Ardent Censer — Effect, Stats and Cost
Cost 2,400G
Effects and values: transcribed from the game, with official patch note changes applied through patch 7.3a (updated )
Pick counts and win rates: in-game popular builds, 2026-08-26 to 2026-10-07; 13 of 142 champions from before patch 7.3a
Stats
- +50 Ability Power
- +50% Mana Regeneration
- +8% Heal and Shield Power
- +4% Movement Speed
Item Effects
- Censer
- Shielding or healing an allied champion other than yourself empowers both you and that champion for 6 seconds, granting 30% bonus Attack Speed and 25 bonus magic damage on basic attacks.
Ardent Censer patch history
Figures are as written in the official patch notes; the commentary is ours.
Ardent Censer
Patch 7.3Base Stats
- Build PathForbidden Idol (900) + Aether Wisp (950) + Ring of Revelation (300) + 550 → Forbidden Idol (700) + Aether Wisp (950) + 750
- Price2700 → 2400
- Ability Power45 → 50
- Heal and Shield Power5% → 8%
- Movement Speed5% → 4%
- RemovedAbility Haste: 10
- RemovedHealth: 250
- Censer:
- Shielding or healing an allied champion other than yourself empowers both you and that champion for 6 seconds, granting 30% bonus Attack Speed and 25 bonus magic damage on basic attacks.
Our take
It drops Health and Ability Haste and costs 300 less, with 3 more points of Heal and Shield Power. Movement Speed goes from 5% to 4%.
Ardent Censer
Patch 7.2Base Stats
- AP+35 → +45
- Ability Haste+20 → +10
Censer
- Now also triggers when the target healed is already at full HP.
- Bonus Attack Speed+15%-40% (based on champion level) → +15%-34% (based on champion level)
- Bonus Damage16-30 (based on champion level) → 16-22 (based on champion level)
Our take
The trigger loosens: healing an ally who is already at full HP still applies Censer. Pre-fight top-ups are no longer wasted, so buffing the marksman right as a fight opens is straightforward. In exchange the attack speed caps at +34%, the bonus damage caps at 22, and ability haste is halved. The item rewards timing a buff well rather than pouring heals out on cooldown.
Ardent Censer
Patch 7.1bBase Stats
- Mana Regen+0 → +50%
Our take
Ardent Censer now comes with 50% mana regeneration. Its benefit only exists while you are healing or shielding allies, so running out of mana switches the item off entirely. The added regeneration keeps that buff flowing from the laning phase into the mid game. For supports paired with an AD carry, one of the main reasons to hesitate on this purchase is gone.
Ardent Censer
Patch 6.3fArdent Censer
- Healing and shielding values: reduced
- Adjusted so it can be purchased earlier
- Ardent Censer gives up per-cast strength in exchange for arriving sooner. Each heal or shield covers less than it used to, but a support can start propping up the team before their build would previously have come together. Since the item no longer wins fights on raw numbers, choosing who to buff and when now does more of the work.
Champions who build Ardent Censer
Read from the "Popular" tab on the in-game loadout screen. Across 314 builds covering 142 champions, 10 build this item. Only 1 to 4 builds were captured per champion, so a champion missing here may still build it.
| Champion | Picks | Win rate |
|---|---|---|
| Seraphine | 9,709 | 55.30% |
| Nami | 9,576 | 54.60% |
| Lulu | 9,253 | 51.50% |
| Milio | 6,006 | 51.32% |
| Yuumi | 4,384 | 52.71% |
| Karma | 4,370 | 57.15% |
| Soraka | 3,162 | 57.20% |
| Sona | 2,856 | 56.46% |
| Janna | 1,592 | 53.47% |
| Zilean | 1,180 | 55.05% |
Where a champion runs the item in more than one build, the figures come from the build with the most picks. Nothing is averaged.
Items built alongside it
How often each item appeared in the same build. This is co-occurrence, not synergy — items favoured by popular champions rise to the top.
About the data on this page
Stats and item effects are transcribed from the game, with changes from later patches taken from the official patch notes. Pick counts and win rates are the values shown on the in-game loadout screen’s "Popular" tab between 2026-08-26 and 2026-10-07.