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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Boots · Summoner's Rift

Boots of Swiftness — the Boots Against Slows

1,000gold

Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows

Boots of Swiftness trade defence for speed: 55 Move Speed and Fleetfooted, which cuts the strength of slows by 25%. They cost 1,000 gold and upgrade into Swiftmarch. Patch 25.09 lowered their Move Speed from 60 to 55. Supports buy most pairs (63%), top laners next at 25.5%.

What it grants

  • 55 Move Speed

Passive

  • Fleetfooted: Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.

Boots of Swiftness at a glance

Boots of Swiftness is a boots item on Summoner's Rift that costs 1,000 gold: Boots plus 700 gold. It grants 55 Move Speed and the Fleetfooted passive. It builds into 1 item: Swiftmarch. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 66.0% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

700

on top of 1 component, for 1,000 in total.

Builds into

How it performed

Pick rate
9.1%
Win rate
52.6%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
4
Games
59,511
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top25.5%
  • Jungle11.4%
  • Mid0.1%
  • Bot0.1%
  • Support63.0%

Reach for it when

  • Map pressure

Gold efficiency

66.0%660 gold of stats for 1,000

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

5th of 7 items Riot tags Boots, by this measure. Nearest: Swiftmarch 78.0%, Mercury's Treads 75.2%, Sorcerer's Shoes 49.1%, Spellslinger's Shoes 49.1%.

55 Move Speed · 12g each, from Boots
660g

What Boots of Swiftness builds into, in full

  • Swiftmarch 1,000 gold

    Recipe: Boots of Swiftness plus 0 gold. Grants 65 Move Speed. Passive: Fleetfooted, Noxian Fervor.

Boots of Swiftness balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Boots of Swiftness in 1 patch. The latest is patch 25.09, published 2025-04-29.

  1. Patch 25.092025-04-29

    • Movement Speed60to55
    Why, in Riot's words

    Boots of Swiftness are a bit overpowered relative to other boots, leading to champions zipping around combat more than we’d like. Ultimately, we’re going with a small direct nerf that should keep it in line with other boot options.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Boots” by Riot.

Quick answers about Boots of Swiftness

How much does Boots of Swiftness cost?
1,000 gold in total — Boots plus 700 gold.
What is Boots of Swiftness built from?
Boots (300), plus 700 gold to combine.
What does Boots of Swiftness build into?
Swiftmarch (1,000).
What stats does Boots of Swiftness give?
55 Move Speed.
What does Boots of Swiftness's Fleetfooted passive do?
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
Where can you buy Boots of Swiftness?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Boots of Swiftness sell for?
700 gold, against 1,000 to buy.
Is Boots of Swiftness gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 660 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 1,000 — 66.0%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.