Vision Ward is a consumable item in League of Legends.[1] Vision wards are limited to 2 per player inventory as well as only one placed on the map per player.
Objects revealed
Unlike
, allow a team to see invisible champions and objects like:- while inside her
- while stealthed with
- while stealthed with
- while stealthed from
- while stealthed from
- while stealthed with
- while stealthed with
- while stealthed with
- while stealthed from
- Enemy
- The ward from
Notes
- Vision wards are visible at all times and have 5 HP. Every attack done to it will only damage it by 1. There is also no way to regenerate its health.
- A summoner can his or her champion to a vision ward.
- Twisted Treeline, the Crystal Scar, and the Howling Abyss maps. are unavailable for the
- Wards grant 30 gold when destroyed. If the player who reveals the ward and the killer of the ward are different players, the gold will be split 50/50 so each gains 15 gold.
Strategy
- If you are up against an enemy team with at least one stealth champion place the at key points in your lane to prevent being ganked, or against a champion such as who relies on stealth to avoid damage.
- It is most beneficial to place a Vision Ward near high priority targets which will probably be warded, like or or at a location of a known ward.
Patch history
V4.4:
- Fixed a bug where Vision Wards weren't granting full true sight vision equal to their normal vision range.
- Fixed a bug where Vision Wards weren't properly granting true sight in an enclosed area (such as baron pit and dragon pit).
- Vision (Pink) wards no longer stealthed
- Vision wards have 5 health
- Vision wards have infinite duration
- Vision wards cost reduced to 100 (from 125)
- Vision wards limited to 1 placed on the map per player
- Added new particles.
- Now displays a targeting indicator to show whether you are placing the ward inside of brush.
- Sight Wards and Vision Wards now have a 0.5 second cooldown.
- Wards will now properly update the map icons for creep camps.
- Using on a ward will no longer reveal the ward through Fog of War to enemies. Instead, it will destealth the ward to be seen if an enemy is near and reveal the teleport particle through Fog of War to all enemies.
- Attack-move will now target visible wards
- to a ward will now reveal the ward to enemies for a few seconds.
- Locally jumping to a ward will now destealth the ward for 2 seconds.
- Wards and are no longer targetable/manipulated by spells (except ). This means, for example, that wards will no longer be able to block , will not block skillshots, and is no longer able to onto a ward.
- stacks per slot increased to 5 from 3.
- now have a pink top.
- Wards no longer grant experience on death.
- Vision Ward cost reduced to 125 from 150.
- Now has 3 health, is immune to healing effects and takes only 1 damage from every attack.
- Health reduced to 1 and armor reduced to 0.
- Reduced collision and spellhit sizes.
- Duration reduced to 3 minutes from 4.5.
- Updated tooltip.
- Now shows its remaining duration (in seconds) in its mana bar. Both teams can see the remaining duration.
- Cast range increased to 600 from 300.
- Increased duration from 180 to 210.
- Removed cooldown on placing consecutive Wards.
- Reduced Cost to 150 from 175.
- Sight range increased to 1100 from 1000.
- Max Stacks increased to 3 from 1.
- No longer triggers effects like and .
- After two seconds, the becomes invisible to opponents.
May 9, 2009 Patch: Added
- Places an invisible ward which has magical sight (sees invisible units) for 3 minutes.
References
List of Items
- Starter items
- Potions and Consumables
- Trinkets
- Distributed items
- Boots
- Basic items
- Epic items
- Legendary items
- Ornn's item upgrades
- Champion exclusive items
- Minion and Turret items
- Special Game Mode Items
- Removed items