's  Hemoplague and Poppy's  Diplomatic Immunity greatly increasing your damage output on that target, as well as provides cooldown reduction which allows for even more frequent use of  Transfusion and  Devastating Blow.
• Manaless mages may consider Deathfire Grasp to obtain some cooldown reduction without wasting gold. These include Vladimir, Mordekaiser and Katarina.
• Deathfire Grasp becomes a better option when more than one member of a team deals primarily magic damage, such as an AP support.

Trivia Edit

• When Deathfire Grasp was originally added, it was far too powerful on certain champions and was removed and reworked into its current iteration.
  • Its previous behavior has now been revamped into a new Twisted Treeline item, Blackfire Torch.
• In the V1.0.0.61 patch, the item was reimplemented with a new functionality.
• Deathfire Grasp, Randuin's Omen, Shurelya's Reverie, and Youmuu's Ghostblade were released as a quartet of "sister items" that share similar features, specifically having an active ability and a gold-generating item in their recipe.^[2]
• Abilities that cause you to deal increased damage also increase the damage dealt by Deathfire Grasp (e.g.  Vladimir's  Hemoplague, Poppy's  Diplomatic Immunity, and Swain's  Torment).
  • Also, Deathfire's debuff "Doom" stacks additively with other sources of percentile damage amplification (for example, all of the 3 mentioned above; as long as the incomming damage is magical)

Patch History Edit

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