When should you buy this item?

The enemy team plays burst, dive, or has direct access to your backline. Your team heavily relies on an ADC or mage that must be protected on first contact. You are on a tank or support that naturally plays close to the ally you want to protect.

ally-protection Patch 7.0d

Champion examples

Janna

Lulu

Nami

Nautilus

Frontline

Protector's Vow

Protector's Vow is an anti-burst peel item for tanks and supports that need to absorb the initial engage and keep their carry alive through first contact.

The item becomes truly valuable when the game is played by a frontliner or support that can stay close to the backline. Its value is not in winning a personal duel, but in turning an enemy all-in into a far messier engage through its shared shield and defensive tempo.

It is a priority buy when the enemy draft wants to blow up a target on first contact or when your team relies on a single carry to protect. It works best on engage-peel profiles that want to scout the entry, cover the engage, and live long enough for the fight to turn behind them.

Cost: 2700Category: DefensePatch: 7.0dTiming: Mid Game · Late Game

shieldpeelsupport

Buy when The enemy team plays burst, dive, or has direct access to your backline.

Avoid when Enemy threats are mostly spread poke rather than a clear burst window to blunt.

Signature Support

Strategic summary

Protector's Vow is an anti-burst peel item for tanks and supports that need to absorb the initial engage and keep their carry alive through first contact.

Meta snapshot

Power windowMid Game · Late Game

Draft cueProtect Carry

Looking forPeel

PeelTeamfightProtect CarryMid Game · Late Game

Special family

Support

Buy when

The enemy team plays burst, dive, or has direct access to your backline.
Your team heavily relies on an ADC or mage that must be protected on first contact.
You are on a tank or support that naturally plays close to the ally you want to protect.

Avoid when

Enemy threats are mostly spread poke rather than a clear burst window to blunt.
You are playing a frontliner that splits or rarely stays near the carry you want to protect.
A different raw-resistance or initiation item is still more urgent for you to simply function in fights.