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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Epic · Summoner's Rift

Tiamat — the Cleave Component

1,200gold

Melee attacks hit nearby enemies

Tiamat got 5 more Attack Damage in patch 26.16, from 20 to 25, after Riot found that players building a Hydra did best skipping it until last. It costs 1,200 gold, two Long Swords plus 500; Cleave spreads each attack to nearby enemies, and Crescent damages everything around you. It builds into Ravenous Hydra, Titanic Hydra, Profane Hydra and Stridebreaker.

What it grants

  • 25 Attack Damage

Passive

  • Cleave: Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.CrescentDeal physical damage to enemies around you.

Tiamat at a glance

Tiamat is an epic item on Summoner's Rift that costs 1,200 gold: Long Sword and Long Sword plus 500 gold. It grants 25 Attack Damage and the Cleave passive. It builds into 4 items: Ravenous Hydra, Titanic Hydra, Profane Hydra and Stridebreaker. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 72.9% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

500

on top of 2 components, for 1,200 in total.

Builds into

How it performed

Pick rate
0.6%
Win rate
43.7%
Completion
Not counted
Inventory slot
2
Games
3,608
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top49.4%
  • Jungle37.7%
  • Mid9.8%
  • Bot1.9%
  • Support1.1%

Reach for it when

  • Extended trades

Gold efficiency

72.9%875 gold of stats for 1,200

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

36th of 46 items Riot tags Damage, by this measure. Nearest: Rectrix 73.9%, Endless Hunger 73.4%, Youmuu's Ghostblade 70.5%, Serrated Dirk 70.0%.

25 Attack Damage · 35g each, from Long Sword
875g

What Tiamat builds into, in full

  • Profane Hydra 2,850 gold

    Recipe: Tiamat and The Brutalizer plus 313 gold. Grants 55 Attack Damage, 18 Lethality and 10 Ability Haste. Passive: Cleave.

  • Ravenous Hydra 3,300 gold

    Recipe: Tiamat, Vampiric Scepter and Caulfield's Warhammer plus 150 gold. Grants 65 Attack Damage, 15 Ability Haste and 12% Life Steal. Passive: Cleave.

  • Stridebreaker 3,300 gold

    Recipe: Tiamat, Phage and Dagger plus 750 gold. Grants 40 Attack Damage, 25% Attack Speed and 450 Health. Passive: Cleave.

  • Titanic Hydra 3,300 gold

    Recipe: Tiamat, Tunneler and Giant's Belt plus 50 gold. Grants 40 Attack Damage and 600 Health. Passive: Cleave, Cleave.

Tiamat balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Tiamat in 1 patch. The latest is patch 26.16, published 2026-08-11.

  1. Patch 26.162026-08-11

    • Attack Damage20to25
    Why, in Riot's words

    Tiamat has ended up in a state where even if you are buying a Hydra item, it's optimal NOT to purchase it until you have all the other components. That's pretty lame, yo.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Damage” by Riot.

Quick answers about Tiamat

How much does Tiamat cost?
1,200 gold in total — Long Sword and Long Sword plus 500 gold.
What is Tiamat built from?
Long Sword (350) and Long Sword (350), plus 500 gold to combine.
What does Tiamat build into?
Ravenous Hydra (3,300), Titanic Hydra (3,300), Profane Hydra (2,850) and Stridebreaker (3,300).
What stats does Tiamat give?
25 Attack Damage.
What does Tiamat's Cleave passive do?
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.CrescentDeal physical damage to enemies around you.
Where can you buy Tiamat?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Tiamat sell for?
840 gold, against 1,200 to buy.
Is Tiamat gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 875 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 1,200 — 72.9%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.