Sapphire Crystal is a basic item in 
League of Legends.
Cost Analysis
Gold Efficiency*
Sapphire Crystal is the item from which the mana gold value is derived, and as such, it derives a value of 1.4 per point of mana.
Builds Into
Similar Items
Strategy
- It is useful as a starting item to champions that are dependent on mana in the beginning of the game such as Ryze.
Old icon
Trivia
- Sapphire Crystal is the only basic item that increases your maximum mana. Because of that, this item is the basis for building higher tier items that provide mana.
Patch History
- Updated icon.
- Now builds into Archangel's Staff, Glacial Buckler, Manamune
- No longer builds into Catalyst of Aeons, Glacial Shroud, Runic Echoes, Sheen, Tear of the Goddess.
- Removed from recipe for Essence Reaver.
- Added to recipe for Essence Reaver and Runic Echoes.
- Added to recipe for Catalyst of Aeons and Lost Chapter.
- Removed from recipe for Catalyst the Protector, due to the item being removed from the game.
- Cost reduced to 350 from 400.
- Mana increased to 250 from 200.
- Added to recipe for Tear of the Goddess (Quick Charge).
- Added to recipe for Mikael's Crucible.
- Added to recipe for Tear of the Goddess.
- Added to recipe for Glacial Shroud.
- Updated the 'builds into' information to reflect item recipe changes.
References
List of Items
- Starter items
- Potions and Consumables
- Trinkets
- Distributed
- Boots items
- Basic items
- Epic items
- Legendary items
- Mythic items
- Minion and Turret items
- Special Game Mode Exclusive items
- Removed items
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
