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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Legendary · Summoner's Rift

Phantom Dancer — Ghosted Attack Speed

2,650gold

Move faster while attacking enemies and gain a shield when on low health.

Phantom Dancer's Spectral Waltz makes you Ghosted, and patch 25.14 leaned into its speed: Attack Speed rose from 60% to 65% and Move Speed from 8% to 10%, after Riot called it the least-bought attack speed and crit item. It costs 2,650 gold, built from Dagger, Zeal and Dagger, with 25% Critical Strike Chance. It won 54.7% of 11,533 games; bot laners took 81.4%.

What it grants

  • 65% Attack Speed
  • 25% Critical Strike Chance
  • 10% Move Speed

Passive

  • Spectral Waltz: Become Ghosted.

Phantom Dancer at a glance

Phantom Dancer is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 2,650 gold: Dagger, Zeal and Dagger plus 950 gold. It grants 65% Attack Speed, 25% Critical Strike Chance and 10% Move Speed and the Spectral Waltz passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 103.6% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

950

on top of 3 components, for 2,650 in total.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate
1.8%
Win rate
54.7%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
2
Games
11,533
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top10.6%
  • Jungle1.6%
  • Mid5.1%
  • Bot81.4%
  • Support1.4%

Reach for it when

  • Scales late
  • Shred frontline
  • Roaming

Gold efficiency

103.6%2,745 gold of stats for 2,650

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

1st of 8 items Riot tags CriticalStrike, by this measure. Nearest: Infinity Edge level with it, Cloak of Agility 100.0%.

65% Attack Speed · 25g each, from Dagger
1625g
25% Critical Strike Chance · 40g each, from Cloak of Agility
1000g
10% Move Speed · 12g each, from Boots
120g

Phantom Dancer balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Phantom Dancer in 1 patch. The latest is patch 25.14, published 2025-07-15.

  1. Patch 25.142025-07-15

    • Attack Speed60%to65%
    • Movement Speed8%to10%
    Why, in Riot's words

    Phantom Dancer is the least-purchased attack speed-crit item in the game so we'd like to buff it enough to feel more competitive. As it doesn't have any really unique outputs, we’re going to lean further into its attack speed and movement speed bonuses.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Critical Strike” by Riot.

Quick answers about Phantom Dancer

How much does Phantom Dancer cost?
2,650 gold in total — Dagger, Zeal and Dagger plus 950 gold.
What is Phantom Dancer built from?
Dagger (250), Zeal (1,200) and Dagger (250), plus 950 gold to combine.
What does Phantom Dancer build into?
Nothing — Phantom Dancer is a finished item.
What stats does Phantom Dancer give?
65% Attack Speed, 25% Critical Strike Chance and 10% Move Speed.
What does Phantom Dancer's Spectral Waltz passive do?
Become Ghosted.
Where can you buy Phantom Dancer?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Phantom Dancer sell for?
1,855 gold, against 2,650 to buy.
Is Phantom Dancer gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 2,745 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 2,650 — 103.6%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.