By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Epic · Summoner's Rift
Aether Wisp — What It Costs and What It Builds Into
900gold
Increases Ability Power and Move Speed
Aether Wisp is a 900-gold component that adds 4% Move Speed to an Amplifying Tome's power, for 30 Ability Power in all. Six items finish from it, among them Lich Bane, Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer and Stormsurge. Supports buy it a little more than mid laners do: 41.5% of purchases against 37%.
What it grants
- 30 Ability Power
- 4% Move Speed
Passives
Stats only — this item has no passive. See the shop for items that do.
Aether Wisp at a glance
Aether Wisp is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 900 gold: Amplifying Tome plus 500 gold. It grants 30 Ability Power and 4% Move Speed. It builds into 6 items: Lich Bane, Shurelya's Battlesong, Statikk Shiv, Ardent Censer, Cosmic Drive and Stormsurge. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 72.0% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Combine cost
500
on top of 1 component, for 900 in total.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 0.9%
- Win rate
- 48.1%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 4
- Games
- 6,164
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top9.0%
- Jungle5.3%
- Mid37.0%
- Bot7.2%
- Support41.5%
Reach for it when
- Roaming
Gold efficiency
72.0%648 gold of stats for 900
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
- 30 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
- 600g
- 4% Move Speed · 12g each, from Boots
- 48g
What Aether Wisp builds into, in full
Ardent Censer 2,200 gold
Recipe: Aether Wisp and Forbidden Idol plus 700 gold. Grants 45 Ability Power, 10% Heal and Shield Power, 125% Base Mana Regen and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Sanctify.
Cosmic Drive 3,000 gold
Recipe: Kindlegem, Aether Wisp and Fiendish Codex plus 450 gold. Grants 70 Ability Power, 350 Health, 25 Ability Haste and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Spelldance.
Lich Bane 2,900 gold
Recipe: Sheen, Aether Wisp and Blasting Wand plus 250 gold. Grants 100 Ability Power, 6% Move Speed and 10 Ability Haste. Passive: Spellblade.
Shurelya's Battlesong 2,200 gold
Recipe: Aether Wisp and Bandleglass Mirror plus 400 gold. Grants 50 Ability Power, 15 Ability Haste, 4% Move Speed and 125% Base Mana Regen.
Statikk Shiv 3,000 gold
Recipe: Scout's Slingshot, Aether Wisp and Pickaxe plus 625 gold. Grants 45 Attack Damage, 45 Ability Power, 30% Attack Speed and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Electrospark, Electroshock.
Stormsurge 2,800 gold
Recipe: Hextech Alternator and Aether Wisp plus 800 gold. Grants 90 Ability Power, 15 Magic Penetration and 6% Move Speed. Passive: Stormraider, Squall, Squall, Squall.
Aether Wisp balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Aether Wisp.
Quick answers about Aether Wisp
- How much does Aether Wisp cost?
- 900 gold in total — Amplifying Tome plus 500 gold.
- What is Aether Wisp built from?
- Amplifying Tome (400), plus 500 gold to combine.
- What does Aether Wisp build into?
- Lich Bane (2,900), Shurelya's Battlesong (2,200), Statikk Shiv (3,000), Ardent Censer (2,200), Cosmic Drive (3,000) and Stormsurge (2,800).
- What stats does Aether Wisp give?
- 30 Ability Power and 4% Move Speed.
- Where can you buy Aether Wisp?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Aether Wisp sell for?
- 630 gold, against 900 to buy.
- Is Aether Wisp gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 648 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 900 — 72.0%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.