teamfight-shield Patch 7.2
Gargoyle Stoneplate

Frontline

Gargoyle Stoneplate

Gargoyle Stoneplate is the focused tank's item: its active shield grows with the number of nearby enemies — the denser the fight, the harder you are to kill.

The item that makes the 1v5 engage possible: dual resistances cover mixed threats, and the active absorbs exactly the burst that follows your entry. On a tank nobody focuses, its value collapses.

The last or second-to-last buy of an engage tank — when fights become 5v5s that you open.

Cost: 2900Category: DefensePatch: 7.2Timing: Late Game
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Buy when You engage first and 3+ enemies hit you.
Avoid when Enemies ignore you and focus your carries.
Signature Teamfight Shield

Strategic summary

Gargoyle Stoneplate is the focused tank's item: its active shield grows with the number of nearby enemies — the denser the fight, the harder you are to kill.

Meta snapshot

Power windowLate Game
Draft cueTank Core
Looking forSurvivability
SurvivabilityTeamfightTank CoreLate Game

Stats

  • Health+200
  • Armor+45
  • Magic Resist+45

Buy when

  • You engage first and 3+ enemies hit you.
  • Enemy damage is mixed AD/AP.
  • Your early-fight death decides the game.

Avoid when

  • Enemies ignore you and focus your carries.
  • Fights are 2v2 picks, never 5v5s.
  • One damage type dominates (prefer the targeted resist).
Special family

Teamfight Shield