Essence Reaver
Legendary item · Patch 26.21 · numbers from Riot's Data Dragon files, refreshed every patch
Essence Reaver stats
- +50 Attack Damage
- +20 Ability Haste
- +25% Critical Strike Chance
Passive and active effects
- Passive: Spellblade
- After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damage and grants Mana On-Hit .
Effect text as written in Riot's game data; for scaling effects, the in-game shop tooltip shows the exact numbers that match your current stats and level.
Build path
Champion guides with Essence Reaver
- Corki Corki ARAM build
- Lucian Lucian ARAM build
- Smolder Smolder ARAM build
Gold efficiency
| Stat | Amount | Gold per point | Gold value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack Damage | 50 | 35 g | 1750 g |
| Ability Haste | 20 | 50 g | 1000 g |
| Critical Strike Chance % | 25 | 40 g | 1000 g |
| Total stat value | 3750 g |
Gold efficiency = stat value ÷ item cost = 3750 ÷ 3050 = 123%. 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.
Essence Reaver patch history
| Patch | Change |
|---|---|
| 26.2 | Cost: 2900 → 3050 gold; Attack Damage: 55 → 50 |
| 26.1 | Ability Haste: 15 → 20; Attack Damage: 60 → 55; Effect text changed |
| 14.20 | Cost: 3150 → 2900 gold; Ability Haste: 20 → 15; Attack Damage: 65 → 60 |
| 14.19 | Cost: 3100 → 3150 gold; Ability Haste: 25 → 20; Attack Damage: 70 → 65 |
| 14.11 | Cost: 3200 → 3100 gold; Attack Damage: 65 → 70; Effect text changed |
| 14.10 | Cost: 2900 → 3200 gold; Ability Haste: 20 → 25; Attack Damage: 60 → 65; Critical Strike Chance %: 20 → 25; Effect text changed |
| 14.3 | Attack Damage: 55 → 60 |
| 14.2 | Cost: 3000 → 2900 gold |
| 14.1 | Cost: 2900 → 3000 gold |
| 13.3 | Cost: 2800 → 2900 gold; Attack Damage: 45 → 55 |
| 12.11 | Effect text changed |
| 11.7 | Cost: 2900 → 2800 gold; Attack Damage: 55 → 45 |
| 11.6 | Effect text changed |
| 11.5 | Effect text changed |
| 11.2 | Effect text changed |
| 10.25 | Attack Damage: 50 → 55 |
| 10.24 | Attack Damage: 40 → 50 |
| 10.23 | Cost: 3300 → 2900 gold; Attack Damage: 70 → 40; Critical Strike Chance %: 25 → 20 |
| 9.13 | Cost: 3200 → 3300 gold |
| 9.10 | Attack Damage: 65 → 70 |
| 9.4 | Attack Damage: 60 → 65; Cooldown Reduction %: 20 → none; Effect text changed |
| 9.3 | Cost: 3000 → 3200 gold; Attack Damage: 75 → 60; Critical Strike Chance %: none → 25; Mana: 300 → none; Effect text changed |
| 8.21 | Cost: 3200 → 3000 gold |
| 8.15 | Attack Damage: 70 → 75 |
| 8.13 | Effect text changed |
| 8.11 | Cost: 3400 → 3200 gold; Cooldown Reduction %: none → 20; Critical Strike Chance %: 20 → none; Mana: none → 300; Effect text changed |
| 7.9 | Cost: 3600 → 3400 gold |
| 6.15 | Effect text changed |
| 6.12 | Attack Damage: 65 → 70 |
| 5.24 | Effect text changed |
| 5.22 | Cost: 3200 → 3600 gold; Attack Damage: 80 → 65; Cooldown Reduction %: 10 → none; Critical Strike Chance %: none → 20; Life Steal %: 10 → none |
| 4.15 | Cost: 3400 → 3200 gold |
| 4.12 | Cost: 2650 → 3400 gold; Attack Damage: 60 → 80 |
| 4.11 | Attack Damage: 50 → 60; Effect text changed |
| 4.10 | Added to the game data |
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.
Essence Reaver is a 3,050 gold crit item in League of Legends for Attack Damage champions who cast a lot: 50 Attack Damage, 20 Ability Haste and 25% Critical Strike Chance in patch 26.21. Its Spellblade passive makes your next attack after an ability deal bonus physical damage and restore Mana on hit.
What does Essence Reaver do?
It fixes Mana problems for champions who mix abilities and auto attacks. Cast a spell, hit something, and you get Mana back along with extra damage. Repeat.
That loop is why it shows up on marksmen and fighters with expensive spells. Without it, a champion who spams abilities runs dry after a couple of fights and has to recall; with it, every ability-then-attack combo refunds part of the cost (the exact refund and damage are in the client tooltip, since Riot’s data text leaves the numbers out). Spellblade is the same effect family as Sheen, so it doesn’t stack with other Spellblade items.
The crit chance and Ability Haste do the rest, turning a Mana fix into a real damage item for the middle of the game. Damage item or utility item? Both, honestly, which is exactly why it’s hard to replace.
Is it gold efficient?
Very, at 123%. The three stats are worth 3,750 gold, well above the 3,050 gold price.
Attack Damage brings 1,750 gold of that (50 points at 35 each), Ability Haste adds 1,000 gold, and the crit chance another 1,000 gold. Few crit items carry Ability Haste at all. For what it’s worth, the passive comes free on top of that.
What does it build from?
Sheen (900 gold), Caulfield’s Warhammer (1,050) and Cloak of Agility (600), with a 500 gold combine. Sheen gives the Spellblade passive early. That same Sheen goes into Trinity Force too, so you only pick one Spellblade item per build. Nothing upgrades from the finished Reaver.
How has it changed over the patches?
It first shows up in Riot’s data in patch 4.10, and 2024 alone brought half a dozen changes to it. The main ones since then:
- Patch 14.10: cost 2,900 → 3,200 gold, Attack Damage 60 → 65, Ability Haste 20 → 25, crit chance 20% → 25%.
- Patch 14.20: cost 3,150 → 2,900 gold, Ability Haste 20 → 15, Attack Damage 65 → 60.
- 26.1 moved Ability Haste back up to 20 and Attack Damage down to 55.
- Patch 26.2: cost 2,900 → 3,050 gold, Attack Damage 55 → 50.
Riot clearly struggles to settle this one. Patches 26.1 and 26.2 landed back to back and both took damage away, while Ability Haste went up. The full list is in the table above (eleven stat or cost changes since 11.7), and our LoL items database covers every other crit item.
Who should build Essence Reaver?
Attack Damage champions who rely on abilities and suffer from Mana costs. Some marksmen who weave spells between autos, and a few fighters or skirmishers with crit scaling. Look at your Mana bar after the first fight. Empty? That’s your sign.
Champions with no Mana, or who rarely cast, waste the passive. In practice, crit marksmen who mostly auto attack prefer items with more raw damage or Attack Speed. Our guide to LoL roles covers the carry positions; for spell-heavy marksmen there, Essence Reaver is usually the first or second item.
FAQ
How much does Essence Reaver cost?
3,050 gold, including a 500 gold combine; it sells for 2,135 gold.
Does it stack with Trinity Force?
No. Both use the Spellblade effect, and Spellblade effects don’t stack.
What does Spellblade do on this item?
Use an ability, and the following attack hits for extra physical damage while giving Mana back.
Which stats does it give?
50 Attack Damage, 20 Ability Haste and 25% Critical Strike Chance.
What does it build from?
Sheen, Caulfield’s Warhammer and Cloak of Agility.