Hextech Rocketbelt

Hextech Rocketbelt is a 2,650 gold mage item in League of Legends with a dash built in: 60 Ability Power, 350 Health and 10 Ability Haste in patch 26.21. The Supersonic active dashes you in a chosen direction and fires missiles that deal magic damage, so burst mages use it to close the gap or reposition mid-fight.

What does the Supersonic active do?

You aim, press, and dash. Missiles spray out in front of you as you land, dealing magic damage to enemies they hit. Basically a bonus mobility spell.

Riot’s data text leaves out the damage, the dash range and the cooldown (the client tooltip lists them). What matters in a game, honestly, is how you use it. Dash in to put a short-range combo on a target, or dash sideways to dodge a skillshot and keep casting. Some players save it purely as an escape. That works too, though it throws away the missile damage (and the damage is half the reason to buy it).

Is the item gold efficient?

Very, at 99%. The stats alone are worth 2,633 gold, more than its 2,650 gold cost, so you’re paid to take the active.

Line by line, with basic item prices from the same patch: 60 Ability Power at 20 gold each adds up to 1,200 gold, 350 Health at 2.67 gold per point to 933 gold, and 10 Ability Haste at 50 gold per point to 500 gold. Ability Haste is the expensive stat here, and it’s the main reason the number lands so high. Few legendary items with an active clear 100% on stats alone.

What does it build from?

Hextech Alternator (1,100 gold), Kindlegem (800) and Ruby Crystal (400), plus a cheap 350 gold combine. Alternator gives the Ability Power, Kindlegem the Health and Ability Haste. The same Alternator also goes into Hextech Gunblade, the hybrid option, so an early Alternator keeps both paths open for a while. Rocketbelt itself doesn’t upgrade into anything.

How has Hextech Rocketbelt changed?

Constantly. Riot keeps moving stats between Ability Power and Health on this item, sometimes twice a year. The big entries:

• Patch 14.1: cost 3,200 → 2,500 gold, Ability Power 90 → 60, Health 250 → 300.
• Patch 14.19: Ability Power 70 → 60, Health 400 → 350.
• 25.10 brought cost 2,600 → 2,650 gold, Ability Haste 15 → 20, Ability Power 60 → 70 and Health 350 → 300.
• Patch 26.14: Ability Power 70 → 60, Health 300 → 350.

Notice the pattern? Patch 26.14 basically reversed the stat split from 25.10 while keeping the extra Ability Haste. There was also a short Magic Penetration era in patches 11.8 to 12.12 (6, then 10, then back to 6). Every change sits in the table above, and our LoL items database has the same records for the components.

Who should build Hextech Rocketbelt?

Burst mages with short-range combos who need to get close before they can kill anything. The Health helps them survive the moment they arrive, which is the riskiest part of playing that style. Mid laners and some junglers who play an assassin-mage hybrid tend to like it.

Long-range artillery mages usually don’t, to be fair. Why dash forward when your spells already hit from a screen away? For them, the Health and the dash matter less than raw Ability Power or Magic Penetration. Our guide to LoL roles covers where each mage style fits. For what it’s worth, Hextech Rocketbelt works best as a first item on champions whose damage is all in one close-range combo.

FAQ

How much does Hextech Rocketbelt cost?

The price is 2,650 gold, the combine 350 gold, and it sells for 1,855 gold.

What stats does Rocketbelt give?

60 Ability Power, 350 Health and 10 Ability Haste.

Does the Supersonic dash go over walls?

Riot’s item data doesn’t say. Check the in-game tooltip for the current dash behaviour.

Does Rocketbelt give Magic Penetration?

Not anymore. It had Magic Penetration between patches 11.8 and 14.1, and the current version has none.

Which components does it need?

Hextech Alternator, Kindlegem and Ruby Crystal.