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: Convert the healing received from  life steal in excess of 100% maximum health into a shield for up to 50 − 350 (based on level), which slowly decays after not dealing or taking damage for 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

• 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.
• Blood Barrier works at the same time as Overheal, resulting in doubled shielding (respecting their respective caps).

Old icons

1st version

2nd version

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.

Media

Item VFX

Patch History

V11.23

• New Effect: Tooltip now tracks damage blocked by Blood Barrier.

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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