Dead Man's Plate

LoL item, Legendary, patch 26.20. Dead Man's Plate costs 2,900 gold and gives 350 Health, 55 Armor, and 4% Move speed. Here is what it does, what it is built from, how gold efficient it is and which champions build it most in Master+ games.

Stats, prices, the recipe and the passive and active text come from Riot's Data Dragon for the current patch. The champions table counts the final items of ranked Solo/Duo games of Master+ players on the same patch.

Updated October 2026 · By LOLValue Team

Dead Man's Plate Stats and Cost

Dead Man's Plate costs 2,900 gold on patch 26.20 and gives 350 Health, 55 Armor, and 4% Move speed. Bought with its components, the last step costs 900 gold, and selling it gives back 2,030. Its stats are worth 2,333 gold at the prices of the basic items, which makes it 80% gold efficient before its passive.

Dead Man's Plate stats and cost
StatValue
Health350
Armor55
Move speed4%
Total cost (gold)2,900
Combine cost (gold)900
Sell value (gold)2,030
Stat value (gold)2,333
Gold efficiency80%
TierLegendary
MapsSummoner's Rift and ARAM

What Dead Man's Plate Does

  • Shipwrecker: While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage.
  • Unsinkable: Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 15%.

The text is Riot's item description for the current patch. Numbers that change with level or with your stats show in game when you hover the item.

Dead Man's Plate Build Path

Dead Man's Plate is built from Winged Moonplate, Ruby Crystal, and Chain Vest and builds into no other item. Component prices are in brackets.

Built from

Builds into

Dead Man's Plate does not build into another item.

Champions That Build Dead Man's Plate Most

68 of the 3,090 Master+ players sampled on patch 26.20 ended the game with Dead Man's Plate, and they won 50.0% of those games.

Champions that build Dead Man's Plate most in Master+ on patch 26.20
ChampionGames with itShare of the champion's gamesWin rate
Cho'Gath2151%47.6%
Darius1150%45.5%
Bard1161%54.5%
Poppy747%42.9%
Udyr646%66.7%
Garen320%100.0%

We read the ranked Solo/Duo match history of Master, Grandmaster and Challenger players through the Riot Games API and count the items each of the ten players ended the game with. Share is the part of a champion's games that ended with Dead Man's Plate; follow a champion to see its whole build.

Is Dead Man's Plate Gold Efficient?

Gold efficiency compares what an item's stats would cost if you bought them in basic items (Long Sword for attack damage, Amplifying Tome for ability power and so on) with the item's price. Dead Man's Plate's stats are worth 2,333 gold for a price of 2,900: 80%. Above 100% the stats alone are worth more than the item costs; the passive and active come on top and are not priced. The LoL items list ranks every item this way.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Dead Man's Plate cost in LoL?

2,900 gold on patch 26.20. The last step after its components costs 900 gold, and it sells for 2,030.

What stats does Dead Man's Plate give?

350 Health, 55 Armor, and 4% Move speed.

Is Dead Man's Plate gold efficient?

Its stats are worth 2,333 gold for a price of 2,900, which is 80% gold efficient before its passive and active.

What is Dead Man's Plate built from?

Dead Man's Plate is built from Winged Moonplate, Ruby Crystal, and Chain Vest, and builds into no other item.

Which champions build Dead Man's Plate most?

In Master+ ranked games on patch 26.20, Cho'Gath, Darius, and Bard build Dead Man's Plate most.

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