By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Legendary · Summoner's Rift
Banshee's Veil — the Spell Shield for Mages
3,000gold
Periodically blocks enemy abilities
Banshee's Veil gives a mage room to breathe: 105 Ability Power, 40 Magic Resist, and Annul, a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy ability. It costs 3,000 gold from Needlessly Large Rod and Verdant Barrier. Mid laners are its main buyers (46.6%), and it won 58.5% of the 4,648 games it appeared in.
What it grants
- 105 Ability Power
- 40 Magic Resist
Passive
- Annul: Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Banshee's Veil at a glance
Banshee's Veil is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 3,000 gold: Needlessly Large Rod and Verdant Barrier plus 200 gold. It grants 105 Ability Power and 40 Magic Resist and the Annul passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 96.7% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Combine cost
200
on top of 2 components, for 3,000 in total.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 0.7%
- Win rate
- 58.5%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 4
- Games
- 4,648
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top9.1%
- Jungle23.6%
- Mid46.6%
- Bot16.5%
- Support4.3%
Reach for it when
- Versus heavy AP
Gold efficiency
96.7%2,900 gold of stats for 3,000
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
5th of 9 items Riot tags SpellBlock, by this measure. Nearest: Negatron Cloak 105.9%, Null-Magic Mantle 100.0%, Chainlaced Crushers 83.2%, Verdant Barrier 81.3%.
- 105 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
- 2100g
- 40 Magic Resist · 20g each, from Null-Magic Mantle
- 800g
Banshee's Veil balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Banshee's Veil.
Other items for the same job
Quick answers about Banshee's Veil
- How much does Banshee's Veil cost?
- 3,000 gold in total — Needlessly Large Rod and Verdant Barrier plus 200 gold.
- What is Banshee's Veil built from?
- Needlessly Large Rod (1,200) and Verdant Barrier (1,600), plus 200 gold to combine.
- What does Banshee's Veil build into?
- Nothing — Banshee's Veil is a finished item.
- What stats does Banshee's Veil give?
- 105 Ability Power and 40 Magic Resist.
- What does Banshee's Veil's Annul passive do?
- Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
- Where can you buy Banshee's Veil?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Banshee's Veil sell for?
- 2,100 gold, against 3,000 to buy.
- Is Banshee's Veil gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 2,900 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 3,000 — 96.7%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.