
League of Legends: The Brutalizer Item Guide & History
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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