By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Legendary · Summoner's Rift
Terminus — Alternating Light and Dark Attacks
3,000gold
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Terminus works by alternating: against champions, Juxtaposition swaps between Light attacks, which grant Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds, and Dark attacks, which grant 10% Armor and Magic Penetration for 5 seconds. Patch 26.15 gave its Shadow on-hit damage scaling — 30 plus 10% bonus AD and 10% AP — to make it a late-game pick. The item itself is 3,000 gold for 30 AD and 35% Attack Speed.
What it grants
- 30 Attack Damage
- 35% Attack Speed
Passives
- Shadow: Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
- Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark Attacks against champions: Light Attacks grant Armor and Magic Resist for 5s. Dark Attacks grant 10% Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration for 5s.
Terminus at a glance
Terminus is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 3,000 gold: Hearthbound Axe and Recurve Bow plus 1,100 gold. It grants 30 Attack Damage and 35% Attack Speed and the Shadow and Juxtaposition passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 64.2% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Combine cost
1,100
on top of 2 components, for 3,000 in total.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 1.7%
- Win rate
- 55.1%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 3
- Games
- 11,337
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top11.0%
- Jungle3.9%
- Mid8.5%
- Bot76.5%
- Support0.1%
Reach for it when
- Shred frontline
- Extended trades
- Into magic resist
- Into armour stacking
Gold efficiency
64.2%1,925 gold of stats for 3,000
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
41th of 46 items Riot tags Damage, by this measure. Nearest: Lord Dominik's Regards 67.4%, Executioner's Calling 65.6%, Blade of The Ruined King 63.3%, Vampiric Scepter 58.3%.
- 30 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword
- 1050g
- 35% Attack Speed · 25g each, from Dagger
- 875g
Terminus balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Terminus in 1 patch. The latest is patch 26.15, published 2026-07-28.
Patch 26.152026-07-28
- Unique - Shadow30 Magic Damage On-Hitto30 (+10% bonus Attack Damage) (+10% Ability Power)
Why, in Riot's words
Terminus is meant to be one of the premium capstone items for scaling On-Hit builds, but has been more of a mid game spike item than a true late game scaling option, leaving the on-hit space a bit sparse for options later on.
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Quick answers about Terminus
- How much does Terminus cost?
- 3,000 gold in total — Hearthbound Axe and Recurve Bow plus 1,100 gold.
- What is Terminus built from?
- Hearthbound Axe (1,200) and Recurve Bow (700), plus 1,100 gold to combine.
- What does Terminus build into?
- Nothing — Terminus is a finished item.
- What stats does Terminus give?
- 30 Attack Damage and 35% Attack Speed.
- What does Terminus's Shadow passive do?
- Attacks deal bonus magic damage On-Hit.
- What does Terminus's Juxtaposition passive do?
- Alternate between Light and Dark Attacks against champions: Light Attacks grant Armor and Magic Resist for 5s. Dark Attacks grant 10% Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration for 5s.
- Where can you buy Terminus?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Terminus sell for?
- 2,100 gold, against 3,000 to buy.
- Is Terminus gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 1,925 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 3,000 — 64.2%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.