When should you buy this item?

Your champion casts continuously and lives off spell spam. You started Tear before 5 minutes. Enemy burst hunts you and the shield crosses a survival threshold.

mana-scaling Patch 7.2

Champion examples

Kassadin

Orianna

Ryze

Arcane

Seraph's Embrace

Seraph's Embrace is the Archangel's final form: an ocean of mana converted into AP, plus a shield that punishes burst attempts.

On mages casting ten spells per fight, the mana-to-AP conversion eventually outgrows any raw damage item. The shield adds exactly what those profiles lack: the right to stay in the fight when an assassin finds them.

The purchase is planned from the start (early Tear) — it is a build trajectory, not a standalone item.

Cost: 3000Category: MagicPatch: 7.2Timing: Late Game

manashieldscaling

Buy when Your champion casts continuously and lives off spell spam.

Avoid when You skipped an early Tear — the stacking deficit cannot be recovered.

Signature Mana Scaling

Strategic summary

Seraph's Embrace is the Archangel's final form: an ocean of mana converted into AP, plus a shield that punishes burst attempts.

Meta snapshot

Power windowLate Game

Draft cueMana Mage

Looking forMana

ManaDpsMana MageLate Game

Stats

Ability Power+60
Mana+1200
Ability Haste+25%

Buy when

Your champion casts continuously and lives off spell spam.
You started Tear before 5 minutes.
Enemy burst hunts you and the shield crosses a survival threshold.

Avoid when

You skipped an early Tear — the stacking deficit cannot be recovered.
Your champion does not use mana.
The game will end before the conversion pays off.

Champion examples

Mana Scaling