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  • This item has been removed on patch V10.23.

Might of the Ruined King was a legendary item in League of Legends. Could only be forged by Ornn Ornn.

Recipe

Might of the Ruined King
3300 Gold 3300 (0 Gold 0)
1600 Gold 1600 (350 Gold 350)
900 Gold 900 (550 Gold 550)
1000 Gold 1000 (400 Gold 400)
300 Gold 300
300 Gold 300

Cost Analysis

Gold Value

Gold efficiency

Similar items

Notes

Blade of the Ruined King screenshot

Item VFX

Bilgewater Cutlass attack screenshot

Slow VFX

  • The active is not considered a projectile.
  •  Life steal applies to the bonus damage even if it's dealt through other items/abilities, such as Guinsoo's Rageblade Guinsoo's Rageblade, Runaan's Hurricane Runaan's Hurricane and Double Up Double Up.
  • The passive damage is not factored into critical strikes, as it is an on-hit effect.
  • Spirit Visage Spirit Visage increases the heal from the bonus damage twice, for 69% (1.3 × 1.3), instead of 30%. This only occurs if the heal comes from life steal.
  • The  Champions killed 5s before or after using Chronobreak (R)movement speed buff stacks additively with other percentage Champions killed 5s before or after using Chronobreak (R)movement speed buffs.
  • Although Hextech Gunblade Hextech Gunblade and Blade of the Ruined King both have a Bilgewater Cutlass Bilgewater Cutlass in their recipe, their item actives are considered distinct from one another and will not put each other on cooldown.

Strategy

  • This item is often built as a form of "anti-tank" item used to counter health-stacking champions (or champions that scale well in health) such as Shen Shen, Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo, Volibear Volibear, Zac Zac, and Taric Taric.
  • Blade of the Ruined King can be seen as a soft defensive item, as its active offers high utility. Depending on the situation, it can be used to lock down a target, evade skillshots, or most importantly, improve kiting. * Champions who are highly dependent on basic attacks (Master Yi Master YiJax JaxTristana Tristana, etc.) often build this item due to the attack speed, lifesteal, and the passive that helps boost their autoattacks.
  • Champions with an attack speed steroid like Master Yi Master Yi, Quinn Quinn, Xin Zhao Xin Zhao, Nocturne Nocturne or champions with on-hit effect abilities like Shyvana Shyvana, Warwick Warwick, Renekton Renekton, Yasuo Yasuo, Yone Yone can synergize well with Blade of the Ruined King, making better use of the passive.
    • Champions that autoattack and deal true damage also benefit from the passive on Blade of the Ruined King, as the best counter to true damage is to build health
      • However, being able to constantly autoattack is still the foremost criteria. Prime examples are Olaf Olaf, Irelia Irelia or Master Yi Master Yi.
    • AD Casters can also consider picking this item up as a side item for extra damage and sustain vs HP targets, but only if they have abilities that directly synergize with auto attacks via applying on-hit effects (e.g. Renekton's Renekton's Ruthless Predator Ruthless Predator, Jax's Jax's Empower Empower and Wukong's Wukong's Crushing Blow Crushing Blow). *** Even then, a majority of users of this item also often combine it with the likes of a Spellblade-proc'ing item such as Trinity Force Trinity Force.
  • Thornmail Thornmail and Frozen Heart Frozen Heart are strong counters to Blade of the Ruined King, as both provide armor and an attack speed slow; in the former's case, it provides a Grievous Wounds effect that counters BotRK's lifesteal. The latter's case has more armor and also has its attack speed slow in the form of an aura.
    • However, when combined with lethality or any other form of defense-stat bypass, the HP-based damage will punch through easily in most cases against a variety of targets.

Trivia

Patch History

V10.23 - Removed
  • Removed from the game.
V10.6
  • Undocumented: No longer has its damage capped when attacking clones.
V10.5
  • Passive damage for melee champions increased to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)12% of the target's current health from inherit8%.
V10.3
  • Bug Fix: Passive no longer stacks with Blade of the Ruined King's passive.
V9.8
  • Total cost increased to 3300 Gold 3300 from 3200 Gold 3200.
    • Combine cost unchanged.
V9.1 - Added
  • Added to the game.
  • Recipe: Blade of the Ruined King Blade of the Ruined King + 0 Gold 0 = 3200 Gold 3200.
  • Stats: 55 attack damage, 40% attack speed, 12% life steal.
  • Unique Active: Instantly deal Damage mitigated with Shifting Sands (E)100 magic damage and slow the target enemy champion by 25% for 3 seconds, while also increasing your own Champions killed 5s before or after using Chronobreak (R)movement speed by 25% for the same duration (90 second cooldown; 550 range).
  • Unique Passive: Basic attacks deal Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)8% of the target's current health Champions killed from outside standard Attack rangebonus physical damage on-hit, with a minimum of 15 bonus damage against all targets, and a maximum of 60 bonus damage against minions and monsters.
  • Can only be forged by Ornn Ornn. Limited to one Master Craftsman Master Craftsman item.


References

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