Bloodthirster

For the Teamfight Tactics item, see Bloodthirster.

For the Wild Rift item, see Bloodthirster.

Bloodthirster edit
Stats
+55 attack damage
+20% critical strike chance
+20% life steal
Passive
Unique – Blood Barrier:  Life steal from basic attacks can now overheal you, converting the excess healing into a shield that absorbs up to 50 − 350 (based on level) damage and slowly decays if you haven't dealt or taken damage in the last 25 seconds.
Limitations
Limited to 1 Bloodthirster.
Recipe
+  +  +  600
Cost	3400
Sell	2380
ID	3072
Availability
SR
HA
Menu
Marksman Attack Damage Critical Strike Life Steal & Vamp
Keywords
bt healsword

Bloodthirster is a legendary item in League of Legends.

Recipe

Bloodthirster 3400 ( 600)
		B. F. Sword 1300
		Cloak of Agility 600
		Vampiric Scepter 900 ( 550) Long Sword 350

Cost Analysis

Gold Value

• 55 attack damage =  1925
• 20% critical strike chance =  800
• 20% life steal =  750
• Total Gold Value =  3475

Gold Efficiency*

• Bloodthirster's base stats are 102.21% gold efficient.
• The health passive when fully stacked at level 18 is worth 933.33, for a total value of 4408.33, making it 129.66% gold efficient.

Similar items

Blade of the Ruined King

Death's Dance

Ravenous Hydra

Notes

Item VFX

• As with all shields, the overheal shield benefits from the user's armor, magic resistance and other damage reduction effects.
• The shield gained per hit benefits from  Shield power, but the cap does not.

Strategy

• The shield can be very easily stacked up prior to fights by farming minion waves, allowing the wielder to constantly overheal.
• Bloodthirster is a good defensive option when under lane pressure or poke damage, as it allows the wielder to shield from damage and heal back when hurt.

Old icons

1st version

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Background

Unearthed near the marshes of Kaladoun, the Bloodthirster is thought to have belonged to a powerful soulstealer named Frax Van Itt. The wielder of this dangerous weapon is forever bound to the blade and its thirst for the blood of others.

Trivia

• Sanguine Blade was Bloodthirster's counterpart on the Crystal Scar and the Twisted Treeline.
• Bloodthirster is among a number of items that had the word "The" removed from their names in patch V9.19. It was previously known as The Bloodthirster.
  • Pentakill's second volume, Grasp of the Undying, named its seventh track after this version of the item.

Patch History

V10.23

• Updated icon.
• New:
  • Recipe: B. F. Sword + Cloak of Agility + Vampiric Scepter + 600 = 3400.
  • Stats: 55 attack damage, 20% life steal, 20% critical strike chance.
  • Unique Passive - Blood Barrier:  Life steal from basic attacks can now overheal you, converting the excess healing into a shield that absorbs up to 50 − 350 (based on level) damage and slowly decays if you haven't dealt or taken damage in the last 25 seconds.
  • Limited to 1 Bloodthirster.
• Old:
  • Recipe: B. F. Sword + Vampiric Scepter + Long Sword + 950 = 3500.
  • Stats: 80 attack damage.
  • Unique: +20% life steal.
  • Unique Passive: Your  life steal overheals you, converting the excess healing into a shield that absorbs up to 50 − 350 (based on level) damage and decays when out of combat for 25 seconds.

V9.19

• Renamed Bloodthirster from The Bloodthirster.

V8.11

• Total cost reduced to 3500 from 3700.
  • Combine cost reduced to 950 from 1150.

V7.9

• Attack damage increased to 80 from 75.

V6.14

• Added to the Twisted Treeline.

V5.22

• New Recipe: B. F. Sword + Long Sword + Vampiric Scepter + 1150 = 3700.
• Attack damage reduced to 75 from 80.

V5.8

• Available on Howling Abyss

V4.12

• Life steal increased to 20% from 15%.
• Life steal is now Unique.
• Shield strength reduced to 50-350 from 50-440.
• Decay time increased to 25 seconds from 15.

V4.10 Rework

• Combine cost increased to 1150 from 850.
  • Total cost increased to 3500 from 3200.
• AD increased to 80 from 70.
• Life steal increased to 15% from 12%.
• Passive: removed.
• New Unique Passive: Your life steal effects can overheal you, converting the excess healing into a shield. The shield can block from 50 to 450 damage, based on champion level, and decays if you have been out of combat for 15 seconds.

V3.14 - November 26th Hotfix

• Combine cost increased to 850 from 650.
  • Total cost increased to 3200 from 3000.

V3.14

• Combine cost reduced to 650 from 850.
  • Total cost reduced to 3000 from 3200.

V3.01

• Combine cost increased to 850 from 650.
  • Total cost increased to 3200 from 3000.

V1.0.0.152

• Combine cost reduced to 650 from 900.
• Base attack damage increased to 70 from 60.
• Passive maximum stacks reduced to 30 from 40.
  • Maximum attack damage from stacks is now 30, down from 40.
  • Maximum life steal from stacks is now 6%, down from 8%.

V1.0.0.136

• Life steal reduced to 12% from 15%.
• Life steal per stack reduced to 0.2% from 0.25%.
• Now only loses half stacks on death rather than all of them.

V1.0.0.108

• Now shows you in its tooltip what the current stats on its passive are.

May 15, 2009 Patch

• Life steal increased to 15% from 10%.
• Damage cap reduced to 40 from 60.
• Life steal cap reduced to 10% from 15%.

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