Attack damage

Attack damage (AD) is the stat that determines the amount of physical damage dealt by basic attacks. AD also determines the damage of various champion abilities, items and runes.

Total attack damage is comprised of base attack damage and bonus attack damage.

The base attack damage is innate to the champion. It does not depend on items or runes and increases with each champion level (see List of champions' attack damage).

Bonus attack damage can be gained from items, abilities and runes. Increasing the bonus AD is the typical way to scale up the damage output of an AD-based champion.

Effects that benefit from attack damage receive a bonus based on a certain percentage of either base attack damage (base AD), bonus attack damage (bonus AD) or total attack damage (AD).

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 * Attack damage has a theoretical gold value of per point.

Attack damage as a scaling stat
A lot of champion abilities use the champion's attack damage to increase the effect of the ability (very often that is the physical damage dealt by the ability).

Alternatively killing Zeds
Last updated: March 10, 2017 – V7.5

Two s can alternately kill each other with :

Let's say the of  1 is X and the  of  2 is Y. 1 kills first. The of the killer after n kills can be calculated as follows: of 1 after his nth kill = X(1 - 0.152n)/0.9775 + 0.15Y(1 - 0.152n)/0.9775 + 5(1 - 0.152n-1)/0.85 of 2 after his nth kill = 0.15X(1 - 0.152n)/0.9775 + Y(1 - 0.152n+2)/0.9775 + 5(1 - 0.152n)/0.85 Therefore, of 1 after he has infinitely many kills = (X + 0.15Y)/0.9775 + 5/0.85 of 2 after he has infinitely many kills = (0.15X + Y)/0.9775 + 5/0.85
 * Define two sequences A= {an} and B= {bn}, where n = 0, 1, 2...
 * a0 = X, b0 = Y
 * For n ≥ 1, an = X + 5 + 0.15bn-1, bn = Y + 5 + 0.15an
 * The of  1 after n kills is an, while that of  2 is bn
 * This gives the formula

Largest AD
Last updated: June 2, 2018 – V8.11 

Without using which potentially allows for infinite amounts of attack damage, the largest amount of attack damage is reached with a level 18  at ' AD. Still,  can potentially reach a higher AD with ' movement speed or higher.
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 * 2
 * 2
 * (fully stacked)
 * (with the maximum amount of ability power)
 * AP:
 * Items =  + +  +  +  =
 * AP = 50 + ( + +  + ) =
 * Runes =  +   + +     =
 * Buffs = +  +  =
 * AP Multiplier = 1 + +  =
 * AP = ( + + ) = 
 * bonus AD = 40 + = 
 * (with the maximum amount of ability power)
 * AP:
 * Items =  + +  +  +  =
 * AP = 50 + ( + +  + ) =
 * Runes =  +   + +     =
 * Buffs = +  +  =
 * AP Multiplier = 1 + +  =
 * AP = ( + + ) = 
 * bonus AD = 40 + = 
 * AP:
 * Items =  + +  +  +  =
 * AP = 50 + ( + +  + ) =
 * Runes =  +   + +     =
 * Buffs = +  +  =
 * AP Multiplier = 1 + +  =
 * AP = ( + + ) = 
 * bonus AD = 40 + = 
 * bonus AD = 40 + = 


 * attack speed:
 * Items: = +  +  =
 * Runes: = +  +  =
 * Buffs = +  +  +  =
 * attack speed: = +  +  =
 * crit. strike :
 * Items: = =
 * crit. strike = =
 * AD:
 * Items: = +  +  =
 * Runes: =  +  + =
 * AD Multiplier = 2 - (1 - )(1 - )(1 - ) = 
 * increase = 44% + +  =
 * Buffs = +  +  =
 * AD = ( + +  + ) = 


 * AD needed into MS = =
 * MS needed = /  = 

Other

 * At level 18, base attack damage ranges from 71.5 to 153.
 * The ability with the second largest AD ratio is, with a possible maximum AD ratio of.
 * To achieve that must be rank 3 and  needs 100% critical strike chance.
 * The ability with the largest AD ratio is, with a possible maximum AD ratio of
 * To achieve that must be rank 5 and  needs to stack 254 spears on a target before using.

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