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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Starter · Summoner's Rift

Doran's Shield — Sustain After Every Trade

450gold

Good defensive starting item

Doran's Shield is the 450-gold sustain start: 110 Health, 4 Health every 5 seconds, and healing over 8 seconds after a champion damages you — up to 40 for melee and 30 for ranged since patch 25.21. Doran's Helm costs the same with more Health and resists but no regen. Top lane holds most of them: 73.5% in our count.

What it grants

  • 110 Health

Passives

  • Enduring Focus: Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
  • Helping Hand: Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.

Doran's Shield at a glance

Doran's Shield is a starter item on Summoner's Rift that costs 450 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 110 Health and the Enduring Focus and Helping Hand passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 65.1% 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
2.9%
Win rate
47.2%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
2
Games
19,080
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top73.5%
  • Mid24.3%
  • Bot2.2%

Reach for it when

  • Survive burst
  • Early lane

Gold efficiency

65.1%293 gold of stats for 450

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

71th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Dead Man's Plate 71.8%, Liandry's Torment 66.7%, Sword of Blossoming Dawn 64.0%, Whispering Circlet 50.4%.

110 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
293g

Doran's Shield balance history

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

  1. Patch 25.212025-10-21

    • Max Healing after taking damage45 (melee) / 30 (ranged)to40 (melee) / 30 (ranged)
    Why, in Riot's words

    See Doran's Ring.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Doran's Shield

How much does Doran's Shield cost?
450 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Doran's Shield built from?
Nothing: Doran's Shield is bought outright.
What does Doran's Shield build into?
Nothing — Doran's Shield is a finished item.
What stats does Doran's Shield give?
110 Health.
What does Doran's Shield's Enduring Focus passive do?
Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
What does Doran's Shield's Helping Hand passive do?
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Where can you buy Doran's Shield?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Doran's Shield sell for?
180 gold, against 450 to buy.
Is Doran's Shield gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 293 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 450 — 65.1%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.