Rylai's Crystal Scepter is a legendary item in League of Legends that provides both offensive and defensive stats while adding crowd control to abilities.

Core Stats:

• Ability Power: 65
• Health: 400

Unique Passive - Rimefrost: Damaging an enemy with an ability slows them by 30% for 1 second.

Recipe:

• Blasting Wand
• Giant's Belt
• Amplifying Tome
• Combine Cost: 450
• Total Cost: 2600

Key Features:

• Continuously reapplies slow effect with damage over time abilities
• Limited to 1 per champion
• 91.03% gold efficient based on base stats alone

Best Used On:

• Mages who want to add crowd control to their abilities
• Champions with damage over time effects
• Teams needing additional utility

Notable Changes:

• Previously had different slow values for single target (40%) and AoE abilities (15-40%)
• Slow duration standardized to 1 second for all ability types
• Ability power reduced from 75 to 65 in recent updates

Trivia:

• Named after Crystal Maiden (Rylai) from DotA
• Serves as the ability power counterpart to Serylda's Grudge
• Design inspired by ice-based crowd control abilities

The item especially shines on champions with consistent damage output or area of effect abilities, allowing them to maintain reliable crowd control while building offensive stats.

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