catch-enchanter Patch 7.3b
Imperial Mandate
Champion examples
Lulu Nami Karma

Support

Imperial Mandate

Imperial Mandate is reworked in patch 7.3 for crowd-control mages: your crowd-control abilities gain 20 ability haste, and every champion you crowd-control takes 7% increased damage for 4 seconds.

The condition is simple: crowd-control a champion. Every stun, slow or immobilization marks the target, and your crowd-control abilities come back faster.

It shines in pick compositions, when the team follows up as soon as a target is crowd-controlled. 7.3 recipe: Bandleglass Mirror + Blasting Wand.

Cost: 2600Category: SupportPatch: 7.3bTiming: Early Mid Game · Mid Game
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Buy when Your champion often crowd-controls enemy champions.
Avoid when Your kit has little crowd control: neither the haste nor the mark triggers.
Signature Catch

Strategic summary

Imperial Mandate is reworked in patch 7.3 for crowd-control mages: your crowd-control abilities gain 20 ability haste, and every champion you crowd-control takes 7% increased damage for 4 seconds.

Riot felt the item was too tied to Nami, with a trigger condition and power spike that were hard to read. Control: crowd-control abilities gain 20 ability haste. Command: crowd-controlling an enemy champion marks them for 4 seconds, and they take 7% increased damage during that time. Stats: 60 AP, 50% base mana regen, 2600 gold.

Meta snapshot

Power windowEarly Mid Game · Mid Game
Draft cueCc Support
Looking forAlly Burst
Ally BurstPickCc SupportEarly Mid Game · Mid Game

Stats

  • Ability Power+60
  • Mana Regen+50
  • Ability Haste+20%

Buy when

  • Your champion often crowd-controls enemy champions.
  • Your team can hit the target during the 4-second mark.
  • You want your crowd control back more often.

Avoid when

  • Your kit has little crowd control: neither the haste nor the mark triggers.
  • Your role is mostly to heal or shield.
  • You are looking for survivability: the item no longer gives Health.

Champion examples

Lulu

Support · Utility Catch Support

Nami

Support · Lane Pressure Into Ardent

Karma

Support · Tempo Poke Catch

Comparisons
Imperial Mandate vs Harmonic Echo

Imperial Mandate wins fights through crowd control and damage amplification. Harmonic Echo makes them last through shared heals and shields.

Imperial Mandate vs Ardent Censer

Ardent Censer empowers an attacking ally. Imperial Mandate marks the crowd-controlled enemy so the whole team deals 7% more damage to them.

Common mistakes
  • Buying it on a champion who rarely crowd-controls.
  • Crowd-controlling a target your team cannot reach within 4 seconds.
  • Counting on its Health: it was removed in 7.3.
Build contexts

Crowd-control mage

The haste on crowd-control abilities makes your crowd control more frequent.

Team pick

The 7% mark helps the whole team finish the crowd-controlled target.

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Special family

Catch

FAQ

What does Imperial Mandate do since patch 7.3?

Your crowd-control abilities gain 20 ability haste, and crowd-controlling a champion marks them for 4 seconds: they take 7% increased damage.

Champions building this item

Based on current-patch computed builds — click through for the full build.

BardBardKarmaKarmaSeraphineSeraphineZileanZileanGalioGalioMorganaMorgana
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