Nashor’s Tooth
Legendary item · Patch 26.21 · numbers from Riot's Data Dragon files, refreshed every patch
Nashor’s Tooth stats
- +80 Ability Power
- +50% Attack Speed
- +15 Ability Haste
Passive and active effects
- Passive: Icathian Bite
- Attacks deal bonus magic damage 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 Nashor’s Tooth
- Teemo Teemo ARAM build
- Gwen Gwen ARAM build
- Kai'Sa Kai'Sa ARAM build
- Kayle Kayle ARAM build
- Diana Diana ARAM build
Gold efficiency
| Stat | Amount | Gold per point | Gold value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ability Power | 80 | 20 g | 1600 g |
| Attack Speed % | 50 | 25 g | 1250 g |
| Ability Haste | 15 | 50 g | 750 g |
| Total stat value | 3600 g |
Gold efficiency = stat value ÷ item cost = 3600 ÷ 2900 = 124%. 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.
Nashor’s Tooth patch history
| Patch | Change |
|---|---|
| 25.10 | Cost: 3000 → 2900 gold |
| 14.19 | Ability Power: 90 → 80 |
| 14.4 | Effect text changed |
| 14.1 | Cost: 3200 → 3000 gold; Ability Power: 100 → 90 |
| 13.6 | Cost: 3000 → 3200 gold; Ability Haste: none → 15 |
| 10.25 | Effect text changed |
| 10.23 | Ability Power: 80 → 100 |
| 5.22 | Attack Speed %: 40 → 50 |
| 5.13 | Cost: 2920 → 3000 gold; Ability Power: 60 → 80; Attack Speed %: 50 → 40 |
| 3.8 | Cost: 2500 → 2920 gold; Ability Power: 65 → 60; Effect text changed |
| 3.6 | Mana Regen per 5 seconds: 10 → none |
| 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.
Nashor’s Tooth is a 2,900 gold on-hit item in League of Legends for AP champions who attack a lot: 80 Ability Power, 50% Attack Speed and 15 Ability Haste in patch 26.21. Its Icathian Bite passive adds bonus magic damage to every attack, and the stat line alone is worth well over the price at 124% gold efficiency.
What does Icathian Bite do?
Each basic attack lands with extra magic damage tacked on. Riot’s data text doesn’t give the formula (it scales with your Ability Power in the tooltip), so the client is where you read the current number.
The design is simple and strong. Ability Power makes each hit hurt more, Attack Speed makes the hits come faster, and the passive turns both into extra magic damage per attack. For an AP champion whose damage comes partly from basic attacks, that’s a multiplier on everything they already do. Champions who never attack? They get the Ability Power and haste and leave the rest unused.
Because it’s on-hit, it also stacks neatly with other on-hit effects in your kit or build. In practice, that’s what puts it at the core of AP on-hit builds.
Is Nashor’s Tooth gold efficient?
Very. The three stats are worth 3,600 gold for a 2,900 gold item, which works out to 124%.
By stat: 80 Ability Power brings 1,600 gold at 20 per point, 50% Attack Speed brings 1,250 at 25 per percent, and 15 Ability Haste brings 750 at 50 per point. That’s a 700 gold surplus before the passive. Honestly, that’s a lot of spare value on stats alone (the catch being that you need to use all three stats to collect it).
Which items build into it?
Recurve Bow (700 gold), Blasting Wand (850 gold) and Fiendish Codex (850 gold), plus a 500 gold combine. Recurve Bow first gives Attack Speed and its own small on-hit passive (called Sting in Riot’s data), which helps in lane. Blasting Wand, with 45 Ability Power, is the pure damage step.
Nothing builds out of the finished item, so the 500 gold combine is the last thing it asks of you.
How has it changed?
Riot’s data has it from 2013. Ability Haste was added in 2023, and the Ability Power has been trimmed since:
- Patch 13.6: cost 3,000 → 3,200 gold, Ability Haste added at 15.
- Patch 14.1: cost 3,200 → 3,000 gold, Ability Power 100 → 90.
- Patch 14.19: Ability Power 90 → 80.
- Patch 25.10: cost 3,000 → 2,900 gold.
So the price has come down step by step while the Ability Power dropped from 100 to 80. To be fair, it’s still one of the most efficient AP items going, just a little less explosive than its 2023 version.
Who should build Nashor’s Tooth?
AP champions whose damage relies on basic attacks: AP on-hit carries, some AP junglers, and a few AP fighters. It’s usually a first or second item for those champions.
Who should skip it? Mages who cast from range and rarely attack; for burst between spells, Lich Bane fits better. An attack-based champion who needs Magic Resist against mages might take Wit’s End instead, since it shares the on-hit idea. Look, if your champion’s damage graph is half attacks and half Ability Power, Nashor’s Tooth is the item built for that split.
FAQ
How much does Nashor’s Tooth cost?
It sells in patch 26.21 for 2,900 gold; the combine step is 500 gold, and selling it back gives 2,030 gold.
What does Icathian Bite do?
It adds magic damage to each of your attacks as an on-hit effect.
Is it good on mages?
Only on mages who attack often. Long-range casters get little from the Attack Speed and the on-hit passive.
What stats does it give?
80 Ability Power, 50% Attack Speed and 15 Ability Haste.
What does it build from?
Recurve Bow, Blasting Wand and Fiendish Codex.