Lich Bane

Availability	Common
Tier	Legendary
Stats	+80 ability power +250 mana +5% movement speed
Passive	Unique – Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack deals bonus magic damage equal to 50 + 75% of your ability power. 2 second cooldown.
Menu	Magic > Ability Power Magic > Mana Movement
Item cost	3000g (940g)
Sell value	2100g
Item code	3100

Lich Bane is a legendary item in League of Legends.^[1]

Recipe Edit

• Sheen (1200g)
  • Sapphire Crystal (400g)
  • Amplifying Tome (435g)
  • 365g
• Blasting Wand (860g)
• 940g

Cost Analysis Edit

Gold Value

• 80 ability power = 1740g
• 250 mana = 500g
• 5% movement speed = 450g
  • Total Gold Value = 2690g

Gold Efficiency

• The passive must have at least a value of 310g for Lich Bane to be gold efficient.

Notes Edit

• Lich Bane's passive is considered an on-hit effect and, as such, is capable of being applied to skills such as Ezreal's  Mystic Shot and Gangplank's  Parrrley, which effectively adds a 75% AP ratio to those abilities in addition to their natural AD/AP ratios.
• Lich Bane scales with ability power while Trinity Force scales with base attack damage. For some hybrid champions, it may be better to buy Lich Bane because once the champion reaches level 18, it becomes impossible to increase the damage from Trinity Force with items compared to Lich Bane. The proc from Lich Bane far surpasses Trinity Force with a Rabadon's Deathcap alone, not to mention other AP items.
• Lich Bane does not proc spell vamp.
• Lich Bane is especially deadly if combined with an AA modifier, such as  Mordekaiser's  Mace of Spades or  Twisted Fate's  Pick a Card massively increasing the AP ratio on the ability, and is even more effective if the user can force the use only minding the 2 second cooldown.
• Similar to Trinity Force, Lich Bane synergizes well with cooldown reduction, enabling champions to proc the bonus damage as often as possible while minding the 2 second cooldown; the 10 second bonus damage buff does not stack. Using two skills in quick succession will not accrue two stacks of bonus damage, but one.
• Lich Bane's proc can be countered by Jax's  Counter Strike and  Fiora's  Riposte.
• The effect by Lich Bane can be seen on the champion as a purple glow. For example, Kog'Maw will have a glowing mouth, Shaco will have glowing hands, and Master Yi will have a glowing sword, etc. The glow only appears after using an ability.
  • The same thing will occur with Sheen, Iceborn Gauntlet and Trinity Force. You can easily distinguish between Lich Bane buff and that of the other items by looking at the color.
    • The particle from Sheen and Trinity Force is bright red and it leaves a small trail.
    • The particle from Iceborn Gauntlet is bright blue.
    • The particle from Lich Bane is bright purple.

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