League of Legends Wiki: Complete Guide to Banshee's Veil Item

League of Legends Wiki: Complete Guide to Banshee's Veil Item

By Marcus Chen

December 21, 2024 at 11:53 AM

Banshee's Veil is a defensive magic item that provides protection against ability-based champions through both stats and a unique spell shield.

Current Stats:

  • 105 Ability Power
  • 40 Magic Resistance
  • Cost: 3000 gold

Unique Passive - Annul:

  • Grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability
  • Shield refreshes after 40 seconds of not taking damage from enemy champions
  • Limited to 1 Banshee's Veil per champion

Best Used When:

  • Facing heavy magic damage teams
  • Need protection from crucial crowd control abilities
  • Playing squishy mage champions who need defensive options

Key Notes:

  • Spell shield is disabled upon death
  • Works on champion clones
  • Cooldown is affected by item haste
  • Spell shield blocks only the first ability that hits

Build Path:

  • Needlessly Large Rod
  • Verdant Barrier
  • 200 gold combine cost

The item is 96.67% gold efficient based on its base stats alone, not counting the value of its spell shield passive.

Recent Changes:

  • Total cost reduced to 3000 from 3100
  • Combine cost reduced to 200 from 250
  • Ability power reduced to 105 from 120
  • Magic resistance reduced to 40 from 50

This item serves as the AP equivalent to Edge of Night, providing similar defensive utility for mage champions.

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