Relic Shield Stats & Patch History

Relic Shield’s ability gives players a lot of lane control since it helps you execute minions and give you and your carry gold, which has made it a popular pick up for supports. Since it provides the holder with bonus health, and is already outperforming the other support items we’re adjusting its healing effect. This should make it so it's not an insta pick for every support, and more situational depending on the champion you pick game to game.

We’re making a few adjustments to Relic Shield to lend supports a hand. We know right now it can sometimes be hard to get an execute off on a minion, especially when the enemy marksmen keeps poking you, so we’re adjusting the threshold for when a minion is executed. We’re also making a few other quality of life updates for the item.

While we’re happy to see that the release of new quest items have led to a meaningful increase in agency for the support role, we currently feel that the support economy is ramping up too quickly during the laning phase. To address this, we’re reducing how much gold players earn when consuming charges. Also, to prevent abuse cases with these items in the Dragon Lane, we’re adding a new mechanic to better restrict these items to the support role.

Relic Shield added to Wild Rift

Relic Shield is designed for Supports who would want a little more survivability in the early game. Similar to Spectral Sickle, this item transforms over the course of the game when the player earns gold with its associated quest. Specifically, the player can consume charges with this item to execute minions, granting their nearest ally the kill gold while granting the item owner kill gold and bonus gold! Upon transforming into this item's final form, Bulwark of the Mountain, the player also gains access to the new Spellcraft passive.