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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Legendary · Summoner's Rift

Black Cleaver — How Its Armor Shred Works

3,000gold

Dealing physical damage to enemy champions reduces their Armor

Black Cleaver shreds armour: each physical hit on a champion strips 6% of their Armor for 6 seconds, stacking five times to 30%. It costs 3,000 gold, and patch 26.16 raised its Attack Damage from 40 to 45 while halving Fervor's Move Speed for ranged users. It is bought most often by junglers (48.9%).

What it grants

  • 45 Attack Damage
  • 400 Health
  • 20 Ability Haste

Passives

  • Carve: Dealing physical damage to champions reduces the target's Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
  • Fervor: Dealing physical damage grants Move Speed for 2 seconds.

Black Cleaver at a glance

Black Cleaver is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 3,000 gold: Phage, Kindlegem and Pickaxe plus 225 gold. It grants 45 Attack Damage, 400 Health and 20 Ability Haste and the Carve and Fervor passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 121.4% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

225

on top of 3 components, for 3,000 in total.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate
5.4%
Win rate
51.8%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
2
Games
35,390
Δ this patch
Not counted

patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted

Who buys it

  • Top34.9%
  • Jungle48.9%
  • Mid3.4%
  • Bot2.4%
  • Support10.5%

Reach for it when

  • Survive burst
  • Rotation uptime
  • Extended trades
  • Roaming

Gold efficiency

121.4%3,642 gold of stats for 3,000

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

17th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Dark Seal 123.7%, Spectre's Cowl 122.6%, Cosmic Drive 121.0%, Chempunk Chainsword 117.5%.

45 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword
1575g
400 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
1067g
20 Ability Haste · 50g each, from Glowing Mote
1000g

Black Cleaver balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Black Cleaver in 1 patch. The latest is patch 26.16, published 2026-08-11.

  1. Patch 26.162026-08-11

    • Attack Damage40to45
    • Fervor Move Speed20 for 2sto[20 Melee || 10 Ranged] for 2s
    Why, in Riot's words

    Black Cleaver has become a Smolder / Senna item more than a core AD fighter item. We are re-adding the Melee / Ranged split on the move speed effect to buy space to buff it for AD fighters without pushing it over the top for its ranged user base.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Black Cleaver

How much does Black Cleaver cost?
3,000 gold in total — Phage, Kindlegem and Pickaxe plus 225 gold.
What is Black Cleaver built from?
Phage (1,100), Kindlegem (800) and Pickaxe (875), plus 225 gold to combine.
What does Black Cleaver build into?
Nothing — Black Cleaver is a finished item.
What stats does Black Cleaver give?
45 Attack Damage, 400 Health and 20 Ability Haste.
What does Black Cleaver's Carve passive do?
Dealing physical damage to champions reduces the target's Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
What does Black Cleaver's Fervor passive do?
Dealing physical damage grants Move Speed for 2 seconds.
Where can you buy Black Cleaver?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Black Cleaver sell for?
2,100 gold, against 3,000 to buy.
Is Black Cleaver gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 3,642 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 3,000 — 121.4%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.