
League of Legends: Hand of Baron Buff Guide
Baron buff provides powerful team-wide advantages when your team defeats Baron Nashor. The buff is lost upon death and cannot be transferred between champions.

Purple-glowing character with floating spheres
Key Effects:
- Empowered Recall with 50% reduced channel time
- 50% bonus movement speed from spawn homeguard
- Nearby allied minions receive significant empowerments
Minion Empowerments:
- All minions: Movement speed set to 92.5% of nearby champions (max 500)
- Melee minions: 75 bonus range, 50-70% damage reduction from champions
- Caster minions: 100 bonus range, increased missile speed, 20 bonus AD
- Siege minions: 750 bonus range, 50 bonus AD, 200% damage to structures
Important Notes:
- Minions are empowered within 1450 units of champions with Baron buff
- Empowerment is lost when no Baron-buffed champions are within 1500 units
- Siege minions maintain safe distance while attacking turrets
- Buff duration: 180 seconds
Recent Changes:
- Updated visual effects
- Removed health/mana regeneration
- Adjusted scaling values for damage reduction
- Modified bonus AD/AP values
- Rebalanced minion empowerment effects
The buff creates significant pushing power through empowered minions while providing utility through improved recall and movement speed. Strategic positioning of Baron-buffed champions is crucial for maximizing minion empowerments during pushes.
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