Guardian's Horn — the Tank Guardian Item

950gold

Good starting item for tanks

Guardian's Horn is the tank member of the Guardian set: 950 gold for 150 Health, Recovery — 20 Health every 5 seconds — and Undaunted, which blocks 15 damage from each champion attack or spell, at 25% effectiveness against damage over time.

What it grants

150 Health

Passives

Recovery:: Restores 20 Health every 5 seconds.
Undaunted:: Blocks 15 damage from attacks and spells from champions (25% effectiveness vs. damage over time abilities).

Guardian's Horn at a glance

Guardian's Horn is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 950 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 150 Health and the Recovery: and Undaunted: passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 42.1% 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: 24.2%
Win rate: 49.3%
Completion: 100.0%
Purchase slot: 2
Games: 70,389
Δ this patch: +1.3

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

Who buys it

Top39.7%
Jungle22.1%
Mid15.7%
Bot21.8%
Support0.8%

Reach for it when

Survive burst
Early lane

Gold efficiency

42.1%400 gold of stats for 950

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

75th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Whispering Circlet 50.4%, Mejai's Soulstealer 44.5%, Sterak's Gage 33.3%.

150 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal: 400g

Guardian's Horn balance history

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

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Guardian's Horn

How much does Guardian's Horn cost?: 950 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Guardian's Horn built from?: Nothing: Guardian's Horn is bought outright.
What does Guardian's Horn build into?: Nothing — Guardian's Horn is a finished item.
What stats does Guardian's Horn give?: 150 Health.
What does Guardian's Horn's Recovery: passive do?: Restores 20 Health every 5 seconds.
What does Guardian's Horn's Undaunted: passive do?: Blocks 15 damage from attacks and spells from champions (25% effectiveness vs. damage over time abilities).
Where can you buy Guardian's Horn?: In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Guardian's Horn sell for?: 665 gold, against 950 to buy.
Is Guardian's Horn gold efficient?: Its stats are worth 400 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 950 — 42.1%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.