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).

Gold Value ​​​ ​

• Attack damage has a theoretical gold value of 35 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).

Items

Runes

Increasing attack damage

Items

Item	Cost	Amount	Availability
Atma's Reckoning Atma's Reckoning	2900	25	Nexus Blitz
B. F. Sword B. F. Sword	1300	40	All maps
Bilgewater Cutlass Bilgewater Cutlass	1600	25	All maps
Blade of the Ruined King Blade of the Ruined King	3300	40	All maps
Caulfield's Warhammer Caulfield's Warhammer	1100	25	All maps
Cull Cull	450	7	Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline
Death's Dance Death's Dance	3500	80	All maps
Doran's Blade Doran's Blade	450	8	Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline
Doran's Lost Blade Doran's Lost Blade	450	8	Nexus Blitz
Duskblade of Draktharr Duskblade of Draktharr	2900	55	All maps
Edge of Night Edge of Night	3000	55	All maps
Essence Reaver Essence Reaver	3200	70	All maps
Executioner's Calling Executioner's Calling	800	15	All maps
Frozen Mallet Frozen Mallet	3100	30	All maps
Guardian Angel Guardian Angel	2800	45	Summoner's Rift
Guardian's Hammer Guardian's Hammer	950	20	Howling Abyss
Guinsoo's Rageblade Guinsoo's Rageblade	3100	25	All maps
Hexdrinker Hexdrinker	1300	20	All maps
Hextech Gunblade Hextech Gunblade	3400	40	All maps
Infinity Edge Infinity Edge	3400	80	All maps
Innervating Locket Innervating Locket	2800	30	Nexus Blitz
Jaurim's Fist Jaurim's Fist	1200	15	All maps
Last Whisper Last Whisper	1450	20	All maps
Lifeline Lifeline	1500	20	Nexus Blitz
Long Sword Long Sword	350	10	All maps
Lord Dominik's Regards Lord Dominik's Regards	2800	45	All maps
Lord Van Damm's Pillager Lord Van Damm's Pillager	3000	50	Twisted Treeline
Manamune Manamune	2400	35	Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline
Manamune (Quick Charge) Manamune (Quick Charge)	2400	35	Howling Abyss, Nexus Blitz
Maw of Malmortius Maw of Malmortius	3250	50	All maps
Mercurial Scimitar Mercurial Scimitar	3400	50	All maps
Might of the Ruined King Might of the Ruined King	3300	55	All maps
Molten Edge Molten Edge	3400	110	All maps
Mortal Reminder Mortal Reminder	2800	45	All maps
Muramana Muramana	0	35	Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline
Muramana (Quick Charge) Muramana (Quick Charge)	0	35	Howling Abyss, Nexus Blitz
Phage Phage	1250	15	All maps
Pickaxe Pickaxe	875	25	All maps
Ravenous Hydra Ravenous Hydra	3500	80	All maps
Serrated Dirk Serrated Dirk	1100	25	All maps
Spear of Shojin Spear of Shojin	3400	60	All maps
Spectral Cutlass Spectral Cutlass	3000	70	Nexus Blitz
Stat-Stick of Stoicism Stat-Stick of Stoicism	7237	70	Nexus Blitz
Stormrazor Stormrazor	3100	60	All maps
The Black Cleaver The Black Cleaver	3000	40	All maps
The Bloodthirster The Bloodthirster	3500	80	All maps
The Obsidian Cleaver The Obsidian Cleaver	3000	60	All maps
Tiamat Tiamat	1325	25	All maps
Titanic Hydra Titanic Hydra	3500	40	All maps
Trinity Force Trinity Force	3733	25	All maps
Trinity Fusion Trinity Fusion	3733	35	All maps
Vampiric Scepter Vampiric Scepter	900	15	All maps
Warrior Warrior	2625	60	Summoner's Rift, Twisted Treeline, Nexus Blitz
Youmuu's Ghostblade Youmuu's Ghostblade	2900	55	All maps
Youmuu's Wraithblade Youmuu's Wraithblade	2900	75	All maps
Zephyr Zephyr	2800	50	Nexus Blitz

• Sterak's Gage

Champion abilities

Runes

Neutral buffs

• Dragon Slayer
• Hand of Baron

Decreasing attack damage

Champion abilities

• Tryndamere's Mocking Shout
• Trundle's Chomp

Champions' attack damage

Champions with the lowest or highest attack damage before items, runes, or abilities

