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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 140s.
PASSIVE - You gain Physical Power equal to 2% of your Maximum Mana.
PASSIVE - For 8s after using an ability, your next Basic Attack will deal an additional 25% damage. Abilities that function like basic attacks do not benefit from this. PASSIVE - This item grants 2.5 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana.
<n>GLYPH - Every time you damage an enemy god with an ability you gain a stack of Wit. When you have a stack, your next non-ultimate ability that damages an enemy god gets 20% of its cooldown instantly refunded. After triggering this effect, all stacks are removed and you cannot gain stacks for 5s.
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 2% of the targets maximum Health as Physical Damage. If you have over 150 Physical Power, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 6% Maximum Health damage at 250 Physical Power. Subsequent hits on the same target do 75% of the bonus damage for the next 3s.
PASSIVE - Assists on a minion give 1 Stack and God kills and assists give 5 Stacks. Stacks provide 1 Physical and Magical Protection. At 45 Stacks this item evolves, providing an Aura of 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
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Using this item will allow you to teleport up to 45 units away instantly. This item can not be used if you have taken or dealt damage in the last 3s. Cooldown - 140s.
PASSIVE - Getting an assist when an enemy dies provides a stack that gives 1% Movement Speed and 2% Attack Speed for 8s to nearby allies up to 10 stacks. When you've gained 3 or more stacks from assists, once per ability, each time you damage an enemy god you restore 18 Health and Mana to nearby allies within 55 units and gain 10 gold. Can be upgraded at level 15.
AURA - Allies within 70 units receive 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
PASSIVE - When you take Magical Damage from Abilities your cooldowns are reduced by 3s. This can only occur once every 30s.
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GLYPH - Each time you are hit by an ability, gain a stack of 5 Protections that corresponds to the damage type you were hit with, up to a max of 4 of each type. Once you reach max stacks of both kinds, gain a burst of 20% Movement Speed and double your Protections gained by this effect for 8s, after which all stacks are removed.
PASSIVE - You gain Physical Power equal to 2% of your Maximum Mana.
PASSIVE - Your first ability cast gains 20% Physical Penetration. This can only occur once every 5 seconds.
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 2% of the targets maximum Health as Physical Damage. If you have over 150 Physical Power, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 6% Maximum Health damage at 250 Physical Power. Subsequent hits on the same target do 75% of the bonus damage for the next 3s.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage and healing for 1.5s, and prevents you from taking any actions. You may still move. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - You gain Physical Power equal to 2% of your Maximum Mana.
PASSIVE - For 8s after using an ability, your next Basic Attack will deal an additional 25% damage. Abilities that function like basic attacks do not benefit from this. PASSIVE - This item grants 2.5 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana.
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 2% of the targets maximum Health as Physical Damage. If you have over 150 Physical Power, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 6% Maximum Health damage at 250 Physical Power. Subsequent hits on the same target do 75% of the bonus damage for the next 3s.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
Using this item Slows the Movement Speed of all enemy gods within 35 units by 30% for 5s. Their Attack Speed is reduced by 25% for the duration. Additionally, their Damage Dealt is reduced by 10%. Cooldown - 130s.
PASSIVE - Every 0.5s you gain a stack of Demise, causing your next damaging ability that hits an enemy god deals an additional 1.5% of your Magical Power in damage and remove all stacks. This effect stacks up to 20 times.
PASSIVE - Every 10s the Pendant activates, subtracting 1s from all of your abilities currently on Cooldown. The initial countdown will not start until you leave the fountain.
PASSIVE - On successful hit of an Ability you gain 1 stack. At 3 Stacks your next Ability that damages an enemy God will deal bonus damage equal to 20% of your Magical power to each God hit, and will heal yourself and allies within 20 units for 15 (+5 Per Level) and will consume the 3 stacks.
