Berserker’s Greaves

Boots · Patch 26.20 · numbers from Riot's Data Dragon files, refreshed every patch

Total cost1100 g

Combine cost300 g

Sells for770 g

Gold efficiency117%

Berserker’s Greaves stats

+30% Attack Speed
+45 Move Speed

Build path

Builds from

Boots (300 g)
Dagger (250 g)
Dagger (250 g)

Builds into

Gunmetal Greaves (1100 g)

Champion guides with Berserker’s Greaves

Yone Yone ARAM build

Gold efficiency

Stat	Amount	Gold per point	Gold value
Attack Speed %	30	25 g	750 g
Move Speed	45	12 g	540 g
Total stat value			1290 g

Gold efficiency = stat value ÷ item cost = 1290 ÷ 1100 = 117%. The gold per point comes from basic items of the same patch (for example, Long Sword: 35 g per Attack Damage). Passives and actives are not counted.

Berserker’s Greaves patch history

Patch	Change
26.16	Attack Speed %: 25 → 30
14.19	Attack Speed %: 30 → 25
14.15	Attack Speed %: 35 → 30
7.22	Effect text changed
6.11	Attack Speed %: 30 → 35
5.22	Cost: 1000 → 1100 gold; Attack Speed %: 25 → 30
4.10	Cost: 900 → 1000 gold; Attack Speed %: 20 → 25
2013	Earliest record in Riot's Data Dragon (2013); the item is older

We compare cost and stats patch by patch in Riot's Data Dragon files. "Effect text changed" means the passive or active wording changed in that patch.

These are the attack speed boots in League of Legends, and the first item many marksmen finish: 30% Attack Speed and 45 Move Speed for 1,100 gold in patch 26.20. If you right-click things to death, these are your boots.

What do Berserker’s Greaves do?

Just the two stats. No passive, no active, nothing to press.

45 Move Speed gets you around the map faster, and 30% Attack Speed means more attacks per second, which matters for every on-hit effect and crit you own (and for how quickly you take down a tower).

Are they worth the gold?

Worth it? Yes, at 117%, which is high for any item, let alone a pair of boots that nearly everyone in one role buys. With the prices of basic items in the same patch, 30% Attack Speed is worth 750 gold (25 gold per 1%, from Dagger) and 45 Move Speed is worth 540 (12 gold per point, from Boots). That is 1,290 gold of stats for 1,100 gold.

Put simply, that’s 190 gold of stats above the price, which is part of why attack-based champions rarely skip them.

What does the build path look like?

Boots (300 gold) and two Daggers (250 gold each), plus 300 gold to combine. Since each Dagger already gives Attack Speed, you can split the purchase across two backs without losing much.

In the current patch they can be upgraded further into Gunmetal Greaves, which adds Life Steal on top.

Gunmetal Greaves give you 45% Attack Speed, 45 Move Speed and 5% Life Steal, so you’re paying extra gold for more attack speed and a bit of sustain on top. In practice, if you’re an ADC who’s going to stand and auto in extended teamfights, the upgrade pays off later. If you just need the move speed and want to rush your next big item, sit on basic Zerks.

How have Berserker’s Greaves changed over the patches?

Mostly the attack speed number has moved, back and forth, for years. Why so often? Nearly every marksman buys them. A few percent changes a lot of games:

Patch 4.10: cost 900 → 1,000 gold, Attack Speed 20% → 25%.
Patch 5.22: cost 1,000 → 1,100 gold, Attack Speed 25% → 30%.
Patch 6.11: Attack Speed 30% → 35%.
Patch 14.15: Attack Speed 35% → 30%.
Patch 14.19: Attack Speed 30% → 25%.
Patch 26.16: Attack Speed 25% → 30%.

Who should buy Berserker’s Greaves?

Champions who rely on basic attacks: marksmen, and fighters or junglers whose damage comes from attacking quickly. If your champion mainly uses abilities, other boots give stats that matter more to you. Crit-based marksmen usually pair them with Infinity Edge later in the game, and the LoL items list shows every other pair of boots side by side.

Real talk, boots are also about what the enemy team does, and the matchup should decide your boots, not muscle memory. Against heavy crowd control or heavy damage of one type, defensive boots can be the better call even on an attack-based champion, so treat Berserker’s Greaves as the default, not a rule.