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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Starter · Summoner's Rift

Doran's Ring — the Mage Start, and Doran's Ring vs Dark Seal

400gold

Good starting item for casters

Doran's Ring is a 400-gold mage start: 18 Ability Power, 90 Health and Drain, 1 Mana a second that doubles for 5 seconds after you hit a champion, or a heal instead on champions without Mana. It builds into nothing. Dark Seal costs 50 less for 15 AP and 50 Health but stacks; 59.6% of Ring's holders were mid laners.

What it grants

  • 18 Ability Power
  • 90 Health

Passives

  • Drain: Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
  • Helping Hand: Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.

Doran's Ring at a glance

Doran's Ring is a starter item on Summoner's Rift that costs 400 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 18 Ability Power and 90 Health and the Drain and Helping Hand passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 150.0% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Nothing — this item is bought whole.

Combine cost

400

The full 400 is paid at once.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate
10.6%
Win rate
48.0%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
3
Games
69,365
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top20.5%
  • Mid59.6%
  • Bot19.9%

Reach for it when

  • Survive burst
  • Early lane

Gold efficiency

150.0%600 gold of stats for 400

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

8th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Guardian's Blade 231.6%, Doran's Helm 160.0%, Guardian's Orb 147.4%, Guardian's Hammer 134.2%.

18 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
360g
90 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
240g

Doran's Ring balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Doran's Ring in 1 patch. The latest is patch 25.21, published 2025-10-21.

  1. Patch 25.212025-10-21

    • Mana Regeneration1.25 per secondto1 per second, increased to 2 per second for 5 seconds after damaging an enemy champion
    • Health Regeneration0.55 per secondto45% of mana regenerated value
    Why, in Riot's words

    The current tuning of some starter items and Second Wind can make it feel pointless to attempt to harass during lane phase, resulting in stale gameplay especially in mid lane where players don't play for kills often enough. With these changes, we're attempting to nudge back towards poke being more valuable in the lane phase.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Doran's Ring

How much does Doran's Ring cost?
400 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Doran's Ring built from?
Nothing: Doran's Ring is bought outright.
What does Doran's Ring build into?
Nothing — Doran's Ring is a finished item.
What stats does Doran's Ring give?
18 Ability Power and 90 Health.
What does Doran's Ring's Drain passive do?
Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
What does Doran's Ring's Helping Hand passive do?
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Where can you buy Doran's Ring?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Doran's Ring sell for?
160 gold, against 400 to buy.
Is Doran's Ring gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 600 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 400 — 150.0%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.