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What is Spear of Shojin? \ud83d\udc09<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spear of Shojin is a legendary Fighter item<\/strong> in League of Legends, categorized under Attack Damage and Health & Regeneration in the item menu. It targets a specific archetype: melee fighters who cast multiple abilities in rapid succession during combat<\/strong> \u2014 champions whose damage model is built around short-cooldown ability rotations rather than auto-attack uptime or single-ability bursts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The item’s design is built around two distinct layers. DRAGONFORCE<\/strong> provides flat basic ability haste to accelerate your ability rotation speed. FOCUSED WILL<\/strong> then rewards that faster casting by building stacks that amplify all subsequent ability damage in the fight. The result is an item that pays dividends the longer a fight lasts and the more abilities you cast \u2014 which is precisely why it’s strongest on sustained skirmishers rather than burst assassins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is limited to 1 Spear of Shojin<\/strong> per champion and is available in SR 5v5, ARAM, Nexus Blitz, and Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcca Base Statistics & Cost<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Statistic<\/strong><\/td>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total Cost<\/td>3,100 Gold<\/td><\/tr>
Combine Cost<\/td>675 Gold<\/td><\/tr>
Sell Price<\/td>2,170 Gold<\/td><\/tr>
Attack Damage (AD)<\/td>+45<\/td><\/tr>
Health<\/td>+450<\/td><\/tr>
Basic Ability Haste<\/td>+25 (DRAGONFORCE passive)<\/td><\/tr>
Item ID<\/td>3161<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd28 Recipe & Components<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spear of Shojin builds from two components that split between pure AD and health \u2014 keeping the build path flexible enough to accommodate multiple back timings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Component<\/strong><\/td>Cost<\/strong><\/td>Notes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Pickaxe<\/td>875 Gold<\/td>Pure AD input \u2014 provides early damage before first back<\/td><\/tr>
Tunneler<\/td>1,150 Gold (+400 combine)<\/td>Health + AD combo component \u2014 Long Sword + Ruby Crystal<\/td><\/tr>
Long Sword<\/td>350 Gold<\/td>Part of Tunneler \u2014 cheap AD starter<\/td><\/tr>
Ruby Crystal<\/td>400 Gold<\/td>Part of Tunneler \u2014 health foundation<\/td><\/tr>
Ruby Crystal (standalone)<\/td>400 Gold<\/td>Second Ruby Crystal in the recipe tree \u2014 health stacking<\/td><\/tr>
Combine Cost<\/td>675 Gold<\/td>Final assembly<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/td>3,100 Gold<\/td>Complete Spear of Shojin<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2694\ufe0f Passive Mechanics: DRAGONFORCE & FOCUSED WILL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spear of Shojin’s two passives work in direct tandem \u2014 DRAGONFORCE accelerates how frequently you cast abilities, and FOCUSED WILL converts that casting frequency into stacking damage amplification. Understanding both and their specific edge cases is what separates average from optimal Shojin usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DRAGONFORCE \u2014 Basic Ability Haste<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DRAGONFORCE grants 25 basic ability haste<\/strong> \u2014 specifically for basic abilities, not ultimate abilities. This distinction matters: champions who rely heavily on their ultimate for burst (like Darius or Sett) gain less value from DRAGONFORCE than champions whose basic abilities (Q, W, E) form the backbone of their rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What 25 basic ability haste actually means: <\/strong>With 0 ability haste, a 6-second cooldown ability is on a 6-second cooldown. At 25 ability haste, that same ability has an effective cooldown of 4.8 seconds \u2014 a 20% reduction in cooldown<\/strong>. For fighters who cast multiple short-cooldown abilities per fight, this translates directly to more FOCUSED WILL stacks per second of combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOCUSED WILL \u2014 Stacking Damage Amplification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every time you deal ability damage or pet damage sourced from a non-innate ability<\/strong>, you generate 1 FOCUSED WILL stack. Stacks last 6 seconds and cap at 4. Each stack grants 3% increased damage<\/strong> to ability damage, pet damage, and proc damage sourced from non-item abilities \u2014 for a