Haunting Guise is a powerful mage item that provides both offensive and defensive stats for ability power champions. It serves as a core component for advanced items like Riftmaker and Liandry's Torment.

Current Stats:

• 30 Ability Power
• 200 Health
• Unique Passive - Madness: Deal 2% increased damage for each second in combat with enemy champions (stacks up to 3 times for 6% total)

Recipe:

• Amplifying Tome
• Ruby Crystal
• 500 gold combine cost
• Total cost: 1300 gold

The item is 87.18% gold efficient based on its base stats alone, not counting its Madness passive. The total gold value of its stats is 1133.33 gold (600g for AP + 533.33g for health).

Important Notes:

• Madness passive amplifies all damage types, including true damage
• Builds into Riftmaker and Liandry's Torment
• Particularly effective on sustained damage mages and AP bruisers

Historical Changes:

• Originally introduced with spell vamp and magic penetration
• Underwent several iterations, including a seasonal variant called Pumpkin Guise during 2010 Harrowing
• Current version focuses on ramping damage through the Madness passive
• Most recent change reduced ability power from 35 to 30

The name "Haunting Guise" is a play on words with "haunting eyes," reflecting both its icon design and thematic elements.

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