Blade of the Ruined King

Blade of the Ruined King is a mythical item in League of Legends.

Cost Analysis

 * 25 attack damage = 900g
 * 10% life steal = 550g
 * 40% attack speed = 1200g
 * 10 on-hit physical damage = 200g
 * Total Gold Value = 2850g


 * The base stats are gold efficient.
 * For the item to be considered 100% gold efficient, the passive and active would need to have a combined gold value of 350g.

Strategy

 * Champions who are highly dependent on basic attacks (,, , , etc.) often build this item due to the attack speed, lifesteal, moderate amount of attack damage, and the passive that helps boost their autoattacks. Champions with an attack speed steroids like , , or can synergize well with , making better use of the passive.
 * Champions that autoattack and deal True Damage benefit even more from the passive on, as the best counter to true damage is to build health. Prime examples are , , or.
 * is also a strong item choice for champions that deal percent health damage on autoattack, such as, , , and.
 * It also useful for any champion that has some of on-hit effect on their basic attacks (such as, , , , , , , , and ), abilities that apply on-hit effects (such as , , , , and ), champions that apply a trigger effect on every consecutive basic attack , or champions that can apply on-hit effects mutliple times in a single ability or next basic attack (such as , , , , , , and ).
 * This item is often built as a form of "anti-tank" item used to counter health-stacking champions (or champions that scales well in health) such as, , , , and.
 * is a strong counter to, as it provides armor, health, an attack speed slow; and the two actives mostly mitigate each other.

Trivia

 * is named after the mysterious "King" mentioned by the Altars on Twisted Treeline as the ruler of the Shadow Isles.
 * It is also believed that he was responsible for the current state of the Shadow Isles.
 * According to, the eponymous "King" was described to be "a noble king until grief overcame his reason".
 * With the start of the preseason of Season 3 was removed and was replaced by.