Control Ward

Control Ward edit
Consume
Places a visible Control Ward at the target location (600 range), which grants sight over the surrounding 900 units. Cannot have its sight disabled. Its sight also: Reveals and disables enemy wards. Reveals enemy stealthed traps. Reveals Camouflaged champions. It is also exposed to enemies while it is revealing one of the above stealthed units, or granting vision of a Tentacle.
Limitations
Can only carry 2 Control Wards in inventory. Limited to 1 Control Ward on the map per player.
Recipe
Cost	75
Sell	30
ID	2055
Availability
SR 5v5
SR 5v5
Keywords
kleptomancy orange red pink

Control Ward is a consumable item in League of Legends. It is exclusive to Classic Summoner's Rift 5v5.

Similar items

Farsight Alteration

Oracle Lens

Warding Totem

Notes

• Wards and stealthed traps affected by the Control Ward will be engulfed in a red static shock and lose ally sight they reveal in the fog of war until it is destroyed.
• A Control Ward has 4 health points and regenerates 1 health every 3 seconds after 6 seconds of not being attacked.
• Control Wards cannot be disabled.
• Control Wards do not persistently reveal camouflage champions and instead perform periodic scans. There is a substantial enough delay between checks that camouflage champions will briefly become unseen.

Map-Specific Differences

Nexus Blitz differences ^edit

• This item is disabled.

Strategy

• As a support, always have one on bot lane to clear enemy wards and watch for ganks, especially those with stealth.
• Warding Dragon early, especially on your first back, is a great way to ensure your team has objective control.
• Always keep one in handy when no teammate has a Oracle Lens.
• Use near places of frequent warding pattern, like near Dragon or Baron.

Old icons

1st version

Trivia

• When a Control Ward has been alive for 2 minutes and 30 seconds, it will gain the following buff:
  • Distinguished Order of Ward Longevity and Health: Perhaps this ward has been protected. Perhaps it has merely sat in a disused lane. Whatever the case, it has persisted for aeons in ward years and joins an ancient regal order of Wards that have lasted a really really really long time.

Patch History

V11.6 - March 18th Hotfix

• Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where disabled wards would appear to reveal the Fog of War around it.

V11.4

• Bug Fix: Now is properly purchaseable if the slot in the inventory became empty after using consumables outside of the spawn.

V10.23

• Updated icon.
• Can now also be stored into Stirring Wardstone, Watchful Wardstone, and Vigilant Wardstone.

V8.23

• Maximum amount carried in inventory reduced to 2 from 3.

V7.22

• New Effect: Can now also be looted with Kleptomancy.

V7.4

• Removed: No longer disables traps.

V7.2

• Bug Fix: Eliminated some inconsistencies with how Control Wards reveal and disable wards.

V6.23

• Bug Fix: No longer put the "Disabled" indicator above Zz'Rot portals (since they don’t actually disable the portals).

V6.22 Added

• Replaces Vision Ward.
• Cost: 75
• Consume: Places a visible ward that reveals the surrounding area. This device will reveal and disable nearby wards and hidden traps, as well as revealing camouflaged units. Control Wards do not disable other Control Wards.
• Limited to 3 in inventory and 1 on the field (per player).
• Killing a Control Ward grants 40 experience and 30.

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