By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Legendary · Summoner's Rift
Winter's Approach — the Tank's Tear
2,400gold
Winter's Approach is the tank's Tear: landing attacks and abilities adds 3 maximum Mana, 6 against champions, from up to 4 charges, and at 360 max Mana it transforms into Fimbulwinter. Awe adds Health on top. It builds from Tear of the Goddess, Giant's Belt and Kindlegem plus 300 gold, 2,400 in all, for 550 Health, 500 Mana and 15 Ability Haste. Supports took 46.7%, top laners 39.3%.
What it grants
- 550 Health
- 500 Mana
- 15 Ability Haste
Passives
- Awe: Gain Health.
- Manaflow: (8s, max 4 charges)Landing Attacks and Abilities grant 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).Transforms into Fimbulwinter at 360 max Mana.
Winter's Approach at a glance
Winter's Approach is a legendary item on Summoner's Rift that costs 2,400 gold: Tear of the Goddess, Giant's Belt and Kindlegem plus 300 gold. It grants 550 Health, 500 Mana and 15 Ability Haste and the Awe and Manaflow passives. Nothing in the shop builds from it. Priced by its stat block alone, it returns 113.2% of its cost in stats.
Build path
Combine cost
300
on top of 3 components, for 2,400 in total.
Builds into
Nothing — this is a finished item.
How it performed
- Pick rate
- 0.5%
- Win rate
- 54.7%
- Completion
- Not counted
- Inventory slot
- 2
- Games
- 3,111
- Δ this patch
- Not counted
patch 26.18 · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 65,406 matches counted
Who buys it
- Top39.3%
- Jungle1.6%
- Mid5.7%
- Bot6.7%
- Support46.7%
Reach for it when
- Survive burst
- Long lane phases
- Rotation uptime
Gold efficiency
113.2%2,717 gold of stats for 2,400
The stat block only — the passive is not priced.
21th of 76 items Riot tags Health, by this measure. Nearest: Chempunk Chainsword 117.5%, Moonstone Renewer 115.1%, Dusk and Dawn 112.9%, Morellonomicon 111.7%.
- 550 Health · 2.67g each, from Ruby Crystal
- 1467g
- 500 Mana · 1g each, from Sapphire Crystal
- 500g
- 15 Ability Haste · 50g each, from Glowing Mote
- 750g
Winter's Approach balance history
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change nothing about Winter's Approach.
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Quick answers about Winter's Approach
- How much does Winter's Approach cost?
- 2,400 gold in total — Tear of the Goddess, Giant's Belt and Kindlegem plus 300 gold.
- What is Winter's Approach built from?
- Tear of the Goddess (400), Giant's Belt (900) and Kindlegem (800), plus 300 gold to combine.
- What does Winter's Approach build into?
- Nothing — Winter's Approach is a finished item.
- What stats does Winter's Approach give?
- 550 Health, 500 Mana and 15 Ability Haste.
- What does Winter's Approach's Awe passive do?
- Gain Health.
- What does Winter's Approach's Manaflow passive do?
- (8s, max 4 charges)Landing Attacks and Abilities grant 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).Transforms into Fimbulwinter at 360 max Mana.
- Where can you buy Winter's Approach?
- In Summoner's Rift and Howling Abyss (ARAM) — the maps Riot's own data marks it as sold on.
- What does Winter's Approach sell for?
- 1,680 gold, against 2,400 to buy.
- Is Winter's Approach gold efficient?
- Its stats are worth 2,717 gold at basic-item prices against a cost of 2,400 — 113.2%. The passive is not priced, so this measures the stat block only.