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

Core Stats:

• 65 Ability Power
• 400 Health
• Total Cost: 2600 gold

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

Key Features:

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

Recipe:

• Blasting Wand
• Giant's Belt
• Amplifying Tome
• 450 gold (combine cost)

Best Used For:

• Mages who want to add crowd control to their abilities
• Champions needing a mix of damage and survivability
• Controlling enemy movement in team fights

Map-Specific Differences:

• Ability power reduced to 60
• Health reduced to 350

Historical Context: The item is named after Rylai, the Crystal Maiden hero from DotA, known for ice-based crowd control abilities. It serves as the ability power counterpart to Serylda's Grudge.

Recent Changes:

• Ability power reduced from 75 to 65
• Combine cost increased to 450 from 415
• Simplified slow effect to a consistent 30% for 1 second

The item remains a popular choice for mages who want to combine damage with utility, particularly those who can apply the slow effect consistently through area-of-effect or damage-over-time abilities.

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