The Gold efficiency of an item tells you how much stats it provides for its price (gold cost). This is a theoretical value with no direct game impact, used mainly to compare items.
A base gold value for each stat has to be defined in order to calculate gold efficiency. This is a form of "theory-crafting" because gold value is not a part of the game's rules; the number has to be derived from the prices of in-game items (see below).
Gold efficiency is then the ratio of the item's theoretical gold value to its actual in-game price.
In general the theoretical gold efficiency is most useful for comparing items' relative, theoretical values. The "real" value of an item during an actual game is influenced by many other factors that are not easily modeled (in terms of gold or otherwise).
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Calculating Gold Efficiency
The formula for the gold efficiency of an item (as a percentage figure) is simple:
The difficulty is in determining the gold value given the stats on the item. It is done by using the price of "reference items" (see next section).
If the item has passive or active effects they are only taken into account if they provide stats with a gold value (e.g. if an item's effect added a temporary flat movement speed, the gold value of this effect could be determined, because there is a reference value for movement speed). See the next section for how the base gold value of various stats is derived from "reference items".
The item price is simply the price from the in-game shop.
Since gold efficiency is usually given as a percentage value, we have to multiply the ratio by 100%.
An item is said to be gold efficient if its gold efficiency is at least 100%. Usually, items that are less than 100% gold efficient have other (passive or active) effects that are not taken into account when determining their gold value. This then results in a theoretical gold deficit in the item's value; in those cases, the items passive or active effects usually make up for the deficit.
Base Statistic Prices
The gold values assigned to stats are not measures of the effectiveness of those stats. They are simply base values meant to be used in determining the theoretical value of other items (or effects that are not item-related, such as Dragon buffs or Runes).
A stat's gold value is derived from the least expensive basic item that provides only that stat:
Champion Statistic | Base Item | Item Cost | Stat Raised | ![]() |
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Attack damage | ![]() |
10 AD | ![]() | |
Ability power | ![]() |
20 AP | ![]() | |
Armor | ![]() |
15 Armor | ![]() | |
Magic resistance | ![]() |
25 MR | ![]() | |
Health | ![]() |
150 HP | ![]() | |
Mana | ![]() |
250 MP | ![]() | |
Health regeneration | ![]() |
50% HP5 | ![]() | |
Mana regeneration | ![]() |
50% MP5 | ![]() | |
Critical strike chance | ![]() |
15% Crit | ![]() | |
Attack speed | ![]() |
12% AS | ![]() | |
Flat movement speed | ![]() |
25 MS | ![]() |
Life steal, lethality, percent armor penetration, flat magic penetration, percent magic penetration, on-hit damage, ability haste, percent movement speed, omnivamp, and heal and shield power are not found isolated on any single item, so their gold values are calculated using the least expensive items that provide the stat: , , , , , , , , , and for each of the aforementioned stats respectively.
Champion Statistic | Base Item | Item Cost | Stat Raised | ![]() |
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Life steal | ![]() |
10% LS 15 AD |
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Lethality | ![]() |
10 Lethality 30 AD |
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Percent armor penetration | ![]() |
20% Arm Pen 20 AD |
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Magic penetration | ![]() |
18 Magic Pen 45 MS |
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Percent magic penetration | ![]() |
15% Magic Pen 25 AP |
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On-hit damage | ![]() |
15 OH Dmg 25% AS |
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Ability haste | ![]() |
10 AH 200 HP |
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Percent movement speed | ![]() |
5% MS 30 AP |
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Heal and shield power | ![]() |
10% HS Power 50% Base MP5 |
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Omnivamp | ![]() |
5% Omnivamp 250 HP 20 AP |
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Item Statistics
Basic Tier Items
Base Item | Item Cost | AD Value | ![]() |
Equivalence |
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10 | 35 | N/A | |
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25 | 35 | 100% Efficiency | |
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40 | 32.5 | 107.69% Efficiency |
All items base efficiency
The following table displays all the item base gold efficiencies (without considering passives and actives). Full item gold efficiencies (with passives) can be found on the respective items' pages.
This table is automatically generated based on the data from Module:ItemData/data.