PASSIVE - Your abilities deal an additional 1% of the target's maximum Health as Magical Damage. If the target has over 2000 Health, your ability bonus damage scales up. This effect reaches a maximum of 9% Maximum Health damage at 2750 Health. Subsequent hits on the same target do half the bonus damage for the next 3s.
PASSIVE - If you receive a kill or assist on an Enemy God all of your non-ultimate cooldowns are reduced by 2 seconds and your ultimate cooldown is reduced by 6 seconds.
PASSIVE - Restore 1% of your Maximum Mana upon damaging an enemy god with an ability, once per god.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage and healing for 1.5s, and prevents you from taking any actions. You may still move. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - You gain Physical Power equal to 2% of your Maximum Mana.
PASSIVE - For 8s after using an ability, your next Basic Attack will deal an additional 25% damage. Abilities that function like basic attacks do not benefit from this. PASSIVE - This item grants 2.5 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana.
PASSIVE - Killing an enemy god forges a shield from their blood with Health equal to 200 + 10 per Player Level for 20s. While the Blood Shield is active you gain +10% movement speed.
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Using this item will allow you to teleport up to 45 units away instantly. This item can not be used if you have taken or dealt damage in the last 3s. Cooldown - 120s.
AURA - You gain 8 GP5 if you have the lowest gold on your team. Evenly split 80 Physical and Magical Protection among all allied gods within 70 units and yourself. If you are alone you only gain 30 Physical and Magical Protections.
PASSIVE - Each time an allied god dies within 70 units of you or you heal an allied god with an ability, a flower drops from your ally that can be picked up by you or an allied god. After healing with an ability, you cannot drop more flowers this way for 10s. Picking up the flower gives that god a shield equal to 5% of their Max HP that lasts for 8s. Flowers last 7s on ground. Picking up a new flower refreshes shield.
PASSIVE - When your Ultimate ability has finished casting, you gain a Shield equal to 90% of your Protections from items and abilities for 5s. When destroyed, by timing out or being depleted, it explodes in a 30 unit radius and deals Magical damage equal to 75% of your Protections from items and abilities and slows targets by 25% for 3s. This can only occur once every 45 seconds.
PASSIVE - When you hit an enemy god with Hard Crowd Control, they drop Spikes on the ground that lasts for 7s. When you or an allied god pick up a Spike, they gain a buff that causes their next ability to deal bonus Magic damage equal to 3% of their own Max HP. This effect lasts 15s and is doubled if you are the one who picks up the Spike.
PASSIVE - Your relics receive 50s Cooldown Reduction
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Using this item Slows the Movement Speed of all enemy gods within 35 units by 30% for 5s. Their Attack Speed is reduced by 25% for the duration. Additionally, their Damage Dealt is reduced by 10%. Cooldown - 130s.
PASSIVE - Damaging an enemy god deals 25 (+1.5 per level) damage and restores 25 (+1.5 per level) Health and Mana. This effect can only occur once every 10s. Can be upgraded at level 20.
PASSIVE - Your abilities heal you for 10% of the damage dealt to targets.
PASSIVE - Assists on a minion give 1 Stack and God kills and assists give 5 Stacks. Stacks provide 1 Physical and Magical Protection. At 45 Stacks this item evolves, providing an Aura of 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
PASSIVE - When you take Magical Damage from Abilities your cooldowns are reduced by 3s. This can only occur once every 30s.
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Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage and healing for 1.5s, and prevents you from taking any actions. You may still move. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - Damaging an enemy god steals 3% (+2% of your Protection from items) of their Current Health away from your target and restores it to you. This effect can only occur once every 10s.
PASSIVE - Your abilities heal you for 10% of the damage dealt to targets.
PASSIVE - You gain Physical Power equal to 2% of your Maximum Mana.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage and healing for 1.5s, and prevents you from taking any actions. You may still move. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - For 8s after using an ability, your next Basic Attack will deal an additional 25% damage. Abilities that function like basic attacks do not benefit from this. PASSIVE - This item grants 2.5 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana.
