Winter's Approach — Effect, Stats and Cost
Cost 2,600G
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
- +500 Max Health
- +500 Max Mana
- +15 Ability Haste
Item Effects
- Awe
- Gain bonus Health equal to 15% of max Mana and refund 15% of total Mana spent.
- Mana Charge
- Basic attacks, Mana expenditure, and taking damage from champions, structures, and epic monsters grant 14 max Mana. This effect grants up to 700 max Mana and can trigger at most 3 times every 10 seconds. At 700 bonus Mana, this item transforms into Fimbulwinter. Limited to one Tear of the Goddess item.
Winter's Approach patch history
Figures are as written in the official patch notes; the commentary is ours.
Winter's Approach
Patch 7.3Base Stats
- Build PathTear of the Goddess (500) + Giant's Belt (1000) + 1100 → Tear of the Goddess (400) + Giant's Belt (1000) + Kindlegem (1000) + 200
- Max Health350 → 500
- AWE:
- Gain bonus Health equal to 15% of max Mana and refund 15% of total Mana spent.
- Mana Charge:
- Basic attacks, Mana expenditure, and taking damage from champions, structures, and epic monsters grant 14 max Mana. This effect grants up to 700 max Mana and can trigger at most 3 times every 10 seconds. Limited to one Tear of the Goddess item.
Our take
150 more max Health. Kindlegem joins the recipe, which still totals 2600 gold.
Champions who build Winter's Approach
Read from the "Popular" tab on the in-game loadout screen. Across 314 builds covering 142 champions, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blitzcrank | 3,695 | 56.50% |
| Skarner | 3,168 | 57.52% |
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.