By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Basic · Summoner's Rift
Recurve Bow — the On-Hit Attack Speed Component
700gold
Greatly increases Attack Speed
Recurve Bow costs 700 gold, Dagger plus 450, for 15% Attack Speed, and its Sting passive adds 15 bonus physical damage on-hit to every attack. Six items build from it: Terminus, Blade of The Ruined King, Nashor's Tooth, Kraken Slayer, Wit's End and Guinsoo's Rageblade. Bot laners held 51.4% of the bows in 5,678 games, top laners 26.0%.
What it grants
- 15% Attack Speed
Passive
- Sting: Attacks deal 15 bonus physical damage On-Hit.
Recurve Bow at a glance
Recurve Bow is a basic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 700 gold: Dagger plus 450 gold. It grants 15% Attack Speed and the Sting passive. It builds into 6 items: Terminus, Blade of The Ruined King, Nashor's Tooth, Kraken Slayer, Wit's End and Guinsoo's Rageblade. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 53.6% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Combine cost
450
on top of 1 component, for 700 in total.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 0.9%
- Win rate
- 38.2%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 4
- Games
- 5,678
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top26.0%
- Jungle10.1%
- Mid11.8%
- Bot51.4%
- Support0.7%
Reach for it when
- Shred frontline
- Extended trades
Gold efficiency
53.6%375 gold of stats for 700
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
8th of 8 items Riot tags AttackSpeed, by this measure. Nearest: Scout's Slingshot 83.3%, Ardent Censer 65.8%.
- 15% Attack Speed · 25g each, from Dagger
- 375g
What Recurve Bow builds into, in full
Blade of The Ruined King 3,200 gold
Recipe: Vampiric Scepter, Recurve Bow and Pickaxe plus 725 gold. Grants 40 Attack Damage, 25% Attack Speed and 10% Life Steal. Passive: Mist's Edge, Clawing Shadows.
Guinsoo's Rageblade 3,000 gold
Recipe: Amplifying Tome, Recurve Bow and Pickaxe plus 1,025 gold. Grants 30 Attack Damage, 30 Ability Power and 25% Attack Speed. Passive: Wrath, Seething Strike.
Kraken Slayer 3,000 gold
Recipe: Rectrix, Hearthbound Axe and Recurve Bow plus 325 gold. Grants 45 Attack Damage, 40% Attack Speed and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Bring It Down.
Nashor's Tooth 2,900 gold
Recipe: Recurve Bow, Blasting Wand and Fiendish Codex plus 500 gold. Grants 80 Ability Power, 50% Attack Speed and 15 Ability Haste. Passive: Icathian Bite.
Terminus 3,000 gold
Recipe: Hearthbound Axe and Recurve Bow plus 1,100 gold. Grants 30 Attack Damage and 35% Attack Speed. Passive: Shadow, Juxtaposition.
Wit's End 2,800 gold
Recipe: Recurve Bow, Negatron Cloak and Recurve Bow plus 550 gold. Grants 50% Attack Speed, 45 Magic Resist and 20% Tenacity. Passive: Fray.
Recurve Bow balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Recurve Bow.
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Quick answers about Recurve Bow
- How much does Recurve Bow cost?
- 700 gold in total — Dagger plus 450 gold.
- What is Recurve Bow built from?
- Dagger (250), plus 450 gold to combine.
- What does Recurve Bow build into?
- Terminus (3,000), Blade of The Ruined King (3,200), Nashor's Tooth (2,900), Kraken Slayer (3,000), Wit's End (2,800) and Guinsoo's Rageblade (3,000).
- What stats does Recurve Bow give?
- 15% Attack Speed.
- What does Recurve Bow's Sting passive do?
- Attacks deal 15 bonus physical damage On-Hit.
- Where can you buy Recurve Bow?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Recurve Bow sell for?
- 490 gold, against 700 to buy.
- Is Recurve Bow gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 375 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 700 — 53.6%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.