PASSIVE - Protects you from a single hard Crowd Control effect once every 70 seconds. When this occurs, you gain 1s of Crowd Control immunity.
This item and all upgrades are only available to Assassins and Warriors.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - This item grants 4 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana. This item grants 7 Magical power per 10% of your available Mana.
PASSIVE - On successful hit of an Ability you gain 1 stack. At 3 Stacks your next Ability that damages an enemy God will deal bonus damage equal to 20% of your Magical power to each God hit, and will heal yourself and allies within 20 units for 15 (+5 Per Level) and will consume the 3 stacks.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your abilities have 40% reduced healing for 5 seconds.
PASSIVE - Your first ability cast gains 20% Magical Penetration. This can only occur once every 10 seconds.
PASSIVE - Your Healing obtained from Magical Lifesteal is increased by 15%. Your Magical power is increased by 1.5x the amount of Magical Lifesteal you have.
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Using this item increases the Movement Speed of allied gods within 55 units by 20% for 5s and makes them immune to Slows. Cooldown - 130s
AURA - You gain 8 GP5 if you have the lowest gold on your team. Evenly split 80 Physical and Magical Protection among all allied gods within 70 units and yourself. If you are alone you only gain 30 Physical and Magical Protections.
AURA - Allies within 70 units receive 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Magical Protections increased by 15 and their MP5 increased by 30.
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Physical Protections increased by 15 and their HP5 increased by 25.
PASSIVE - When you are hit by an ability that deals Magical damage, gain 5% Magical Damage Mitigation for 5s. ICD 12s.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
Using this item reflects 30% of all damage you take, before mitigations, for the next 5 seconds, back to its owner as Magical Damage. If you are dealt 120 * your level damage while this effect is active, the effect will end early. While this is active enemies can only lifesteal from you for 75% of their total lifesteal. Cooldown - 140s.
AURA - You gain 8 GP5 if you have the lowest gold on your team. Evenly split 80 Physical and Magical Protection among all allied gods within 70 units and yourself. If you are alone you only gain 30 Physical and Magical Protections.
PASSIVE - When you take damage and are below 40% Health, you gain a Shield with health equal to 12% of your Maximum Health for 20s. Can only occur once every 60s.
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PASSIVE - This item grants 4 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana. This item grants 7 Magical power per 10% of your available Mana.
PASSIVE - On god kill or assist a coin is flipped. If heads, you gain 150 Health over 6 seconds. If tails, you gain 5% Movement Speed for 6 seconds. You also gain 15 gold every time the coin is flipped.
PASSIVE - Every 10s the Pendant activates, subtracting 1s from all of your abilities currently on Cooldown. The initial countdown will not start until you leave the fountain.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your abilities have 40% reduced healing for 5 seconds.
PASSIVE - On successful hit of an Ability you gain 1 stack. At 3 Stacks your next Ability that damages an enemy God will deal bonus damage equal to 20% of your Magical power to each God hit, and will heal yourself and allies within 20 units for 15 (+5 Per Level) and will consume the 3 stacks.
PASSIVE - Your first ability cast gains 20% Magical Penetration. This can only occur once every 10 seconds.
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Using this item Slows the Movement Speed of all enemy gods within 35 units by 30% for 5s. Their Attack Speed is reduced by 25% for the duration. Additionally, their Damage Dealt is reduced by 10%. Cooldown - 130s.
PASSIVE - Enemy Gods that you hit have their healing taken reduced by 20% for 5s. You are healed for 120% of the healing reduced. Can be upgraded at level 20.
AURA - Enemy gods within 55 units have their healing reduced by 25%. This does not stack with similar Auras.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your abilities have 40% reduced healing for 5 seconds.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
Using this item makes you invulnerable to damage and healing for 1.5s, and prevents you from taking any actions. You may still move. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - This item grants 2 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana. Your damaging abilities deal an extra 15 true damage to minions. Can be upgraded at level 20.
