Slowing down your opponents is crucial in League of Legends. It allows for strategic decision-making, whether you’re chasing or trying to escape. Slows are beneficial for every role in the game and some abilities even have additional effects when the target is already slowed.
There are several items that slow your opponents upon contact. The most renowned is Everfrost, followed by Rylai’s Crystal Scepter, Serylda’s Grudge, and Frostfire Gauntlet. These items are commonly used when facing mobile enemy compositions. Other lesser-known items with slowing effects include Stormrazor, Blade of the Ruined King (BoRK), Dead Man’s Plate, Duskblade of Draktharr, Randuin’s Omen, and Turbo Chemtank.
Each item has a unique percentage slow and some have prerequisites to fully activate their slows. Let’s take a closer look at how each item works individually.
Major Slowing Items
Everfrost: This item’s active ability, Glaciate, deals magic damage in a cone and slows enemies hit by 65% for 1 second. If the enemy is hit in the middle of the cone, they are rooted instead of slowed.
Rylai’s Crystal Scepter: This item has a passive ability that slows enemies hit by damaging abilities by 30% for 1 second. It synergizes well with champions like Swain or Malzahar.
Serylda’s Grudge: It provides increased AD and its passive ability slows enemies hit by damaging abilities by 30% for 1 second.
Frostfire Gauntlet: This mythic item creates a frosted field where you attack the enemy, slowing enemies that move across it. Melee champions are slowed by 25% while ranged champions are slowed by 12.5%.
Stridebreaker: This bruiser-mythic item’s active ability, Halting Slash, deals AD damage and slows enemy units in its radius by 40% for 3 seconds. It’s ideal for champions like Darius and Garen.
Stormrazor: This ADC item’s passive ability, Paralyze, allows you to slow enemies by 75% for 0.5 seconds on energized attacks.
Minor Slowing Items
Blade of the Ruined King (BoRK): This item steals your target’s movement speed, making it great for 1v1 duels.
Dead Man’s Plate: The item’s passive ability, Shipwrecker, grants a movement speed bonus that can be discharged on an attack to deal damage and slow the target.
Duskblade of Draktharr: This assassin-mythic item’s passive ability slows enemies by 99% for 0.25 seconds on melee attacks.
Randuin’s Omen: Its active ability, Humility, slows nearby enemies by 99% for 0.25 seconds while also reducing their attack damage and critical damage.
Turbo Chemtank: The active ability, Supercharged, grants a movement speed bonus and emits a shockwave that slows nearby enemy champions.
Slowing items are essential for gaining an advantage in the game. Experiment with these items to see how they affect your gameplay.
[Watch this video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/23ntUv4sF-s) to learn more about slowing items in League of Legends.