Ward

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A ward is an item that reveals the Fog of War once placed. It is visible for a short time but becomes stealthed and has a limited duration of 3 minutes. Ward has the fixed 3 unit of health and any attack on it only reduces 1 unit per hit regardless. Any damage enhancing effect (e.g. Nami's Tidecaller's Blessing, passive of Thresh's Death Sentence, passive of Statikk Shiv or any Spellblade passive) will not be applied or consumed while attacking the ward.

Available Wards and Ward Items Edit

Available wards are:

Sight Ward is the least expensive type of ward, which reveals all non-stealthed nearby units.
Vision Ward is a ward that reveals all units nearby, including stealthed units.
A Wriggle's Lantern ward, created and placed by the activation of the aforementioned item. It has the same functions, characteristics and appearance of the Sight Ward. The item activation is unique and has a cooldown of 1.5 minutes.
Sightstone wards. It has four charges, and may consume a charge to place a ward. Up to two wards from this item may be active at a time.
Ruby Sightstone wards. It has five charges, and may consume a charge to place a ward. Up to three wards from this item may be active at a time.

Skins Edit

Ward skins refers to the altered appearance of a Sight Ward and/or Vision Ward, but no change to their item effects. Ward skins have been introduced during seasonal events and fall into the the theme of that event (i.e. Haunting ward for Harrowing or Snowman Ward for Snowdown Showdown).

Rented Skins Edit

Ward skins first appeared during the 2012 Harrowing seasonal event, and the five new ward skins were put on sale for rent only and not permanent. Some of the wards were purchasable for a small amount of while others were made obtainable with . Riot was just introducing the new idea of ward skins and listened intently to the feedback (that proved to be negative) for future ward skins.

Harrowing 2012 Edit

Announcement made by NeeksNaman:^[1]

We're excited to announce ward skins, a new customization option that allows you to change the appearance of your Sight and Vision Wards on the Fields of Justice. In keeping with the season, these ward skins are inspired by the haunting guise of the Shadow Isles. Activating a ward skin will transform your wards into ghosts, spooky trees, spiders, creepy stone statues, or pumpkin-headed bats with their own unique visual effects, sounds, and animations.

Here's how they work. When you purchase a specific ward skin from the Wards tab of the League of Legends Store, it gets added to your inventory for one week. You can activate a specific ward skin to change the appearance of your wards in game. You can keep up to a year's worth (52 weeks) of ward skins in your inventory at a time, so don’t hesitate to stock up if you have a favorite. Ward skins function the same as a regular Sight or Vision ward.

Here are the first five ward skins available to unlock:

Deadfall Ward – 200 IP
Haunting Ward – 800 IP
Tomb Angel Ward – 25 RP
Widow Ward – 75 RP
Bat-O-Lantern Ward – 165 RP

Free Ward Skins Edit

After receiving the negative feedback from players voicing their objection against having to spend points on a ward skin that won't be permanent on their account, ward skins thereafter were made free to to use during the seasonal event and removed once it was over.