Guardian's Hammer — the Life Steal Guardian Item

950gold

Good starting item for attackers

Guardian's Hammer is the lifesteal member of the Guardian set: 950 gold, bought whole, for 25 Attack Damage, 150 Health and 5% Life Steal, with no passive and no upgrade path. At basic-item prices its stats come to 134.2% of the cost.

What it grants

25 Attack Damage
150 Health
5% Life Steal

Passives

Stats only — this item has no passive. See the shop for items that do.

Guardian's Hammer at a glance

Guardian's Hammer is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 950 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 25 Attack Damage, 150 Health and 5% Life Steal. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 134.2% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Nothing — this item is bought whole.

Combine cost

950

The full 950 is paid at once.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate: 12.5%
Win rate: 53.1%
Completion: 100.0%
Purchase slot: 2
Games: 69,744
Δ this patch: -0.1

Summoner's Rift · patch 26.18 · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA

Who buys it

Top13.6%
Jungle19.8%
Mid23.7%
Bot35.3%
Support7.7%

Reach for it when

Survive burst
Sustain in lane
Early lane

Gold efficiency

134.2%1,275 gold of stats for 950

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

10th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Doran's Ring 150.0%, Guardian's Orb 147.4%, Crown of the Shattered Queen 132.7%, Kindlegem 129.1%.

25 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword: 875g
150 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal: 400g

Not priced, because Riot sells no single-stat item for life steal — so this figure covers the rest.

Guardian's Hammer balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Guardian's Hammer.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Guardian's Hammer

How much does Guardian's Hammer cost?: 950 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Guardian's Hammer built from?: Nothing: Guardian's Hammer is bought outright.
What does Guardian's Hammer build into?: Nothing — Guardian's Hammer is a finished item.
What stats does Guardian's Hammer give?: 25 Attack Damage, 150 Health and 5% Life Steal.
Where can you buy Guardian's Hammer?: In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Guardian's Hammer sell for?: 665 gold, against 950 to buy.
Is Guardian's Hammer gold efficient?: Its stats are worth 1,275 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 950 — 134.2%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.