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Archangel's Staff is a legendary item in 
League of Legends.
Recipe
 3000 ( 915) | ||
| 400 |
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| 435 |
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| 1250 |
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Cost Analysis
Gold Value
- 65 ability power =
1413.75 - 500 mana = 700
- Total Gold Value = 2113.75
- Total Gold Value =
- 15 ability power (from Awe) = 326.25
- Total Gold Value = 2440
- Total Gold Value =
Gold Efficiency*
- Archangel's Staff is 81.33% gold efficient at 0 charges.
Builds into
- Archangel's Staff automatically transforms into Seraph's Embrace when the Mana Charge passive reaches 360 bonus mana.
Similar items
Notes
- Empowered basic attacks gained from abilities will count for triggering Mana Charge upon consuming the attack.
- Archangel's Staff grants a total of 80 ability power by itself at zero stacks.
- When gaining maximum mana from Mana Charge, you preserve your percent current mana.
- Manaless champions cannot trigger Mana Charge.
- Summoning pets also triggers Mana Charge.
Map-Specific Differences
- Howling Abyss differences
- Each charge consumed generates 50% more mana.
- One for All differences
- Uses the Quick Charge version.
- Nexus Blitz differences
- Each charge consumed generates 50% more mana.
- Ultra Rapid Fire differences
- Uses the Quick Charge version.
Strategy
- Archangel's Staff has great synergy with a Rabadon's Deathcap, as it increases ability power by 35%. This means that whenever your mana is increased, the Archangel's Staff will increase your ability power, and then the Rabadon's Deathcap will increase it again due to the 35% increased ability power passive.
- This is equal to 4.05% of the holder bonus mana.
Old icon
_item.png "Archangel's Staff (Quick Charge) item.png (9 KB)")
Trivia
- Assuming a charge is gained every 8 seconds, the 360 mana charge maxing takes 16 minutes, reduced to 8 minutes if hitting champions.
- The Quick Charge version was also used on the Crystal Scar during Rotating Game Modes.
Patch History
- New Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Amplifying Tome + Needlessly Large Rod + 915 = 3000.
- Old Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Needlessly Large Rod + Sapphire Crystal + 1000 = 3000.
- Old Recipe:
- Ability power increased to 65 from 60.
- Bug Fix: Abilities which empower a champion's basic attack will now properly trigger Mana Charge when hitting epic monsters.
- Mana increased to 500 from 400.
- Mana Charge maximum mana reduced to 360 from 450.
- ARAM increased mana generated reduced to 50% from 100%.
- Bug Fix: Mana charge no longer triggers off abilities used on Powder Keg.
- Updated icon.
- New:
- Standard version of the item now also available on Howling Abyss.
- Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Needlessly Large Rod + Sapphire Crystal + 1000 = 3000.
- Stats: 60 ability power, 400 mana.
- Unique Passive - Awe: Gain bonus ability power equal to 3% of bonus mana.
- Unique Passive - Mana Charge: Grants a charge every 8 seconds, up to 4 charges. Affecting an enemy or ally with an ability consumes a charge and grants 3 bonus mana, increased to 6 if it's a champion, up to maximum of 450 bonus mana. Transforms into Seraph's Embrace at +450 mana.
- Limited to 1 Mana Charge item.
- Howling Abyss difference: Each charge consumed generates twice as much mana.
- Old:
- Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Lost Chapter + 1050 = 3200.
- Stats: 50 ability power, 650 mana, 10% cooldown reduction.
- Unique Passive - Haste: Grants an additional 10% cooldown reduction.
- Unique Passive - Awe: Grants bonus ability power equal to 1% maximum mana. Refunds 25% of mana spent from abilities.
- Unique Passive - Mana Charge: Grants a charge every 4 seconds, up to 3 charges. Each mana expenditure via an ability consumes a charge and grants +8 mana, up to a maximum of 750 mana. Transforms into Seraph's Embrace at +750 mana.
- Limited to 1 Awe item.
- Howling Abyss version: Archangel's Staff (Quick Charge) (+12 mana instead of +8).
- Recipe:
- New Effect: Tooltip now mentions "Limited to 1 Tear item".
