League of Legends: The Brutalizer Item Guide & History

League of Legends: The Brutalizer Item Guide & History

By Marcus Chen

March 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM

The Brutalizer is a powerful epic item in League of Legends designed for assassins and AD-focused champions. It provides a cost-efficient combination of offensive stats that make it particularly effective in the early to mid-game.

Current Stats:

  • Attack Damage: 25
  • Ability Haste: 10
  • Lethality: 5
  • Total Cost: 1337

Recipe:

  • Glowing Mote
  • Pickaxe
  • 212 gold

Builds Into:

  • Voltaic Cyclosword
  • Axiom Arc
  • Profane Hydra

Gold Efficiency:

  • Base stats are 114.06% gold efficient
  • Total gold value: 1525
    • Attack damage (875 gold)
    • Ability haste (500 gold)
    • Lethality (150 gold)

Notable Features:

  • One of only two epic items providing lethality (alongside Serrated Dirk)
  • Cost of 1337 gold is a reference to "Leet" gaming culture
  • One of only two items not priced at a multiple of 25 (along with Trinity Force)

Recent Changes:

  • No longer builds into Serylda's Grudge
  • Lethality reduced from 8 to 5
  • Updated item icon
  • Fixed tooltip to correctly display lethality stats

The Brutalizer remains a core item for AD assassins and fighters, offering an efficient combination of damage, ability haste, and armor penetration that helps secure early game advantages.

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