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What does Spell Damage increase?

Illâoi Evê Siôn·7/4/2019, 3:13:12 PM·18 votes·21,380 views

Does it affect Lulu's ult? Kassadin's passive? Rek Sai heals? Braum damage reduction?

It says Spell Damage but so many guides and videos recommend building it on champs like Kassadin, so I'm confused. Please, clarify.

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Z3Sleeper7/4/2019, 7:30:10 PM7 votes

Not even the wiki accurately tells you everything.

What it does is increase everything about the ability by x% with some exceptions.

So:

  • AD ratios on spells by extension of spell damage being increased
    • (Voli/Rengar/Draven/etc.)
      • This is why you see Dravens with double Rageblade, it's not just for the attack speed
  • True Damage
    • (Vayne... can't remember if Morello or Red do true or spell damage but they're increased too, unsure about Demon true damage)
  • Healing
    • (Nidalee/Darius/etc.)
  • Shielding
    • (Kassadin/Locket/etc.)
  • Bonus Health
    • (Lulu... idk about Origin/Class bonuses though like Brawler and Shapeshifter)
  • Bonus AD
    • (Shyvanna/Gnar/Nidalee)
  • Damage Reduction
    • (Braum... I think that's it?)
  • Item damage if they deal spell (magic) damage
    • (Ionic Spark/Ludens/Statikk/etc.)

What it doesn't affect:

  • Target numbers
    • (Number of Karthus ult targets, etc.)
  • Range
  • Duration
  • CC
    • (Including Anivia's AS slow)

Exceptions to the above:

  • Yasuo's shield does not scale with spell damage (as of last patch)

Things I have no clue if it affects:

  • Attack Speed bonuses
    • (essentially just Rengar's bonus AS)
  • Crit Chance increases
    • (essentially just Rengar's again)
  • Kindred's minimum health on ult
  • Evelynn's <50% health multiplier
    • (it increases all damage due to the base being affected, but idk if it affects the multiplier as well)
Elijah Berry7/4/2019, 5:03:51 PM3 votes

It affects all champs ultimate ability so yes, lulu ilt gets stronger, braum block, Kassadins shield.

JustSomeGuyTho7/4/2019, 3:28:16 PM1 votes

I think it might be hard to tell right now because there's not enough information represented in the HUD to actually test. But I'm fairly certain the special effects on those abilities are increased by spell power.

ErdoS Is Here7/9/2019, 2:14:40 PM1 votes

Lucian hasn't been mentioned here. His spell literally says "one attacks with Ad one attack with spell damage" . No specificity of how much, maybe it's just his normal attack transformed to magic, but still, would he be affected