crit Patch 7.0d
Essence Reaver
Champion examples
Lucian Graves

Bruiser

Essence Reaver

Essence Reaver is valuable on AD carries that want to keep a fluid spell cycle without giving up their role as crit finishers.

The item makes sense on profiles that truly alternate autos and spells in their damage pattern. It provides more than a bit of mana: it sustains a trade, poke, or reset rhythm that would otherwise be too expensive to maintain.

It fits drafts where an ADC or AD skirmisher must threaten through both short burst and repeated spell usage without stepping outside a crit curve.

Cost: 3000Category: DamagePatch: 7.0dTiming: Mid Game
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Buy when Your champion heavily values spell weaving and wants to preserve true rotation fluidity.
Avoid when Your profile mostly plays through raw sustained auto-attacking.
Signature Crit

Strategic summary

Essence Reaver is valuable on AD carries that want to keep a fluid spell cycle without giving up their role as crit finishers.

Meta snapshot

Power windowMid Game
Draft cueAd Caster
Looking forRaw Damage
Raw DamageBurstAd CasterMid Game

Special family

Crit

Buy when

  • Your champion heavily values spell weaving and wants to preserve true rotation fluidity.
  • You want to stay on a crit curve without losing the mana stability that supports your pattern.

Avoid when

  • Your profile mostly plays through raw sustained auto-attacking.
  • Another crit item gives you a cleaner and more direct timing spike.

Champion examples

Lucian

Bruiser · Ad Caster Anti Heal

Graves

Bruiser · Burst Jungle Snowball