Stealth Ward was a consumable vision item in League of Legends that provided invisible map vision before being removed in patch V5.22.

Cost: 75 gold (reduced from original 90) Duration: 3 minutes Cast Range: 600 Health: 3 HP (takes 1 damage per hit) Inventory Limit: 3 wards per player, 5 wards per slot

Key Features:

• Provided invisible vision in a 300-unit radius
• Could be destroyed by enemy attacks
• Revealed when targeted by Teleport
• Couldn't be healed or regenerated
• Only available on Summoner's Rift

Strategic Uses:

• Securing key brush locations and intersections
• Monitoring Dragon and Baron Nashor
• Map awareness for ganks and enemy movements
• Destroying Teemo's Noxious Traps safely
• Enabling ward jumps for champions like Lee Sin and Jax

Notable Changes Through Patches:

• Added spawn/death animations
• Gained larger green icon above ward
• Renamed from "Sight Ward" to "Stealth Ward"
• Implemented 3-ward placement limit per player
• Added 0.5-second placement cooldown
• Improved ward placement indicators in brush

Ward Clearing Techniques:

• Fiora: Auto-attack + Bladework
• Shyvana: Twin Bite combo
• Lucian: Auto-attack + ability + Lightslinger
• Renekton: Auto-attack + Ruthless Predator
• Leona: Shield of Daybreak combo
• Jayce: Hyper Charge in Cannon form
• Master Yi: Double Strike passive
• Various attack-reset abilities

The item was ultimately removed from the game in patch V5.22, marking the end of purchasable stealth wards in League of Legends.

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