Banshee's Veil is a defensive item for mages that provides both offensive and defensive capabilities against magic damage and crowd control.

Current Stats:

• 105 Ability Power
• 40 Magic Resistance
• Cost: 3000 gold

Unique Passive - Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability. The shield refreshes after 40 seconds of not taking damage from enemy champions.

Recipe:

• Needlessly Large Rod
• Verdant Barrier
• 200g (Combine Cost)

Best Used When:

• Facing heavy magic damage teams
• Need protection from crucial crowd control abilities
• Playing against champions with important skill-shot abilities

Key Features:

• Spell shield remains active on clones
• Limited to 1 Banshee's Veil per champion
• Spell shield is affected by item haste
• Shield breaks on the first ability hit

Gold Efficiency:

• Base stats are 96.67% gold efficient
• 105 AP = 2100g
• 40 MR = 800g
• Total Gold Value = 2900g

Map-Specific Differences:

• Ability power reduced to 80 on certain maps

Strategic Value: Particularly effective against teams relying on initial crowd control to set up combos. The spell shield can prevent crucial abilities, allowing better positioning and survivability in teamfights.

The item serves as the AP equivalent to Edge of Night, providing similar defensive utility for mage champions who need protection against crucial abilities while maintaining damage output.

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