PASSIVE - Every 10s the Pendant activates, subtracting 1s from all of your abilities currently on Cooldown. The initial countdown will not start until you leave the fountain.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your abilities have 40% reduced healing for 5 seconds.
PASSIVE - You gain additional Magical Power and Lifesteal scaled from missing Health. This caps at 70 power and 10% Lifesteal at 40% Health.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your damaging abilities will move 30% Slower and will have Shields applied on them reduced by 50% for 2.5 seconds. This can only occur once every 2.5 seconds.
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Using this item will allow you to teleport up to 45 units away instantly. This item can not be used if you have taken or dealt damage in the last 3s. Cooldown - 140s.
AURA - You gain 8 GP5 if you have the lowest gold on your team. Evenly split 80 Physical and Magical Protection among all allied gods within 70 units and yourself. If you are alone you only gain 30 Physical and Magical Protections.
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Magical Protections increased by 15 and their MP5 increased by 30. <n>GLYPH - Gain a stack each time an enemy within 55 units casts an ability. At 3 stacks, your next basic attack against an enemy god will silence them for 1.5s. This effect can only occur every 8s.
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Physical Protections increased by 15 and their HP5 increased by 25.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your damaging abilities will move 30% Slower and will have Shields applied on them reduced by 50% for 2.5 seconds. This can only occur once every 2.5 seconds.
PASSIVE - When you take Magical Damage from Abilities your cooldowns are reduced by 3s. This can only occur once every 30s.
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AURA - You gain 8 GP5 if you have the lowest gold on your team. Damage taken by allied gods within 70 units of you is reduced by 12%, up to a maximum of 100 damage. The reduced damage is redirected to you as Magical Damage. If you would die from this damage it does not get reduced or redirected.
GLYPH - Each time you are hit by an ability, gain a stack of 5 Protections that corresponds to the damage type you were hit with, up to a max of 4 of each type. Once you reach max stacks of both kinds, gain a burst of 20% Movement Speed and double your Protections gained by this effect for 8s, after which all stacks are removed.
AURA - Enemy gods within 55 units have their healing reduced by 25%. This does not stack with similar Auras.
AURA - Allies within 70 units receive 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
PASSIVE - When you hit an enemy god with Hard Crowd Control, they drop Spikes on the ground that lasts for 7s. When you or an allied god pick up a Spike, they gain a buff that causes their next ability to deal bonus Magic damage equal to 3% of their own Max HP. This effect lasts 15s and is doubled if you are the one who picks up the Spike.
PASSIVE - Your relics receive 50s Cooldown Reduction
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PASSIVE - All sources of gold gain are increased by 5%. For every 100 gold you have gain 1.25% Attack Speed and 1% Physical Critical Strike Chance, up to a maximum of 20 stacks.
PASSIVE - Upon getting a kill or assist on an Enemy god you gain Atalanta's Agility for 10s. This effect increases your Attack Speed by 20% and decreases the Movement Penalty for attacking, backpedaling, and strafing by 30%.
PASSIVE - Enemies hit by your Critical Strikes have 40% reduced healing for 5s.
PASSIVE - Your Critical Hits provide you with 10% Physical Penetration for 4s.
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PASSIVE - Enemy Gods that you hit have their healing taken reduced by 20% for 5s. You are healed for 120% of the healing reduced. Can be upgraded at level 20.
AURA - Allies within 70 units receive 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
PASSIVE - When you hit an enemy god with Hard Crowd Control, they drop Spikes on the ground that lasts for 7s. When you or an allied god pick up a Spike, they gain a buff that causes their next ability to deal bonus Magic damage equal to 3% of their own Max HP. This effect lasts 15s and is doubled if you are the one who picks up the Spike.
PASSIVE - You gain +3 Magical Protection and +3 Physical Protection for each god kill or assist. At 7 stacks this item Evolves, providing a Health Shield that gains stacks every 2s. Shield only stacks if you have not taken or dealt damage in the last 5s. Each stack provides 10% of 100 Health +5 Per Level.