- New Effect: Can now only purchase one Awe item.
- New Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Lost Chapter + 1050 = 3200.
- Old Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Amplifying Tome + Lost Chapter + 915 = 3200.
- Old Recipe:
- New Effect: When gaining maximum mana from Mana Charge, now preserves the percent current mana, instead of restoring the same amount of maximum mana gained.
- Awe conversion reduced to 1% of maximum mana from 3%. Does not affect Seraph's Embrace.
- New Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Amplifying Tome + Lost Chapter + 915 = 3200.
- Old Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Needlessly Large Rod + 1100 = 3100.
- Old Recipe:
- Ability power reduced to 50 from 80.
- Mana increased to 650 from 250.
- New Effect: Grants 10% cooldown reduction.
- New Unique Passive - Haste: Grants an additional 10% cooldown reduction.
- Mana Charge tooltip updated to "for each mana expenditure" from "for each spell cast or mana expenditure".
- Mana Charge no longer trigger on abilities without a mana cost.
- Mana charge cooldown changed to 3 times per 12 seconds from 2 times per 8 seconds.
- New Effect: Pinging the item will now display how many charges you have.
- Howling Abyss
- Grants +12 maximum mana from 8 on spellcast or mana expenditure.
- Mana regeneration reduced to 0% from 50%.
- New Unique Passive: Refunds 25% of mana spent.
- (Quick Charge) Maximum mana granted per charge increased to 12 from 10.
- Crystal Scar version renamed to Archangel Staff (Quick Charge).
- Total cost increased to 3100 from 3000.
- Combine cost ???
- New Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Needlessly Large Rod + 1030 = 3000
- Old Recipe: Tear of the Goddess + Blasting Wand + 1120 = 2700
- Old Recipe:
- Ability power increased to 80 from 60.
- Combine cost reduced to 1120 from 1140.
- Total cost unchanged.
- Mana regeneration changes to +50% of base mana regen from +10 mana regen per 5 seconds.
- New icon.
- Unique Passive - Mana Charge
- Mana gained increased to 8 from 6.
- Cooldown per charge increased to 4 seconds from 3.
- Updated the tooltip to clarify its actual functionality.
- Map-specific version added for Crystal Scar.
- Ability power increased to 60 from 50.
- Mana charge amount increased to 6 from 5.
- Item cost reduced to 2700 from 2855.
- Combine cost increased to 1140 from 1000.
- Combine cost increased to
- Base mana reduced to 250 from 400.
- Ability power increased to 50 from 45.
- Mana regen per 5 seconds reduced to 10 from 25.
- Mana charge passive changed:
- Champions may now gain bonus mana when they spend mana in addition to on ability use.
- Maximum bonus mana reduced to 750 from 1000.
- Now displays its cooldown on the item itself rather than with a buff.
- Tooltip now updates dynamically.
- Again displays current bonus mana.
- Undocumented
- Tooltip no longer displays bonus mana.
- Now displays unique bonus mana in tooltip.
- Mana to ability power conversion ratio increased to 3% from 2.5%.
- Mana cap increased to 1000 from 600.
- Mana to ability power conversion ratio increased to 2.5% from 2%.
- Total cost reduced to 2840 from 2890.
- Combine cost reduced to 1000 from 1050.
- Combine cost reduced to
- Now has an internal cooldown of 3 seconds (but now works with all spells including Lay Waste and Hate Spike).
- Total cost increased to 2890 from 2840.
- Combine cost increased to 1050 from 1000.
- Combine cost increased to
- Bonus ability power based on mana is no longer Unique.
- Fixed a bug which caused Archangel's Staves to stack.
- Combine cost increased to 1000 from 775.
- Ability power reduced to 45 from 50.
- Now gains bonus ability power based on max mana (instead of current mana).
- Tool-tip updated to make more sense.
- Mana gain is now Unique.
- Bonus ability power from mana increased to 2.5% from 2%.
- Fixed a bug that caused you to lose your bonus when upgrading from Tear of the Goddess.
- Now increases the bearer's ability power by 2% of current mana instead of reducing nearby ally cooldowns by 15%.
References
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