Sterak's Gage

For the Wild Rift item, see Sterak's Gage.

Sterak's Gage edit
Stats
+400 health
Passive
Unique – The Claws that Catch: Gain 45% base AD as bonus attack damage.
Unique – Lifeline: If you would take damage that would reduce you below 30% of your maximum health, gain a shield equal to 75% of bonus health that decays over 3.75 seconds (60 second cooldown).
Limitations
Limited to 1 Lifeline item.
Recipe
+  +  +  725
Cost	3100
Sell	2170
ID	3053
Availability
SR
HA
Menu
Fighter Tank Health & Regeneration
Keywords
juggernaut primal shield sterak's cage

Sterak's Gage is a legendary item in League of Legends.

Recipe

Sterak's Gage 3100 ( 725)
		Pickaxe 875
		Phage 1100 ( 350) Ruby Crystal 400 Long Sword 350
		Ruby Crystal 400

Cost Analysis

Gold Value

• 400 health =  1066.67
• Total Gold Value =  1066.67

Lowest base AD value (40 base AD)

• 18 attack damage = 630
  • Total Gold Value = 1696.67

Highest base AD value (158.5 base AD)

• 71.325 attack damage = 2496.375
  • Total Gold Value = 3563.045

Gold efficiency

• Sterak's Gage's base stats are 34.41% gold efficient.
• Sterak's Gage is 54.73% gold efficient on a level 1 Orianna without the Lifeline passive.
• Sterak's Gage is 114.94% gold efficient on a level 18 Mega Gnar without the Lifeline passive.

Similar items

Black Cleaver

Gargoyle Stoneplate

Maw of Malmortius

Titanic Hydra

Notes

• Lifeline will still trigger if damage is taken while below 30% of maximum health.
• Nullifying Orb will always trigger before Lifeline when taking magic damage.
• Sterak's Gage grants a shield amount of 300 by itself.

Old icons

1st version

2nd version

Trivia

• This item is related to Czech YouTuber "Radek Starý" (known as Sterakdary) for achieving high number of referrals. Although the newer referral system was available, Sterakdary was still using the original referral system.
• The Claws that Catch references Jabberwocky.
• The item's icon was recolored for the icon of the Teamfight Tactics item Trap Claw, from red to blue.
• The search term 'primal' references a precursor item from development: Primal Talon.

Media

Item VFX

Sound Effects

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Patch History

V12.12

• Undocumented/Bug Fix: Tooltip now clarifies that the shield decays over the duration.

V12.11

• Shield health ratio increased to 75% bonus health from 70%.
• Bonus attack damage increased to 45% base AD from 40%.
• Bug Fix: Tooltip now accurately counts the damage mitigated by the shield.

V12.10

• Shield health ratio reduced to 70% bonus health from 75%.

V12.3

• Attack damage reduced to 0 from 50.
• New Unique Passive - The Claws that Catch: Gain 40% base AD as bonus attack damage.
• Removed Unique Passive - Bloodlust: After dealing damage to or taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for ( 2% / 1.2%) of maximum health over 6 seconds. This stacks and refreshes per unique champion, up to 5 times, but every stack beyond the first is reduced by 50%, for a maximum of healing for ( 6% / 3.6%) of maximum health over the duration.
• Unique Passive - Lifeline:
  • New Effect: If you would take damage that would reduce you below 30% of your maximum health, gain a 75% of bonus health shield that decays over 3.75 seconds.
  • Old Effect: If you would take damage that would reduce you below 30% of your maximum health, gain a 100 shield for 4 seconds, increased by ( 8% / 4.8%) maximum health per stack of Bloodlust, up to ( 40% / 24%) maximum health at 5 Bloodlust stacks.

V11.14

• Bug Fix: No longer refreshes readiness of the Lifeline effect on death, circumventing its cooldown.

V11.6

• New Effect: Healing is now reduced by 50% beyond the first stack.
• Bug Fix: Stacks beyond the first now properly grant healing.

V11.4

• Bug Fix: Tooltip now displays the proper amount of attack damage that the item grants.

V11.3

• Lifeline base shield reduced to 100 from 200.
• Lifeline shield duration reduced to 4 seconds from 5.

