League of Legends: Complete Guide to Nomad's Medallion (Removed Item)

League of Legends: Complete Guide to Nomad's Medallion (Removed Item)

By Marcus Chen

December 3, 2024 at 05:06 AM

Nomad's Medallion was a support item in League of Legends that was removed in patch V9.23. It provided essential gold generation and vision control for support champions.

Core Stats:

  • 10% cooldown reduction
  • 50% base mana regeneration
  • 10 movement speed
  • Unique passive: Favor

Favor Passive:

  • Enemy minions killed by allies occasionally drop coins
  • Gold coins grant 50 gold
  • Mana coins restore 6% missing mana (minimum 10)
  • Average of 2 coins per minion wave
  • Coin drops alternate between gold and mana

Quest System:

  • Required collecting 500 gold to complete
  • Completion rewards:
    • Transforms into Nomad's Eye
    • Grants ward placement ability (3 charges)
    • Announces completion to team

Optimal Usage:

  • Best suited for lane-focused support champions
  • Coin drop rate increases by 11.11% per minion death
  • Rate decreases by 33.33% when a coin drops
  • Champion takedowns spawn pursuing coins

Evolution: The item underwent several significant changes:

  • Started as Philosopher's Stone
  • Changed to Nomad's Medallion
  • Final form was Nomad's Eye
  • Removed from game in patch V9.23

Gold Efficiency:

  • Base stats were 63.14% gold efficient
  • Became efficient after collecting 7 gold coins
  • Without Favor, needed 26 minutes 7 seconds to become efficient

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