Nashor's Tooth is a powerful hybrid item in League of Legends that provides significant benefits for champions who utilize both basic attacks and ability power scaling.

Core Stats:

• 80 Ability Power
• 50% Attack Speed
• 15 Ability Haste
• Cost: 3000 gold

Unique Passive - Icathian Bite: Basic attacks deal 15 (+15% AP) bonus magic damage on-hit. This effect doesn't apply to structures but benefits from life steal.

Gold Efficiency:

• Base stats are 139.5% gold efficient
• Gains additional 10.83% efficiency per 100 AP (excluding item's AP)
• Total base value: 4,185 gold

Best Used By: Champions that benefit from both attack speed and ability power, particularly magic damage dealers who weave basic attacks between abilities.

Notable Features:

• Named after Baron Nashor
• Limited to 1 per champion
• On-hit damage scales with AP, making it increasingly effective in AP-heavy builds

Map-Specific Changes (ARAM/Event Maps):

• 70 Ability Power
• 45% Attack Speed
• 10 Ability Haste
• Icathian Bite scales with 33% bonus AD

Recent Changes:

• Ability power reduced to 80 from 90
• Icathian Bite AP ratio reduced to 15% from 20%
• Combine cost adjusted to 600 gold
• Can no longer be upgraded to The Baron's Gift

This item is particularly effective on champions like Kayle, Teemo, and Diana who can maximize both the attack speed and ability power components while benefiting from the on-hit damage effect.

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