Rectrix

Rectrix is an epic component in League of Legends that costs 775 gold and gives 15 Attack Damage plus 4% Move Speed, as of patch 26.22. It builds from a single Long Sword and feeds two finished items, Kraken Slayer and Youmuu’s Ghostblade. Riot added it in the 2024 item overhaul and has cut its price and damage once since.

What does Rectrix give you?

Two stats, no passive. 15 Attack Damage is the part you feel in trades, and the 4% Move Speed is the part you feel between them, when you walk back to lane or chase a low target through the river.

Percent Move Speed on a component is rare. Most early items sell flat speed through boots, so a marksman holding a Rectrix at eight minutes moves slightly faster than the marksman across from them who bought a Pickaxe, and that gap shows up in kiting more than in raw numbers (a few units of distance decide a lot of auto attacks). Does the speed stack with boots? Yes, percent speed multiplies on top of flat boots speed, which is why the same four percent feels a little better once Berserker’s Greaves are done.

Is Rectrix gold efficient?

It comes out at 106% gold efficiency. The Attack Damage is worth 525 gold at the Long Sword rate of 35 gold per point, the speed is worth 300 gold, and together they add up to 825 gold for a price of 775.

So you gain a little by buying it, on paper. In practice the real argument is the slot. You get damage and mobility in one inventory space, and both carry straight into the finished item without wasting a recall, since the combine cost from a Long Sword is only 425 gold. Sell it and you get 543 gold back, which almost never happens because nobody sells a component that sits in their main build path.

What does it build into?

Two items, and they go to very different players.

Kraken Slayer is the marksman route. Every third auto attack hits harder, the Attack Damage and speed from the component carry over, and the whole thing finishes at 3,000 gold. Youmuu’s Ghostblade is the assassin route at 775 gold less than Kraken, 2,800 in total, and it leans on the same Move Speed theme with its active sprint. Funny enough, the same 775 gold component serves a Jinx farming for three items and a Talon roaming at level six, and neither of them would call it a compromise.

Below it sits only the Long Sword at 350 gold. That makes the Rectrix a comfortable first-recall purchase: Long Sword at the start, Rectrix on the first back with around 425 gold, then straight toward the legendary.

Who should buy it?

Marksmen heading into Kraken Slayer, and AD assassins who open Ghostblade. That’s the list.

Bruisers skip it because neither of its finished items suits them, and anyone building crit through Infinity Edge first goes through B. F. Sword and Pickaxe instead. Thing is, this is not a general purpose AD piece the way Pickaxe is. Buy it when your next item needs it, not because the stats look nice in the shop (they do look nice, which is exactly the trap). A quick glance at the LoL items database shows how few paths run through it compared with the older components.

How has Rectrix changed?

Riot’s data first listed it in patch 14.1, the season start item rework, at 900 gold with 20 Attack Damage. One nerf since. Patch 14.19 cut the price to 775 gold and the damage to 15. The Move Speed stayed at 4% throughout.

Why cut both the price and the damage at once? Because the item had turned into a first-back power spike that was a bit too strong for its slot, and Riot chose to make it cheaper and weaker rather than remove it. Honestly, the launch version was better value than it is now, and the current Rectrix still clears 106% efficiency, which tells you how generous the original was.

FAQ

How much does Rectrix cost?

775 gold in patch 26.22. The combine cost from a Long Sword is 425 gold, and it sells for 543.

What stats does it give?

15 Attack Damage and 4% Move Speed. It has no passive or active effect.

What does it build into?

Kraken Slayer and Youmuu’s Ghostblade. No other finished item uses it.

What does it build from?

One Long Sword (350 gold) plus 425 gold.

Is the Move Speed flat or percent?

Percent. It multiplies with the flat speed from boots rather than adding a fixed number.

When was the nerf?

In patch 14.19, when the Rectrix cost dropped from 900 to 775 gold and the Attack Damage from 20 to 15.