By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Starter · Summoner's Rift
Doran's Helm — Stats, Patch History and vs Doran's Shield
450gold
Doran's Helm costs 450 gold for 150 Health, 8 Armor and 8 Magic Resist, plus 5 bonus damage to minions. Doran's Shield costs the same and gives 110 Health with healing after champion damage instead of resists. Riot buffed Helm twice before patch 26.13 cut its resists from 10 to 8, saying the buff had overshot.
What it grants
- 150 Health
- 8 Armor
- 8 Magic Resist
Passive
- Helping Hand: Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Doran's Helm at a glance
Doran's Helm is a starter item on Summoner's Rift that costs 450 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 150 Health, 8 Armor and 8 Magic Resist and the Helping Hand passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 160.0% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Nothing — this item is bought whole.
Combine cost
450
The full 450 is paid at once.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 3.5%
- Win rate
- 48.3%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 3
- Games
- 23,010
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top52.8%
- Mid7.0%
- Bot40.2%
Reach for it when
- Survive burst
- Versus heavy AP
- Versus heavy AD
- Early lane
Gold efficiency
160.0%720 gold of stats for 450
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
7th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Zaz'Zak's Realmspike 264.5%, Guardian's Blade 231.6%, Doran's Ring 150.0%, Guardian's Orb 147.4%.
- 150 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
- 400g
- 8 Armor · 20g each, from Cloth Armor
- 160g
- 8 Magic Resist · 20g each, from Null-Magic Mantle
- 160g
Doran's Helm balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Doran's Helm in 3 patches. The latest is patch 26.13, published 2026-06-23.
Patch 26.132026-06-23
- Armor and Magic Resistance10to8
- Health140to150
Why, in Riot's words
We overshot a bit with the 26.11 Doran's Helm buff, so we're tapping it back down while keeping the base health high and targeting the users it's overperforming on.
Patch 26.102026-05-12
- Health 110to140
Why, in Riot's words
Doran’s Helm is meant to be an exciting item to hold onto after the early game with the resistances it offers scaling better than Doran’s Shield’s health regeneration. However, it is currently a bit too difficult to make it out of the early game. We are looking to lighten the early game load so that players can get to the mid game high points.
Patch 26.92026-04-28
- Health: 100
- Armor: 10
- Magic Resist: 10
- Helping Hand: 5 on-hit vs minions
Why, in Riot's words
We wanted to give more starting item options to champions who want to stack resistances. When it comes to the fantasy of being unkillable, current items assume a losing position. Though champions who want resistances tend to start on the back foot, we want to reward players who take advantage of the opportunity to come out even or ahead in laning phase with an item that pays off in valuable stats throughout the rest of the game.
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Quick answers about Doran's Helm
- How much does Doran's Helm cost?
- 450 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
- What is Doran's Helm built from?
- Nothing: Doran's Helm is bought outright.
- What does Doran's Helm build into?
- Nothing — Doran's Helm is a finished item.
- What stats does Doran's Helm give?
- 150 Health, 8 Armor and 8 Magic Resist.
- What does Doran's Helm's Helping Hand passive do?
- Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
- Where can you buy Doran's Helm?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Doran's Helm sell for?
- 180 gold, against 450 to buy.
- Is Doran's Helm gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 720 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 450 — 160.0%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.