V10.24

• Updated icon.

V10.23

• Now purchasable on ranged champions.
• New:
  • Recipe: Pickaxe + Phage + Ruby Crystal + 725 = 3100.
  • Stats: 400 health, 50 attack damage.
  • Unique Passive - Bloodlust: After dealing or taking damage against an enemy champion, heal ( 2% / 1.2%) maximum health over 6 seconds. This stacks and refreshes per unique champion, up to 5 times for a maximum of healing ( 10% / 6%) maximum health over the duration.
  • Unique Passive - Lifeline: Upon taking damage that would reduce you below 30% maximum health, gain a 200 shield for 5 seconds. This shield is increased by ( 8% / 4.8%) maximum health per stack of Bloodlust (60 second cooldown).
  • Limited to 1 Lifeline item.
• Old:
  • Recipe: Jaurim's Fist + Pickaxe + Ruby Crystal + 725 = 3200.
  • Stats: 450 health.
  • Unique Passive - Giant Strength: Gain 50% of base attack damage as bonus attack damage.
  • Unique Passive - Lifeline: If you take 400 − 1800 (based on level) damage within 5 seconds, you gain a shield for up to 3.75 seconds equal to 75% of your bonus health, which starts decaying after 0.75 seconds (60 second cooldown). Triggering Lifeline grants Sterak's Fury.
  • Unique Passive - Sterak's Fury: Grants +25% increased size and +30%  Tenacity for 8 seconds.

V9.1

• Bug Fix: Tooltip now shows the exact amount of damage required to trigger its shield as well as the exact shield granted.

V8.12

• Removed Unique Passive: +50% base attack damage.
• New Unique Passive - Giant Strength: Gain 50% of base attack damage as bonus attack damage.

V7.20

• New Recipe: Jaurim's Fist + Pickaxe + Ruby Crystal + 725 = 3200.
  • Old Recipe: Jaurim's Fist + Long Sword + 1050 = 2600.
• Health increased to 450 from 400.
• Base AD increased to 50% from 30%.
• New Effect: +50% base AD is now an Unique Passive.
• New Effect: Lifeline shield now starts decaying after 0.75 seconds.
• Sterak's Fury bonus effect changed to 30% Tenacity from 30% additional base AD.
• New Restriction: Melee only. Form-swapping champions only benefit from the base attack bonus buff while in melee form. Shield persists through form-swapping from melee to ranged.

V7.10

• Bug Fix: Tooltip has been updated to clarify that the buff from Sterak's Fury lasts 8 seconds, but the shield from Lifeline only lasts 3 seconds.

V7.9

• Bonus base attack damage increased to 30% from 25%.
• Sterak's Fury
  • Bonus base attack damage increased to 30% of base from 25%.
  • Bonus base attack damage duration increased to 8 seconds from 3.
  • Shield strength changed to 75% bonus health from 30% maximum health.

V6.23

• Combine cost reduced to 1050 from 1150.
  • Total cost reduced to 2600 from 2700.

V6.10

• Bug Fix: Lifeline cooldown no longer resets to full after the Sterak's Fury buff expires.

V6.9

• Damage proc passive is now Unique and has a shared name: Lifeline with Hexdrinker and Maw of Malmortius.

V6.4

• New Recipe: Jaurim's Fist + Long Sword + 1150 = 2700
  • Old Recipe: Jaurim's Fist + Ruby Crystal + 1100 = 2700
• Health reduced to 400 from 500.

V5.22

• New Recipe: Jaurim's Fist + Ruby Crystal + 1100 = 2700
  • Old Recipe: Giant's Belt + Long Sword + 1190 = 2550

V5.16 added

• Recipe: Giant's Belt + Long Sword + 1190 = 2550
• Stats: +500 health, +25% base attack damage
  • The bonus base attack damage granted is considered to be BASE attack damage - i.e. it will increase the damage dealt by Sheen, but will not affect abilities with bonus-AD ratios.
• Unique Passive: Upon taking at least 400 - 1800 damage (based on level) within 5 seconds, grants Primal Rage.
  • Primal Rage: Grow in size and strength, gaining increase size, +25% additional base attack damage, and a rapidly decaying shield for 30% of your maximum health.

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