Atma's Impaler

Atma's Impaler is an advanced item in League of Legends.

Recipe

 * (880g)
 * (700g)
 * 825g

Strategy

 * Champions like, , and profit the most from Atma's Impaler in terms of damage due to their health increasing abilities.
 * in particular profits from this item, with his increasing health from Attack Damage, while Atma's Impaler increases Attack Damage from health. Having an Atma's Impaler on Jax creates a diminishing returns loop between the item and the passive providing both an increase to health and Attack Damage.
 * Atma's Impaler is one of only a handful of items beneficial to an attack-based character which gives armor- the only other items are and its derivative items  and, both of which are specialized items and give considerably less armor than the Impaler. This makes the Impaler a good idea for any attack damage champion faced with a lot of physical damage on the opposing team. Even on a low-HP champion like  it will give a moderate amount of AD as well as the critical chance and considerably more if HP items such as  or  are built.

Trivia

 * It is a reference to the Ultima Weapon (originally called "Atma Weapon") from Final Fantasy VI and subsequent games, a sword which deals damage according to the hero's health.

Patch History
V1.0.0.103: V0.9.22.16: V0.9.22.15:
 * Atma's Impaler unique passive tooltip clarified to state that it adds to your bonus attack damage.
 * Issue causing it to not gain damage based on max health fixed.
 * Passive property now UNIQUE.
 * Recipe cost increased to 825 from 600.
 * Armor reduced to 50 from 60.
 * Critical strike chance reduced to 18% from 20%.