By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Epic · Summoner's Rift
Needlessly Large Rod — 65 Ability Power, Four Upgrades
1,200gold
Greatly increases Ability Power
Needlessly Large Rod costs 1,200 gold, bought outright, for 65 Ability Power and nothing else — 108.3% of its price at basic-item rates. It builds into four items: Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Banshee's Veil. Hextech Alternator costs 100 less for 45 AP plus Revved, bonus magic damage when you hit a champion. Mid laners bought 53.8% of the rods in 44,537 games we counted.
What it grants
- 65 Ability Power
Passives
Stats only — this item has no passive. See the shop for items that do.
Needlessly Large Rod at a glance
Needlessly Large Rod is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 1,200 gold: bought outright, with no components. It grants 65 Ability Power. It builds into 4 items: Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Banshee's Veil. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 108.3% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Nothing — this item is bought whole.
Combine cost
1,200
The full 1,200 is paid at once.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 6.8%
- Win rate
- 51.5%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 4
- Games
- 44,537
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top12.5%
- Jungle14.3%
- Mid53.8%
- Bot16.4%
- Support3.0%
Gold efficiency
108.3%1,300 gold of stats for 1,200
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
8th of 25 items Riot tags SpellDamage, by this measure. Nearest: Luden's Echo 112.7%, Archangel's Staff 112.1%, Imperial Mandate 106.3%, Blasting Wand 105.9%.
- 65 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
- 1300g
What Needlessly Large Rod builds into, in full
Banshee's Veil 3,000 gold
Recipe: Needlessly Large Rod and Verdant Barrier plus 200 gold. Grants 105 Ability Power and 40 Magic Resist. Passive: Annul.
Rabadon's Deathcap 3,500 gold
Recipe: Needlessly Large Rod and Needlessly Large Rod plus 1,100 gold. Grants 130 Ability Power. Passive: Magical Opus.
Shadowflame 3,200 gold
Recipe: Hextech Alternator and Needlessly Large Rod plus 900 gold. Grants 110 Ability Power and 15 Magic Penetration. Passive: Cinderbloom.
Zhonya's Hourglass 3,250 gold
Recipe: Needlessly Large Rod and Seeker's Armguard plus 450 gold. Grants 105 Ability Power and 50 Armor.
Needlessly Large Rod balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Needlessly Large Rod.
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Quick answers about Needlessly Large Rod
- How much does Needlessly Large Rod cost?
- 1,200 gold in total — bought outright, with no components.
- What is Needlessly Large Rod built from?
- Nothing: Needlessly Large Rod is bought outright.
- What does Needlessly Large Rod build into?
- Zhonya's Hourglass (3,250), Shadowflame (3,200), Rabadon's Deathcap (3,500) and Banshee's Veil (3,000).
- What stats does Needlessly Large Rod give?
- 65 Ability Power.
- Where can you buy Needlessly Large Rod?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Needlessly Large Rod sell for?
- 840 gold, against 1,200 to buy.
- Is Needlessly Large Rod gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 1,300 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 1,200 — 108.3%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.