maximum of 12% increased damage at 4 stacks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical timing detail: <\/strong>The triggering ability hit does NOT benefit from any stacks. The first ability hit generates stack 1, the second ability hit benefits from 1 stack, the third benefits from 2 stacks, and so on. FOCUSED WILL rewards ability rotations, not single-cast bursts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1 Stack Generation \u2014 What Counts, What Doesn’t<\/strong>GRANTS stacks: ability damage and pet damage from NON-INNATE abilitiesGRANTS stacks (special cases): Rengar’s Unseen Predator, Skarner’s Shattered Earth, Urgot’s Echoing Flames (developer-cased to allow stacking)Does NOT grant stacks: abilities originating from basic attacks \u2014 Fizz’s Seastone Trident persistent damage, Ivern’s Brushmaker, Udyr’s Wilding Claw StanceDoes NOT grant stacks: pet damage from abilities summoned by INNATE passivesNOT AMPLIFIED: Aphelios’ Crescendum bonus damage, Malphite’s Thunderclap coneBUG (documented): FOCUSED WILL stacks DO amplify Dead Man’s Plate’s Shipwrecker passive damageEach cast instance can only grant one stack per second maximum \u2014 rapid multi-hit abilities don’t generate multiple stacks per second<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Stack Damage Math \u2014 What 12% Actually Delivers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The maximum 12% increased damage at 4 stacks is a meaningful number in a sustained fight. Here’s the practical output across representative damage values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Base Ability Damage<\/strong><\/td>At 1 Stack (+3%)<\/strong><\/td>At 2 Stacks (+6%)<\/strong><\/td>At 3 Stacks (+9%)<\/strong><\/td>At 4 Stacks (+12%)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
500 damage<\/td>515 damage<\/td>530 damage<\/td>545 damage<\/td>560 damage<\/td><\/tr>
800 damage<\/td>824 damage<\/td>848 damage<\/td>872 damage<\/td>896 damage<\/td><\/tr>
1200 damage<\/td>1236 damage<\/td>1272 damage<\/td>1308 damage<\/td>1344 damage<\/td><\/tr>
2000 damage<\/td>2060 damage<\/td>2120 damage<\/td>2180 damage<\/td>2240 damage<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Key insight: <\/strong>FOCUSED WILL rewards fights where you cast 4+ abilities in quick succession. In short engagements (1-2 ability casts), the stacking bonus barely activates. In extended skirmishes where you can full-rotate multiple times, the 12% cap is active for a substantial portion of the fight \u2014 which is when it shifts the damage output meaningfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u26a0\ufe0f FOCUSED WILL Doesn’t Buff the Triggering Hit<\/strong>This is the most commonly misunderstood mechanic on Spear of Shojin.The first ability that generates stack 1 does NOT benefit from any amplification \u2014 the stack is gained after the damage is applied.The amplification from stack 1 applies to the SECOND ability cast, stack 2 applies to the THIRD, and so on.In practice: you need at least 2 ability casts to get any FOCUSED WILL damage bonus at all.Short-rotation champions (one heavy hit, then disengage) get essentially no FOCUSED WILL value.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f Arena Mode \u2014 Map-Specific Differences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stat<\/strong><\/td>SR 5v5 \/ ARAM<\/strong><\/td>Arena<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Attack Damage<\/td>+45<\/td>+40<\/td><\/tr>
Health<\/td>+450<\/td>+350<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Arena reduces both the base AD and health values. The passives \u2014 DRAGONFORCE and FOCUSED WILL \u2014 remain identical in Arena. The stat reduction is modest enough that Spear of Shojin still performs well in Arena for its target champions, particularly because frequent ability casting in Arena’s condensed fights means faster stack accumulation<\/strong> and higher FOCUSED WILL uptime than in the stretched laning phase of SR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfaf Best Champions for Spear of Shojin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spear of Shojin performs best on fighters whose damage identity is multi-ability rotations with short individual cooldowns<\/strong>. The 25 basic ability haste from DRAGONFORCE needs abilities short enough to cycle rapidly, and FOCUSED WILL needs at least 4 ability hits per fight window to reach max stacks. Champions with long ability cooldowns or single-ability burst patterns don’t meet these conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Ideal Picks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n