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PASSIVE - Damaging an enemy god steals 3% (+2% of your Protection from items) of their Current Health away from your target and restores it to you. This effect can only occur once every 10s.
PASSIVE - While over 25% Mana, you gain +10% Cooldown Reduction. While under 25% Mana, you gain +50 MP5.
PASSIVE - Your abilities heal you for 10% of the damage dealt to targets.
AURA - Enemies within 55 units have their Attack Speed reduced by 25%.
PASSIVE - When you take Magical Damage from Abilities your cooldowns are reduced by 3s. This can only occur once every 30s.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
PASSIVE - This item grants 2 MP5 per 10% of your missing Mana. Your damaging abilities deal an extra 15 true damage to minions. Can be upgraded at level 20.
PASSIVE - You permanently gain 7 Mana per Stack, and receive 5 Stacks for a god kill and 1 Stack for a minion kill (max. 75 Stacks). You gain Magical Power equal to 4% of your Mana from items. At 75 stacks this item Evolves, gaining 10 Magical Penetration and Increasing the Magical Power gained from Mana to 7%.
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Using this item removes Crowd Control Effects and makes you immune to new ones for 2s. Cooldown - 170s.
AURA - Allied gods within 70 units have their Attack Speed increased by 30%.
PASSIVE - Provides a Health Shield that gains stacks every 2s. Shield only stacks if you have not taken or dealt damage in the last 5s. Each stack provides 10% of 100 Health +5 Per Level. The full shield will regenerate after 20 seconds.
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PASSIVE - Enemy Gods that you hit have their healing taken reduced by 30% for 5s. You are healed for 120% of the healing reduced.
AURA - Allies within 70 units receive 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
PASSIVE - Provides a Health Shield that gains stacks every 2s. Shield only stacks if you have not taken or dealt damage in the last 5s. Each stack provides 10% of 100 Health +5 Per Level. The full shield will regenerate after 20 seconds.
PASSIVE - When you hit an enemy god with Hard Crowd Control, they drop Spikes on the ground that lasts for 7s. When you or an allied god pick up a Spike, they gain a buff that causes their next ability to deal bonus Magic damage equal to 3% of their own Max HP. This effect lasts 15s and is doubled if you are the one who picks up the Spike.
PASSIVE - Your relics receive 50s Cooldown Reduction
AURA - Enemies within 55 units have their Attack Speed reduced by 25%.
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Using this item will allow you to teleport up to 45 units away instantly. This item can not be used if you have taken or dealt damage in the last 3s. Cooldown - 140s.
PASSIVE - Assists on a minion give 1 Stack and God kills and assists give 5 Stacks. Stacks provide 1 Physical and Magical Protection. At 45 Stacks this item evolves, providing an Aura of 10 Physical Protection and 10 Magical Protection.
PASSIVE - While not near an ally god you gain 1 stack of Benevolence every second, up to a maximum of 50. Assists provide 4 stacks. While within 70 units of a hurt ally god you use up to 5 stacks a second to heal them and yourself for 1% of your Maximum Health. Each stack consumed provides you with 1 gold. If you overcap stacks they will still provide gold as long as you are near an ally god. Can be upgraded at level 15.
PASSIVE - If you are hit by a Knockup, Knockback, Pull, or Grab you gain 7% of your max Health over the next 5 seconds. You gain 15 Physical Power and 25 Magical Power while this effect is not on cooldown. This effect does not trigger on Vortexes. Can only occur once every 15s. PASSIVE - Regenerates 0.4% of your max health every second.
PASSIVE - When you hit an enemy god with Hard Crowd Control, they drop Spikes on the ground that lasts for 7s. When you or an allied god pick up a Spike, they gain a buff that causes their next ability to deal bonus Magic damage equal to 3% of their own Max HP. This effect lasts 15s and is doubled if you are the one who picks up the Spike.