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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Epic · Summoner's Rift

Serrated Dirk — the Lethality Component

1,000gold

Increases Attack Damage and Lethality

Serrated Dirk is where Lethality starts: two Long Swords plus 300 gold, 1,000 in all, for 20 Attack Damage and 10 Lethality. Seven items finish from it — Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, Bastionbreaker, Serpent's Fang, Edge of Night, Umbral Glaive and The Collector. Its stats return 70.0% of the price. Junglers held 46.1% of the dirks in 14,622 games.

What it grants

  • 20 Attack Damage
  • 10 Lethality

Passives

Stats only — this item has no passive. See the shop for items that do.

Serrated Dirk at a glance

Serrated Dirk is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 1,000 gold: Long Sword and Long Sword plus 300 gold. It grants 20 Attack Damage and 10 Lethality. It builds into 7 items: Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, Bastionbreaker, Serpent's Fang, Edge of Night, Umbral Glaive and The Collector. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 70.0% of its cost in stats.

Build path

How it performed

Pick rate
2.2%
Win rate
43.2%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
4
Games
14,622
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top15.8%
  • Jungle46.1%
  • Mid13.8%
  • Bot9.3%
  • Support15.0%

Reach for it when

  • Into armour stacking

Gold efficiency

70.0%700 gold of stats for 1,000

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

38th of 46 items Riot tags Damage, by this measure. Nearest: Tiamat 72.9%, Youmuu's Ghostblade 70.5%, Lord Dominik's Regards 67.4%, Executioner's Calling 65.6%.

20 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword
700g

Not priced, because Riot sells no single-stat item for lethality — so this figure covers the rest.

What Serrated Dirk builds into, in full

  • Bastionbreaker 3,000 gold

    Recipe: The Brutalizer and Serrated Dirk plus 663 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage, 22 Lethality and 15 Ability Haste. Passive: Shaped Charge, Sabotage.

  • Edge of Night 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Serrated Dirk and Tunneler plus 850 gold. Grants 50 Attack Damage, 15 Lethality and 250 Health. Passive: Annul.

  • Hubris 2,800 gold

    Recipe: Serrated Dirk and Caulfield's Warhammer plus 750 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage, 18 Lethality and 10 Ability Haste. Passive: Eminence.

  • Serpent's Fang 2,500 gold

    Recipe: Serrated Dirk and Pickaxe plus 625 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage and 15 Lethality. Passive: Shield Reaver, Shield Reaver.

  • The Collector 3,000 gold

    Recipe: Pickaxe, Serrated Dirk and Cloak of Agility plus 525 gold. Grants 50 Attack Damage, 10 Lethality and 25% Critical Strike Chance. Passive: Death, Taxes.

  • Umbral Glaive 2,800 gold

    Recipe: Serrated Dirk and Caulfield's Warhammer plus 750 gold. Grants 60 Attack Damage, 18 Lethality and 15 Ability Haste. Passive: Nightstalker, Blackout.

  • Youmuu's Ghostblade 2,800 gold

    Recipe: Serrated Dirk, Rectrix and Long Sword plus 675 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage, 18 Lethality and 4% Move Speed. Passive: Haunt.

Serrated Dirk balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Serrated Dirk.

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Quick answers about Serrated Dirk

How much does Serrated Dirk cost?
1,000 gold in total — Long Sword and Long Sword plus 300 gold.
What is Serrated Dirk built from?
Long Sword (350) and Long Sword (350), plus 300 gold to combine.
What does Serrated Dirk build into?
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2,800), Hubris (2,800), Bastionbreaker (3,000), Serpent's Fang (2,500), Edge of Night (3,000), Umbral Glaive (2,800) and The Collector (3,000).
What stats does Serrated Dirk give?
20 Attack Damage and 10 Lethality.
Where can you buy Serrated Dirk?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Serrated Dirk sell for?
700 gold, against 1,000 to buy.
Is Serrated Dirk gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 700 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 1,000 — 70.0%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.