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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Legendary · Summoner's Rift

Rabadon's Deathcap — 30% More Ability Power

3,500gold

Massively increases Ability Power

Rabadon's Deathcap multiplies: Magical Opus raises your total Ability Power by 30%, so it grows with every AP item you already carry. It costs 3,500 gold — two Needlessly Large Rods plus 1,100 — for 130 Ability Power, after patch 25.10 cut it from 3,600. Shadowflame costs 3,200 for 110 AP and 15 Magic Penetration. Deathcap won 56.1% of 33,764 games.

What it grants

  • 130 Ability Power

Passive

  • Magical Opus: Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.

Rabadon's Deathcap at a glance

Rabadon's Deathcap is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 3,500 gold: Needlessly Large Rod and Needlessly Large Rod plus 1,100 gold. It grants 130 Ability Power and the Magical Opus passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 74.3% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

1,100

on top of 2 components, for 3,500 in total.

Builds into

Nothing — this is a finished item.

How it performed

Pick rate
5.2%
Win rate
56.1%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
3
Games
33,764
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top11.2%
  • Jungle16.8%
  • Mid51.6%
  • Bot19.5%
  • Support1.0%

Gold efficiency

74.3%2,600 gold of stats for 3,500

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

20th of 25 items Riot tags SpellDamage, by this measure. Nearest: Redemption 76.1%, Staff of Flowing Water 75.6%, Shadowflame 68.8%, Stormsurge 66.9%.

130 Ability Power · 20g each, from Amplifying Tome
2600g

Rabadon's Deathcap balance history

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

  1. Patch 25.102025-05-13

    • Total Gold Cost3600to3500

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Spell Damage” by Riot.

Quick answers about Rabadon's Deathcap

How much does Rabadon's Deathcap cost?
3,500 gold in total — Needlessly Large Rod and Needlessly Large Rod plus 1,100 gold.
What is Rabadon's Deathcap built from?
Needlessly Large Rod (1,200) and Needlessly Large Rod (1,200), plus 1,100 gold to combine.
What does Rabadon's Deathcap build into?
Nothing — Rabadon's Deathcap is a finished item.
What stats does Rabadon's Deathcap give?
130 Ability Power.
What does Rabadon's Deathcap's Magical Opus passive do?
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
Where can you buy Rabadon's Deathcap?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Rabadon's Deathcap sell for?
2,450 gold, against 3,500 to buy.
Is Rabadon's Deathcap gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 2,600 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 3,500 — 74.3%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.