Lich Bane

Legendary

2,900 g

Patch

Summoner's Rift ARAM Arena Nexus Blitz URF One for All Swiftplay Ultimate Spellbook

No URF-specific changes; identical to the Summoner's Rift version.

Effects

Unique Passive · Spellblade

After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds gains 50% bonus attack speed and deals 75% base AD (+ 45% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit (1.5 second cooldown, starts after using the empowered attack).

Stats

+100Ability Power
+10Ability Haste
+6Move Speed

Available in

Summoner's Rift · URF · One for All · Swiftplay · Ultimate Spellbook · ARAM · Nexus Blitz · Arena

Patch history

26.10· May 13, 2026Buffed

Movement speed increased to 6% from 4%.Buff
Spellblade AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 40% AP.Buff

25.15· Jul 30, 2025

Bug Fix: Spellblade primed VFX and buff icon on the HUD are no longer incorrectly removed when attacking a plant.
[This did not affect gameplay: the buff itself would not be consumed, and would last for the proper duration.]

25.10· May 14, 2025Nerfed

New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Blasting Wand + 250 = 2900.Adj.
Old Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Needlessly Large Rod + 200 = 3200.
Ability power reduced to 100 from 115.Nerf

14.19

New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Needlessly Large Rod + 200 = 3200.
Old Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Hextech Alternator + 250 = 3100.
Ability power increased to 115 from 100.
Ability haste reduced to 10 from 15.
Movement speed reduced to 4% from 8%.

14.5

Spellblade AP ratio reduced to 45% AP from 50% AP.

27 older patches

14.3

Combine cost increased to 250 from 150.
Total cost unchanged.
Spellblade base AD ratio reduced to 75% base AD from 100%.

14.2

Bug Fix: Now is properly displayed in the ability haste section of the shop.

14.1

New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp

Recipe

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+250 g = 2,900 g

Spellblade AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.

+

Hextech Alternator

+

150

=

3100

.

Old Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Fiendish Codex + 550 = 3000.

Ability power increased to 100 from 85.

Spellblade attack damage ratio increased to 100% base AD from 75%.

New Effect: Now grants 50% bonus attack speed while Spellblade is active.

Now limits the user to 1 Spellblade item.

13.9

Ability power increased to 85 from 75.

12.2

New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Fiendish Codex + 550 = 3000.
Old Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Blasting Wand + 600 = 3000.
Ability haste increased to 15 from 0.
Spellblade base AD ratio reduced to 75% base AD from 150%.
Spellblade AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 40% AP.
Spellblade cooldown reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.5.

11.13

Bonus movement speed reduced to 8% from 10%.
Ability power increased to 75 from 70.

11.3

Ability power reduced to 70 from 80.

10.24

Updated icon.
AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 50% AP.

10.23

AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 60% AP.
Updated icon.
New:
Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Blasting Wand + 600 = 3000.
Stats: 80 ability power, 10% movement speed.
Unique Passive - Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals 150% base AD (+ 60% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit (2.5 second cooldown).
Limited to 1 Lich Bane.
Old:
Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Blasting Wand + 450 = 3200.
Stats: 80 ability power, 7% movement speed, 250 mana, 10% cooldown reduction.
Unique Passive - Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack within 10 seconds deals 75% base AD (+ 50% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit (1.5 second cooldown).

8.14

Spellblade VFX updated.

5.22

New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + Blasting Wand + 450 = 3200
Old Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + 950 = 3000
Now grants 10% cooldown reduction.
Movement speed increased to 7% from 5%.

5.2

Combine cost increased to 950 from 850.
Total cost unchanged.

4.13

Now correctly lists the Spellblade passive as having a 1.5 second cooldown.

4.5

New Recipe: Sheen + Aether Wisp + 850 = 3000
Old Recipe: Sheen + Blasting Wand + 940 = 3000

4.4

Spellblade base damage changed to 75% base AD from 50.
Spellblade AP scaling reduced to 50% AP from 75% AP.

3.4

Combine cost increased to 940 from 880.
Total cost unchanged.

V1.0.0.152

New Recipe: Sheen + Blasting Wand + 880 = 3000
Old Recipe: Null-Magic Mantle + Sheen + Blasting Wand + 950 = 3470?
No longer grants magic resistance.
Mana reduced to 250 from 350.
Movement speed reduced to 5% from 7%.
Passive's on-hit magic damage changed to 50 + 75% AP magic damage from 100% AP physical damage.
Particle effects have been updated.

V1.0.0.146

Now displays its cooldown on the item itself rather than with a buff.

V1.0.0.110

Fixed a bug where the cost was inadvertently increased and the mana gain lowered.

V1.0.0.100

"Reservoir" system has been removed. Lich Bane will now strictly respect the cooldown time between procs. The cooldown has been reduced to 2 second delays between procs from 3 seconds.

V0.8.22.115

Now has an internal cooldown of 3 seconds (but now works with all spells including Lay Waste and Hate Spike).

V0.8.21.110

Fixed tooltip.

May 9, 2009 Patch

Lich Bane: High tier legendary Ability Power / Mana item (which uses Sheen) with Unique passive: 100% chance when an ability is used that your next physical attack deals +Ability Power bonus damage.
Recipe: Amplifying Tome + Sheen + Blasting Wand + 710 = ?
+110 ability power
+10% movement speed
+350 mana
Unique passive: 100% chance when an ability is used that your next physical attack deals +Ability Power bonus damage.

May 29, 2009 Patch

Unique effect no longer stacks with Sheen effect.

May 15, 2009 Patch

Passive now unable to crit.

June 26, 2009 Patch

New Recipe: Null-Magic Mantle + Sheen + Blasting Wand + 950 = 3465?
Old Recipe: Amplifying Tome + Sheen + Blasting Wand + 710 = ?
Movement speed reduced to 7% from 8%.
Ability power reduced to 80 from 100.
Magic resistance increased to 32 from 0.

June 19, 2009 Patch

Ability power reduced to 100 from 110.
Movement speed reduced to 8% from 10%.