Unending Despair

LoL item, Legendary, patch 26.20. Unending Despair costs 2,800 gold and gives 400 Health, 50 Armor, and 15 Ability haste. 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

Unending Despair Stats and Cost

Unending Despair costs 2,800 gold on patch 26.20 and gives 400 Health, 50 Armor, and 15 Ability haste. Bought with its components, the last step costs 800 gold, and selling it gives back 1,960. Its stats are worth 2,817 gold at the prices of the basic items, which makes it 101% gold efficient before its passive.

Unending Despair stats and cost
StatValue
Health400
Armor50
Ability haste15
Total cost (gold)2,800
Combine cost (gold)800
Sell value (gold)1,960
Stat value (gold)2,817
Gold efficiency101%
TierLegendary
MapsSummoner's Rift and ARAM

What Unending Despair Does

  • Anguish: Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.

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.

Unending Despair Build Path

Unending Despair is built from Chain Vest, Kindlegem, and Ruby Crystal and builds into no other item. Component prices are in brackets.

Built from

Builds into

Unending Despair does not build into another item.

Champions That Build Unending Despair Most

30 of the 3,090 Master+ players sampled on patch 26.20 ended the game with Unending Despair, and they won 53.3% of those games.

Champions that build Unending Despair most in Master+ on patch 26.20
ChampionGames with itShare of the champion's gamesWin rate
Ornn737%28.6%
Sion556%80.0%
Cho'Gath512%60.0%
Sejuani360%33.3%
K'Sante319%0.0%

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 Unending Despair; follow a champion to see its whole build.

Is Unending Despair 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. Unending Despair's stats are worth 2,817 gold for a price of 2,800: 101%. 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 Unending Despair cost in LoL?

2,800 gold on patch 26.20. The last step after its components costs 800 gold, and it sells for 1,960.

What stats does Unending Despair give?

400 Health, 50 Armor, and 15 Ability haste.

Is Unending Despair gold efficient?

Its stats are worth 2,817 gold for a price of 2,800, which is 101% gold efficient before its passive and active.

What is Unending Despair built from?

Unending Despair is built from Chain Vest, Kindlegem, and Ruby Crystal, and builds into no other item.

Which champions build Unending Despair most?

In Master+ ranked games on patch 26.20, Ornn, Sion, and Cho'Gath build Unending Despair most.

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