League of Legends: A History of the Avarice Blade Item
Avarice Blade was a gold-generating item in League of Legends that was removed from the game in patch V5.22 and replaced by Cull. It provided 10% critical strike chance and unique gold-generating capabilities.
Avarice Blade
Key Features:
- Base cost: 800 gold
- Critical strike chance: 10%
- Unique passive - Avarice: Generated 2 gold every 10 seconds
- Unique passive - Greed: Earned 2 additional gold per unit kill
Gold Efficiency:
- Base gold efficiency: 62.5%
- Became gold efficient after 16 minutes and 40 seconds
- Each unit kill reduced efficiency timer by 6.7 seconds
- Could pay for itself in 26 minutes and 40 seconds if sold afterward
Notable Characteristics:
- Only gold-generating item without Gold Income passive
- Could be purchased alongside other gold per 10 items
- Stacked with other on-kill bonus gold abilities (e.g., Gangplank's Parrrley, Twisted Fate's Loaded Dice)
- Built into Atma's Impaler, Statikk Shiv, and Executioner's Calling
Historical Changes:
- Initially had higher gold generation (5 gold per 10 seconds)
- Critical strike chance reduced from 12% to 10%
- Various cost adjustments throughout its lifetime
- Tooltip displayed total gold earned during the game
- Removed in patch V5.22 and replaced by Cull
Trivia:
- Item description "Greed is good" referenced both Warcraft III cheat code and the movie Wall Street
- Visual design based on Long Sword with added golden glow effect
