Atma's Impaler was a unique item in League of Legends that converted a champion's maximum health into attack damage. The item was removed from the game in patch V4.21.

Core Stats:

• 45 Armor
• 15% Critical Strike Chance
• UNIQUE Passive: Gains bonus attack damage equal to 1.5% of maximum health

Gold Efficiency:

• Base gold efficiency: 71.74%
• Became 100% gold efficient at 1,204 maximum health
• Cost-effective for all champions by level 13 (base health 1,260-1,764)

Strategic Uses:

• Particularly effective on health-stacking champions like Sion and Cho'Gath
• Could be combined with items like Frozen Mallet ("Fratma's") or Warmog's Armor ("Atmog's")
• Unique as the only armor item that benefited attack-based characters

Popular Item Combinations:

• Fratma's: Frozen Mallet + Atma's Impaler
• Atmog's: Atma's Impaler + Warmog's Armor
• Fratmog's: All three items combined
• Atrimog's: Trinity Force + Atma's Impaler + Warmog's Armor

Historical Changes:

• Initially introduced with health and critical strike stats
• Underwent multiple balance changes affecting armor, critical strike chance, and health conversion rates
• Removed from Summoner's Rift in V4.20
• Completely removed from the game in V4.21
• Spiritual successor: Titanic Hydra (introduced in patch 5.16)

Trivia: The item's name references the Ultima Weapon (originally "Atma Weapon") from Final Fantasy VI, which scaled damage based on the hero's health.

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