By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Consumable · Summoner's Rift
Control Ward — the 75-Gold Pink Ward
75gold
Used to disable wards and invisible traps in an area.
Control Ward costs 75 gold and, in Riot's words, is used to disable wards and invisible traps in an area. It is a consumable that stacks to two in one inventory slot and sells back for 30 gold. Junglers were holding 48.1% of the Control Wards still in an inventory when our counted Master+ games ended.
What it grants
No stat lines — this item is bought for its effect alone.
Passives
Stats only — this item has no passive. See the shop for items that do.
Control Ward at a glance
Control Ward is a consumable item on Summoner's Rift that costs 75 gold: bought outright, with no components. Nothing in the shop builds from it.
Build path
Builds from
Nothing — this item is bought whole.
Combine cost
75
The full 75 is paid at once.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 5.5%
- Win rate
- 48.3%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 3
- Games
- 35,699
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top18.2%
- Jungle48.1%
- Mid17.8%
- Bot15.8%
Reach for it when
- Early lane
- Wave and vision control
Gold efficiency
Not measurable for Control Ward. Gold efficiency prices a stat block, and nothing this item grants is sold on its own anywhere in the shop — so there is no reference price to compare it with. That is a property of the item, not a gap in our data.
Control Ward balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Control Ward.
Other items for the same job
All tagged “Consumable” by Riot.
Quick answers about Control Ward
- How much does Control Ward cost?
- 75 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
- What is Control Ward built from?
- Nothing: Control Ward is bought outright.
- What does Control Ward build into?
- Nothing — Control Ward is a finished item.
- Where can you buy Control Ward?
- In Summoner's Rift — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Control Ward sell for?
- 30 gold, against 75 to buy.
- Is Control Ward used up?
- Yes — Control Ward is consumed when used, and up to 2 stack in one inventory slot.