Item | Cost | Amount | Availability |
---|---|---|---|
2700 ![]() | 74.57% | All maps | |
1500 ![]() | 93.78% | All maps | |
850 ![]() | 76.76% | All maps | |
435 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 70.46% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 102.39% | All maps | |
1300 ![]() | 107.69% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 72.73% | All maps | |
950 ![]() | 100.18% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 108.33% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 128.64% | All maps | |
3100 ![]() | 101.08% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 350% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
3200 ![]() | 75% | All maps | |
850 ![]() | 102.35% | All maps | |
1250 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 102.21% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 130.88% | All maps | |
300 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
900 ![]() | 80% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 87.5% | All maps | |
650 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 350.42% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
1100 ![]() | 103.79% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 151.01% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 101.6% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 96.94% | All maps | |
600 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
300 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
75 ![]() | 0% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
500 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 89.93% | All maps | |
650 ![]() | 105.13% | All maps | |
450 ![]() | 54.44% | All maps | |
300 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
350 ![]() | 123.69% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
2900 ![]() | 71.18% | All maps | |
3100 ![]() | 95.16% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 122.98% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 81.86% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 90.91% | All maps | |
450 ![]() | 109.63% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 128.23% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
450 ![]() | 95.41% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
3200 ![]() | 106.93% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 125.51% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 85.1% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 72.89% | All maps | |
2900 ![]() | 91.95% | All maps | |
500 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
500 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
500 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
350 ![]() | 0% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
2800 ![]() | 103.87% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 143.97% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 111.18% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 65.63% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 125.67% | All maps | |
250 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
900 ![]() | 114.21% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
2900 ![]() | 76.24% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 115.94% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 221.98% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
2800 ![]() | 86.31% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 107.73% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 81.21% | All maps | |
900 ![]() | 103.7% | All maps | |
900 ![]() | 112.96% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 109.85% | All maps | |
2800 ![]() | 78.57% | All maps | |
950 ![]() | 194.74% | Howling Abyss | |
950 ![]() | 173.68% | Howling Abyss | |
950 ![]() | 117.89% | Howling Abyss | |
950 ![]() | 133.68% | Howling Abyss | |
2800 ![]() | 68.75% | All maps | |
350 ![]() | 0% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 190% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
50 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 81.82% | All maps | |
1300 ![]() | 102.31% | All maps | |
1050 ![]() | 82.86% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 100.34% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 83.38% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 134.53% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 105.88% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 97.47% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 95.59% | All maps | |
3333 ![]() | 116.01% | All maps | |
950 ![]() | 112.98% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 95.45% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
700 ![]() | 53.57% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 97.1% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 108.82% | All maps | |
1450 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
1300 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 91.57% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 122.92% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 63.92% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 88.27% | All maps | |
350 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 105.42% | All maps | |
1300 ![]() | 119.74% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 97.06% | All maps | |
2900 ![]() | 80.17% | All maps | |
2800 ![]() | 108.93% | All maps | |
1600 ![]() | 43.85% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
3000 ![]() | 91.33% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 90% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 126.09% | All maps | |
1000 ![]() | 138% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 97.47% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 96.27% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 103.06% | All maps | |
2900 ![]() | 97.55% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 114.17% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 108.82% | All maps | |
1250 ![]() | 104.4% | All maps | |
900 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 98.67% | All maps | |
1300 ![]() | 109.62% | All maps | |
450 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 81.56% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 372.92% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
1100 ![]() | 96.21% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 92.37% | All maps | |
875 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 85.45% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 85.57% | All maps | |
1300 ![]() | 41.54% | All maps | |
3600 ![]() | 72.5% | All maps | |
800 ![]() | 78.13% | All maps | |
2700 ![]() | 93.83% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 78.06% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 97.12% | All maps | |
1000 ![]() | 62.5% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 110.14% | All maps | |
150 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
150 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 65.94% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
2500 ![]() | 130.13% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 101.79% | All maps | |
2800 ![]() | 125.71% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 84.67% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 156.67% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
3000 ![]() | 96.36% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 107.4% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 75.2% | All maps | |
350 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 159.57% | All maps | |
1000 ![]() | 73.5% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 87.26% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 77.5% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 95.45% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 101.04% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 392.5% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
700 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 97.47% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 159.57% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 94.33% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 81.67% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
1250 ![]() | 89.33% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 112.67% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
2900 ![]() | 85.75% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 92.93% | All maps | |
2500 ![]() | 159.57% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 65% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
3100 ![]() | 90.86% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 0% | Summoner's Rift | |
650 ![]() | 0% | All maps | |
2700 ![]() | 95.37% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 95.2% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 81.46% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 98.49% | All maps | |
400 ![]() | 158.54% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
400 ![]() | 84% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 92.83% | All maps | |
2700 ![]() | 79.01% | All maps | |
1200 ![]() | 72.92% | All maps | |
3300 ![]() | 72.22% | All maps | |
3333 ![]() | 86.01% | All maps | |
2800 ![]() | 86.31% | All maps | |
2800 ![]() | 125.71% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 131.62% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 85% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 137.12% | All maps | |
900 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
1000 ![]() | 88.5% | All maps | |
3200 ![]() | 131.56% | All maps | |
2300 ![]() | 63.55% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
2700 ![]() | 126.14% | All maps | |
1000 ![]() | 80% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
1100 ![]() | 60.61% | Summoner's Rift, Nexus Blitz | |
800 ![]() | 50% | All maps | |
3100 ![]() | 95.16% | All maps | |
3400 ![]() | 140.44% | All maps | |
3000 ![]() | 73% | All maps | |
1050 ![]() | 100% | All maps | |
2400 ![]() | 85.42% | All maps | |
2600 ![]() | 99.25% | All maps |
Trivia
- Spell vamp used to be a statistic available on items. It was valued at
27.5 per percentage point before it was removed from .
- The former values for MP5 and HP5 were
60 and
36 respectively. Flat MP5 is available on , and flat HP5 is available on and .
- The snowball item begins with a very low gold efficiency, but upon reaching maximum stacks has one of the best possible in the game.
- Health regeneration and Attack damage respectively.
- A also has no gold efficiency cap with or .
and have no gold efficiency cap with or because they infinitely increase their health, which will scale