Staff of Flowing Waters — 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
- +10 Ability Haste
- +8% Heal and Shield Power
Item Effects
- Rapids
- Shielding or healing an allied champion other than yourself empowers both you and that champion for 6 seconds, granting 40 Ability Power and 15 Ability Haste.
Staff of Flowing Waters patch history
Figures are as written in the official patch notes; the commentary is ours.
Staff of Flowing Waters
Patch 7.3Base Stats
- Price2500 → 2400
- Health100 → 0
- Heal and Shield Power5% → 8%
- Ability Haste15 → 10
- Rapids:
- Shielding or healing an allied champion other than yourself empowers both you and that champion for 6 seconds, granting 40 Ability Power and 15 Ability Haste.
Our take
Health is gone and Ability Haste drops by 5, while Heal and Shield Power rises by 3 points and the price drops by 100.
Staff of Flowing Water
Patch 7.2Base Stats
- Price2600g → 2500g
- AP+45 → +50
- Ability Haste+20 → +15
Rapids
- Now also triggers when the target healed is already at full HP.
- Ability Haste Granted+10 → +15
- AP Granted+20-40 (based on champion level) → +30-50 (based on champion level)
Our take
Staff of Flowing Water gets 100 gold cheaper while both its own AP and the buff it passes on go up. Like Ardent Censer it now fires on full-health allies, so handing the buff out before a fight starts is a real option. Passing over +15 ability haste and up to +50 AP briefly lifts an allied mage or enchanter to roughly a full item ahead of where they actually are.
Staff of Flowing Waters
Patch 7.1bBase Stats
- Mana Regen+0 → +50%
Our take
Staff of Flowing Water picks up 50% mana regeneration. The item is built around repeatedly healing or shielding to empower an ally, and whether the mana holds out decides how much of that you actually deliver. In lane there is less reason to ration abilities, so you can match your partner's trades instead of watching the bar. It also removes much of the reason to detour into a separate mana item.
Staff of Flowing Waters
Patch 6.3fFlowing Water Staff
- Healing and shielding effects: reduced
- Base stats: adjusted
- This lands alongside the Ardent Censer change as part of a general pull-back on enchanter items. The smaller heals and shields make it harder for one support to keep a focused carry alive on their own. With the base stats reworked as well, the item is worth weighing against what the support's own abilities bring rather than buying it for the buff alone.
Champions who build Staff of Flowing Waters
Read from the "Popular" tab on the in-game loadout screen. Across 314 builds covering 142 champions, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nami | 9,576 | 54.60% |
| Lulu | 9,253 | 51.50% |
| Yuumi | 4,384 | 52.71% |
| Karma | 4,370 | 57.15% |
| Soraka | 3,162 | 57.20% |
| Janna | 1,592 | 53.47% |
| Zilean | 1,180 | 55.05% |
| Milio | 1,093 | 52.09% |
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.