By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Legendary · Summoner's Rift
Thornmail — Anti-Heal for Getting Hit
2,450gold
Thornmail is anti-heal you get by being hit: when an attack strikes you, Thorns deals magic damage to the attacker and, if it is a champion, applies 40% Wounds lasting 3 seconds. It builds from Bramble Vest, Chain Vest and Ruby Crystal plus 450 gold, 2,450 in all, for 150 Health and 75 Armor. Top laners took 53.8% and supports 21.2%; it won 53.1% of 6,032 games.
What it grants
- 150 Health
- 75 Armor
Passive
- Thorns: When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
Thornmail at a glance
Thornmail is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 2,450 gold: Bramble Vest, Chain Vest and Ruby Crystal plus 450 gold. It grants 150 Health and 75 Armor and the Thorns passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 77.6% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Builds from
Combine cost
450
on top of 3 components, for 2,450 in total.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 0.9%
- Win rate
- 53.1%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 3
- Games
- 6,032
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top53.8%
- Jungle19.6%
- Mid4.7%
- Bot0.6%
- Support21.2%
Reach for it when
- Survive burst
- Versus heavy AD
Gold efficiency
77.6%1,900 gold of stats for 2,450
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
64th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Force of Nature 79.1%, Mikael's Blessing 79.0%, Overlord's Bloodmail 76.3%, Cloak of Starry Night 74.7%.
- 150 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
- 400g
- 75 Armor · 20g each, from Cloth Armor
- 1500g
Thornmail balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Thornmail.
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Quick answers about Thornmail
- How much does Thornmail cost?
- 2,450 gold in total — Bramble Vest, Chain Vest and Ruby Crystal plus 450 gold.
- What is Thornmail built from?
- Bramble Vest (800), Chain Vest (800) and Ruby Crystal (400), plus 450 gold to combine.
- What does Thornmail build into?
- Nothing — Thornmail is a finished item.
- What stats does Thornmail give?
- 150 Health and 75 Armor.
- What does Thornmail's Thorns passive do?
- When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
- Where can you buy Thornmail?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Thornmail sell for?
- 1,715 gold, against 2,450 to buy.
- Is Thornmail gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 1,900 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 2,450 — 77.6%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.