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. Attack damage  stacks additively.

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

Neutral buffs

Increasing attack damage

Items

Item	Cost	Amount	Availability
B. F. Sword B. F. Sword	1300	40	All maps
Bilgewater Cutlass Bilgewater Cutlass	1600	25	All maps
Black Cleaver Black Cleaver	3000	40	All maps
Black Mist Scythe Black Mist Scythe	400	25	Summoner's Rift
Blade of the Ruined King Blade of the Ruined King	3300	40	All maps
Bloodthirster Bloodthirster	3500	80	All maps
Caulfield's Warhammer Caulfield's Warhammer	1100	25	All maps
Cull Cull	450	7	Summoner's Rift
Death's Dance Death's Dance	3600	50	All maps
Doran's Blade Doran's Blade	450	8	Summoner's Rift
Duskblade of Draktharr Duskblade of Draktharr	2900	60	All maps
Edge of Night Edge of Night	2900	55	All maps
Essence Reaver Essence Reaver	3300	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
Harrowing Crescent Harrowing Crescent	400	10	Summoner's Rift
Hexdrinker Hexdrinker	1300	20	All maps
Hextech Gunblade Hextech Gunblade	3400	40	All maps
Infinity Edge Infinity Edge	3400	80	All maps
Jaurim's Fist Jaurim's Fist	1200	15	All maps
Last Whisper Last Whisper	1450	20	All maps
Long Sword Long Sword	350	10	All maps
Lord Dominik's Regards Lord Dominik's Regards	2800	45	All maps
Manamune Manamune	2400	35	Summoner's Rift
Manamune (Quick Charge) Manamune (Quick Charge)	2400	35	Howling Abyss
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
Muramana (Quick Charge) Muramana (Quick Charge)	0	35	Howling Abyss
Obsidian Cleaver Obsidian Cleaver	3000	60	All maps
Pauldrons of Whiterock Pauldrons of Whiterock	400	15	Summoner's Rift
Phage Phage	1250	15	All maps
Pickaxe Pickaxe	875	25	All maps
Ravenous Hydra Ravenous Hydra	3500	80	All maps
Runesteel Spaulders Runesteel Spaulders	400	6	Summoner's Rift
Sanguine Blade Sanguine Blade	3000	55	All maps
Serrated Dirk Serrated Dirk	1100	30	All maps
Spectral Sickle Spectral Sickle	400	5	Summoner's Rift
Steel Shoulderguards Steel Shoulderguards	400	3	Summoner's Rift
Stormrazor Stormrazor	3200	50	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
Umbral Glaive Umbral Glaive	2400	50	All maps
Vampiric Scepter Vampiric Scepter	900	15	All maps
Warrior Warrior	1625	60	Summoner's Rift
Youmuu's Ghostblade Youmuu's Ghostblade	2900	55	All maps
Youmuu's Wraithblade Youmuu's Wraithblade	2900	75	All maps

• Sterak's Gage

Champion abilities

Runes

Neutral buffs

Decreasing attack damage

Champion abilities

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	70 AD	1. Orianna	40.368 AD
	2. Cho'Gath 2. Ornn 2. Kalista 2. Tryndamere 2. Renekton	69 AD	2. Karthus	45.66 AD
	3. Trundle 3. Wukong 3. Sion 3. Talon 3. Rengar 3. Jax 3. Illaoi 3. Kayn 3. Camille 3. Olaf 3. Graves 3. Fiora	68 AD	3. Janna	46 AD
	4. Nasus	67 AD	4. Lulu	47 AD
	5. Xin Zhao 5. Udyr 5. Garen 5. Shyvana 5. Master Yi 5. Hecarim 5. Sejuani	66 AD	5. Neeko 5. Kennen	48 AD
Level 18	1. Mega Gnar	158.5 AD	1. Senna	50 AD
	2. Illaoi	153 AD	2. Janna	71.5 AD
	3. Udyr	151 AD	3. Orianna	84.568 AD
	4. Darius	149 AD	4. Kai'Sa	87.9 AD
	5. Yorick	147 AD	5. Neeko	90.5 AD

Trivia

Largest AD

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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 50 ( Senna) 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.