Maw of Malmortius

Availability	Common
Tier	Legendary
Stats	+55 attack damage +36 magic resistance
Passive	Unique: Grants +1 attack damage for every 2.5% of missing health. Unique - Lifeline: Upon taking magic damage that would reduce health below 30%, grants a shield that absorbs 400 magic damage for 5 seconds (90 second cooldown).
Menu	Defense > Magic Resistance Attack > Damage
Item cost	3200g (975g)
Sell value	2310g
Item code	3156

Maw of Malmortius is a legendary item in League of Legends.

Recipe Edit

• Hexdrinker (1350g)
  • Long Sword (400g)
  • Null-Magic Mantle (400g)
  • 550g
• Pickaxe (875g)
• 975g

Cost Analysis Edit

Gold Value

• 55 attack damage = 2200g
• 36 magic resist = 720g
  • Total Gold Value = 2920g

Gold Value (30% Health)

• 83 attack damage = 3320
• 36 magic resist = 720g
  • Total Gold Value = 4040g

Gold Value (Max Bonus Damage)

• 94 attack damage = 3760
• 36 magic resist = 720g
  • Total Gold Value = 4480g

Gold Efficiency

• Maw of Malmortius is gold efficient when the champion has 75% of their remaining health.
• Alternately, the passive must have at least a valued of 280g for Maw of Malmortius to be gold efficient.

Strategy Edit

• This item helps Attack Damage based champions against teams with strong magic damage.
• The shield can block the initial burst of damage from a enemy champion and give the owner an opportunity to attack or retreat. It is very useful against AP casters with long cooldowns, such as Morgana and  Ziggs.
• More magic resistance will increase the effective shield value, as more magic damage will be required to destroy the shield.
• Attack Damage champions who benefit from being at low health (e.g. Tryndamere, Olaf, Dr. Mundo) can put it to great use. Their low-health passives combined with the item's AD effect, and the shield allows them to stay at lower health more safely.

Trivia Edit

• Maw of Malmortius will provide up to 39 bonus AD which occurs when the wielder is at or below 2.5% of total HP. It will provide 0 bonus AD while its wielder is above 97.5% of total HP.
• At 30% of total HP, when this item's shield activates, it provides 28 bonus AD.
• Maw of Malmortius is named after a well-known community member known as "Malmortius" (also answers to "Lord Voldemortius", "Malmorpheus" and "James") for obtaining over one thousand referrals.

Patch History Edit