By GamGem ResearchLast updated 23 Sept 2026 · 06:00
Set 18 Enchanted Wilds · patch 18.3
Sterak's Gage
+45% Attack Damage, +300 Health. At 60% Health, gain a Shield equal to 40% of the wearer's maximum Health that rapidly decays over 4 seconds.
Greedfor a Secondary tank
Built from
What it grants
- +10% AD B.F. Sword
- +150 HP Giant's Belt
Best on: Secondary tank
Ashe
Draven
Elder Dragon
Aphelios
Fills the sustain and bruiser slot.
Changing your mind
Hightransfer risk — moved in 50% of 156,432 games
Flex score 55/100 — how many different boards can use it once it exists.
Do not build both
Why it wins
- A greedy craft — it pays later, not now
- Holds its value late
- Fits a good share of bruiser boards
- Hard to move once you commit it
Last 7 days · All Ranks · Global · 156,432 games
Sterak's Gage balance history
Riot's notes from patch 18.1 to 18.4 · 07/10 change nothing about Sterak's Gage.
Quick answers about Sterak's Gage
- What does Sterak's Gage do in TFT Set 18?
- +45% Attack Damage, +300 Health. At 60% Health, gain a Shield equal to 40% of the wearer's maximum Health that rapidly decays over 4 seconds. That is Riot's own tooltip for Set 18 Enchanted Wilds.
- What is Sterak's Gage made of?
- B.F. Sword + Giant's Belt. B.F. Sword gives +10% Attack Damage; Giant's Belt gives +150 Health.
- What does Radiant Sterak's Gage do?
- +90% Attack Damage, +600 Health. At 60% Health, gain a Shield equal to 80% of the wearer's maximum Health that rapidly decays over 6 seconds. That is Riot's own tooltip for the Radiant version.
- Which Set 18 units should hold Sterak's Gage?
- Our reading of Riot's data: Ashe, Draven, Elder Dragon and Aphelios — units whose damage type and class match the stats Sterak's Gage gives.
- Did Riot change Sterak's Gage in Set 18?
- No. Riot's Set 18 notes from 18.1 to 18.4 · 07/10 (4 notes) do not change Sterak's Gage.
- What else can B.F. Sword become?
- 7 other items: Deathblade, Infinity Edge, Giant Slayer, Hextech Gunblade, Edge of Night, Bloodthirster and Spear of Shojin. With a Frying Pan it becomes the Hunter Emblem and a Spatula it becomes the Fae Emblem.
- What else can Giant's Belt become?
- 7 other items: Nashor's Tooth, Spirit Visage, Evenshroud, Sunfire Cape, Striker's Flail, Morellonomicon and Warmog's Armor. With a Spatula it becomes the Blackthorn Emblem and a Frying Pan it becomes the Brawler Emblem.