Champion Level	Top 5 champions		Bottom 5 champions
Level 1	1. Lee Sin	69.18 AD	1. Orianna	40.368 AD
	2. Tryndamere 2. Cho'Gath 2. Ornn 2. Renekton	69 AD	2. Karthus	45.66 AD
	3. Wukong 3. Volibear 3. Trundle 3. Illaoi 3. Fiora 3. Sion 3. Camille 3. Rengar 3. Kayn 3. Talon 3. Jax 3. Olaf	68 AD	3. Janna	46 AD
	4. Kalista 4. Nasus	67 AD	4. Lulu	46.368 AD
	5. Xin Zhao 5. Master Yi 5. Hecarim 5. Shaco 5. Garen 5. Udyr 5. Shyvana 5. Graves	66 AD	5. Fiddlesticks	48.36 AD
Level 18	1. Illaoi	153 AD	1. Janna	71.5 AD
	2. Udyr	151 AD	2. Orianna	84.568 AD
	3. Darius	149 AD	3. Neeko	86 AD
	4. Yorick	147 AD	4. Kai'Sa	87.9 AD
	5. Mordekaiser	146 AD	5. Lulu	90.568 AD

Trivia

Alternatively killing Zeds

Last updated: September 21, 2018 – V8.18

Two Zeds can alternately kill each other with Death Mark:

Let's say the AD of Zed 1 is X and the AD of Zed 2 is Y. The AD of the Zeds after infinitely killing each other can be calculated as follows:

• Define the two bonuses where A is the first Death Mark bonus while B is the second
• A = (Y + B) × 0.15 + 5
• B = (X + A) × 0.15 + 5
• This gives the formula

  First  Death Mark bonus AD
  = (0.15Y + 0.0225X + 5.75) ÷ 0.9775
  Second  Death Mark bonus AD
  = (0.15X + 0.0225Y + 5.75) ÷ 0.9775

Therefore,

  Total AD of  Zed 1 = (0.15Y + X + 5.75) ÷ 0.9775
  Total AD of  Zed 2 = (0.15X + Y + 5.75) ÷ 0.9775

Largest AD

Last updated: June 18, 2018 – V8.12

Without using Gathering Storm which potentially allows for infinite amounts of attack damage, the largest amount of attack damage is reached with a level 18 Jhin at 3695.053833016 AD. Still, Hecarim can potentially reach a higher AD with 11916.84610053 movement speed or higher.

• Base AD: +129 AD
• Runes:
  • Trait: Precision ( Sorcery as a secondary path)
  • Lethal Tempo
  • Legend: Alacrity
  • Absolute Focus
  • Waterwalking
• Items:
  • 5 ×  Stormrazor
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade (fully stacked)
• Buffs:
  • Janna's Eye of the Storm (with the maximum amount of ability power)
  • Hand of Baron
  • Elixir of Wrath
  • Nidalee's Primal Surge
  • Nunu's Blood Boil
  • Lulu's Whimsy
  • Ardent Censer
• AD Multiplier:
  • Whisper
  • Dragon Slayer
• Janna's AP:
  • Items = 120 × 3 + 200 + 145 + 145.94 = 850.94 AP
    • Seraph's Embrace's AP = 50 + ( 1438 + 200 + 160 +  1400) × 0.03 = 145.94 AP
  • Runes =  22 +   40 + 30 +  27 + 25 = 144 AP
  • Buffs = 80 +  140 +  50 = 270 AP
  • AP Multiplier = 1 + 0.4 + 0.48 = 1.88
    • Janna's AP = (850.94 + 144 + 270) × 1.88 = 2378.0872 AP
    • Eye of the Storm's bonus AD = 40 + 0.1 × 2473.3656 = 277.80872 AD
• Jhin's attack speed:
  • Items: = 30% × 5 + 73% = 223% attack speed
  • Runes: = 9% + 110% + 18% = 137% attack speed
  • Buffs = 60% + 50% + 45% + 30% = 185% AS
    • Jhin's attack speed: = 223% + 137% + 185% = 545% attack speed
• Jhin's critical strike = 0% critical strike chance
• Jhin's AD:
  • Items: = 70 × 5 + 25 = 375 AD
  • Runes: = 6 +  24 + 18 = 48 AD
  • AD Multiplier = (1 + 1.8025 + 0.48) × (1 + 0.24) = 4.0703
    • Whisper's increase = 44% + (0% critical chance × 0.4) + (545% AS × 0.25) = 180.25% AD
  • Buffs = 277.80872 + 48 + 30 = 355.80872 AD
    • Jhin's AD = (129 + 48 + 375 + 355.80872) × 4.0703 = 3695.053833016 AD

• Hecarim AD needed into MS = 3695.053833016 − 120 = 3575.053833016
  • Hecarim MS needed = 3575.053833016 / 0.3 = 11916.84610053

Other

• At level 18, base attack damage ranges from 71.5 ( Janna) to 153 ( Illaoi).
• The ability with the second largest AD ratio is Miss Fortune's Bullet Time, with a possible maximum AD ratio of 1440% AD.
  • To achieve that Bullet Time must be rank 3 and Miss Fortune needs 100% critical strike chance.
• The ability with the largest AD ratio is Kalista's Rend, with a possible maximum AD ratio of (8915% AD)
  • To achieve that Rend must be rank 5 and Kalista needs to stack 254 spears on a target before using Rend.