Guardian's Orb — the Ability Power Guardian Item

950gold

Good starting item for mages

Guardian's Orb is the mage's pick of the four Guardian items, costing 950 gold for 50 Ability Power and 150 Health, plus Recovery — 10 Mana every 5 seconds, or 15 Health on champions without Mana. Its stats are worth 147.4% of the price at basic-item rates.

What it grants

50 Ability Power
150 Health

Passive

Recovery:: Restores 10 Mana every 5 seconds. If you can't gain mana, restores 15 Health instead.

Guardian's Orb at a glance

Guardian's Orb is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 950 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 50 Ability Power and 150 Health and the Recovery: passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 147.4% 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: 23.7%
Win rate: 47.5%
Completion: 100.0%
Purchase slot: 3
Games: 148,430
Δ this patch: +0.5

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

Who buys it

Top32.8%
Jungle30.0%
Mid0.4%
Bot8.1%
Support28.7%

Reach for it when

Survive burst
Early lane

Gold efficiency

147.4%1,400 gold of stats for 950

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

9th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Doran's Helm 160.0%, Doran's Ring 150.0%, Guardian's Hammer 134.2%, Crown of the Shattered Queen 132.7%.

50 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome: 1000g
150 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal: 400g

Guardian's Orb balance history

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

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Guardian's Orb

How much does Guardian's Orb cost?: 950 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
What is Guardian's Orb built from?: Nothing: Guardian's Orb is bought outright.
What does Guardian's Orb build into?: Nothing — Guardian's Orb is a finished item.
What stats does Guardian's Orb give?: 50 Ability Power and 150 Health.
What does Guardian's Orb's Recovery: passive do?: Restores 10 Mana every 5 seconds. If you can't gain mana, restores 15 Health instead.
Where can you buy Guardian's Orb?: In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Guardian's Orb sell for?: 665 gold, against 950 to buy.
Is Guardian's Orb gold efficient?: Its stats are worth 1,400 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 950 — 147.4%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.