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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Legendary · Summoner's Rift

Malignance — the Mage's Ultimate Item

2,700gold

Partner with an ally to protect each other

Malignance is the mage's ultimate item: Scorn gives 20 Ultimate Ability Haste, and Hatefog burns the ground under any champion your ultimate damages for 3 seconds, dealing magic damage every second and lowering their Magic Resist. It costs 2,700 gold from Lost Chapter and Blasting Wand, and mid laners took 59.1% of them.

What it grants

  • 90 Ability Power
  • 600 Mana
  • 15 Ability Haste

Passives

  • Scorn: Gain 20 Ultimate Ability Haste.
  • Hatefog: Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3s, dealing magic damage per second and reducing their Magic Resist.

Malignance at a glance

Malignance is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 2,700 gold: Lost Chapter and Blasting Wand plus 650 gold. It grants 90 Ability Power, 600 Mana and 15 Ability Haste and the Scorn and Hatefog passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 116.7% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

650

on top of 2 components, for 2,700 in total.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate
2.3%
Win rate
52.1%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
1
Games
14,784
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top18.3%
  • Jungle7.9%
  • Mid59.1%
  • Bot9.1%
  • Support5.6%

Reach for it when

  • Long lane phases
  • Rotation uptime

Gold efficiency

116.7%3,150 gold of stats for 2,700

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

4th of 25 items Riot tags SpellDamage, by this measure. Nearest: Lost Chapter 133.3%, Fiendish Codex 117.6%, Blackfire Torch 114.3%, Luden's Echo 112.7%.

90 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
1800g
600 Mana · 1g each, from Sapphire Crystal
600g
15 Ability Haste · 50g each, from Glowing Mote
750g

Malignance balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Malignance in 1 patch. The latest is patch 25.10, published 2025-05-13.

  1. Patch 25.102025-05-13

    • Ability Power85to90

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Spell Damage” by Riot.

Quick answers about Malignance

How much does Malignance cost?
2,700 gold in total — Lost Chapter and Blasting Wand plus 650 gold.
What is Malignance built from?
Lost Chapter (1,200) and Blasting Wand (850), plus 650 gold to combine.
What does Malignance build into?
Nothing — Malignance is a finished item.
What stats does Malignance give?
90 Ability Power, 600 Mana and 15 Ability Haste.
What does Malignance's Scorn passive do?
Gain 20 Ultimate Ability Haste.
What does Malignance's Hatefog passive do?
Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3s, dealing magic damage per second and reducing their Magic Resist.
Where can you buy Malignance?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Malignance sell for?
1,890 gold, against 2,700 to buy.
Is Malignance gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 3,150 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 2,700 — 116.7%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.