League of Legends: The History of Avarice Blade - A Discontinued Gold Generation Item
A valuable item in League of Legends that was removed in patch V5.22, the Avarice Blade provided both passive gold generation and combat stats.
Core Statistics:
- Base cost: 800 gold
- Critical strike chance: 10%
- Unique passive - Avarice: +2 gold per 10 seconds
- Unique passive - Greed: +2 bonus gold per unit kill
Gold Efficiency:
- Base gold efficiency: 62.5%
- Becomes gold efficient after 16 minutes and 40 seconds
- Each unit kill reduces efficiency timer by 6.7 seconds
- Self-pays after 44 minutes without kills
- Optimal efficiency reached at 6 minutes 55 seconds with perfect last hitting
Notable Features:
- Could be purchased alongside other gold generation items
- Only one Avarice Blade could generate gold at a time
- Stacked with other gold-generating abilities (Gangplank's Parrrley, Twisted Fate's Loaded Dice)
- Built into Atma's Impaler, Statikk Shiv, and Executioner's Calling
Final Changes:
- Removed in patch V5.22
- Replaced by Cull
- Last known stats: 10% critical strike chance, +2 gold/10s, +2 gold per kill
Historical Trivia:
- Item description "Greed is good" references both Warcraft III cheat code and the movie Wall Street
- Visual design based on Long Sword with added golden glow
- Initially had 12% critical strike chance, later reduced to 10%
- Gold generation started at 5 gold/10s, ended at 2 gold/10s
The item served as a strategic choice for players focusing on late-game scaling through passive gold generation while maintaining some combat effectiveness through critical strike chance.
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