Wit's End

"A snake without its fangs is like a man at wit's end"

Availability	Common
Tier	Advanced
Stats	+42% attack speed +25 magic resistance
Passive	Unique: Basic attacks deal 42 bonus magic damage on hit. Unique: Basic attacks increase your magic resistance by 5 for 5 seconds and reduce the target's magic resistance by 5 on hit (stacks up to 5 times).
Menu	Attack > Attack Speed Defense > Magic Resist
Item cost	2400g (700g)
Sell value	1680g
Item code	3091

Wit's End is an advanced item in League of Legends.^[1]

Recipe

• Recurve Bow (900g)
• Null-Magic Mantle (400g)
• Dagger (400g)
• 700g

Cost Analysis

Gold Value (base)

• 25 magic resist = 500g
• 42% attack speed = 1400g
  • Total Gold Value = 1900g

Gold Value (full)

• 50 magic resist = 1000g
• 42% attack speed = 1400g
  • Total Gold Value = 2400g

Gold Efficiency

• At zero stacks, the on-hit damage and MR reduction must have at least a value of 500g for Wit's End to be gold efficient.
• At max stacks, Wit's End is gold efficient even without the on-hit damage or MR reduction.

Similar Items

• Nashor's Tooth

Notes

• It is an exceptionally helpful item on physical damage dealers when fighting against champions with low magic resistance.
  • It's also highly useful on frequent auto-attackers against champions with high magic damage, since at max stacks in gives as much magic resist as items such as the Banshee's Veil while not sacrificing a slot purely for a defensive item. Bear in mind, though, that this will be less effective against burst casters who can execute their combos before you can achieve max stacks through auto attacks.

Trivia

Considering the item's name, the 42% attack speed bonus and 42 magic damage on hit probably is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where 42 is the number that signifies "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything".

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