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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Legendary · Summoner's Rift

Unending Despair — the Draining Tank Item

2,800gold

Unending Despair drains in long fights: every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, Anguish deals magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heals you for 250% of it. It is built from Chain Vest, Kindlegem and Ruby Crystal plus 800 gold, 2,800 in all, for 400 Health, 50 Armor and 15 Ability Haste. Sunfire Aegis, also 2,800, gives up 50 Health and 5 Haste for its Immolate burn.

What it grants

  • 400 Health
  • 50 Armor
  • 15 Ability Haste

Passive

  • Anguish: Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.

Unending Despair at a glance

Unending Despair is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 2,800 gold: Chain Vest, Kindlegem and Ruby Crystal plus 800 gold. It grants 400 Health, 50 Armor and 15 Ability Haste and the Anguish passive. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 100.6% of its cost in stats.

Build path

Builds from

Combine cost

800

on top of 3 components, for 2,800 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
2
Games
5,955
Δ this patch
Not counted

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

Who buys it

  • Top64.2%
  • Jungle28.9%
  • Mid5.1%
  • Bot0.9%
  • Support0.9%

Reach for it when

  • Survive burst
  • Versus heavy AD
  • Rotation uptime

Gold efficiency

100.6%2,817 gold of stats for 2,800

The stat block only — the passive is not priced.

34th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Kaenic Rookern 102.3%, Locket of the Iron Solari 101.5%, Protoplasm Harness 100.0%, Ruby Crystal 100.0%.

400 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
1067g
50 Armor · 20g each, from Cloth Armor
1000g
15 Ability Haste · 50g each, from Glowing Mote
750g

Unending Despair balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Unending Despair in 1 patch. The latest is patch 25.04, published 2025-02-19.

  1. Patch 25.042025-02-19

    • Anguish8-15 (based on level) (+3% bonus health)to3% of bonus health (Note: this is a 10-15% nerf to the item's damage)
    Why, in Riot's words

    Unending Despair was the strongest tank item in the game before season start, but players hadn't really caught on. Now that it's generically purchasable with both armor and MR, players are flocking in and identifying that it is indeed very, very good. As the intent was to push the item more toward health stackers, we're continuing on that trend, making it still great for champions who stack bonus health and less of a generic tank item that anyone can grab.

Other items for the same job

All tagged “Health” by Riot.

Quick answers about Unending Despair

How much does Unending Despair cost?
2,800 gold in total — Chain Vest, Kindlegem and Ruby Crystal plus 800 gold.
What is Unending Despair built from?
Chain Vest (800), Kindlegem (800) and Ruby Crystal (400), plus 800 gold to combine.
What does Unending Despair build into?
Nothing — Unending Despair is a finished item.
What stats does Unending Despair give?
400 Health, 50 Armor and 15 Ability Haste.
What does Unending Despair's Anguish passive do?
Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
Where can you buy Unending Despair?
In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
What does Unending Despair sell for?
1,960 gold, against 2,800 to buy.
Is Unending Despair gold efficient?
Its stats are worth 2,817 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 2,800 — 100.6%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.