Sivir Build Guide by Meridianprime

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Ladies and Gentlemen!

I proudly present to you this guide about Sivir which has achieved top rated ideal champion guide on MobaFire as of date February 1st 2012 around 6pm GMT+1 timezone. I thank everyone that has contributed to this champion's reborn image! Never thought from the gutter people think she came from, that one day I would come home from work, log on to MobaFire and see my guide to be above all the others. This moment means a lot to me!! To Sivir and to the whole community that benefits from all the patience and efforts people put in to help me create the guide as it is today.

Thank you so much!!

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GETTHERAX
'READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!', the boy shouts on the corner of the street.
And why?, we wonder...

Here is why! Sivir got herself a spot on a article written by Stevo's in his top 20 LOL guides! The link to his website with a lot of LOL news and other articles.
Stevo's GETTHERAX Website

Big credits to him!!

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LIVE STREAM!!

For those who requested me to watch me play, I have set up a Live stream on own3d.tv.
For now I will post it in this section of the guide, but will move on to the match recording chapter soon. Since this is the first chapter, everyone will see it sooner.

Link to my live stream is Meridianprime channel Follow me up under Meridianprime. Stream times will be around 6pm (GMT+1) till midnight (GMT+1) timezone.

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REQUESTS
I like to ask you all to help me get this Sivir guide to maintain the best for the community to use.
For that I like to alternate the chapter : Sivir vs Champ X, in how you like to have it formatted, what information you like to have me put in here. It has to be short and to the point.
Please send in your idea's and information to my Inbox.
Based on the reactions I will redo this chapter and put your name down in Credits :)

Thank you!

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Latest guide patch notes

April 1 2013

• Updated the guide suitable for Season 3
• Altered the layout of some chapters.
• Removed lots of obsolete text

Greetings summoners and welcome!

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I'm Meridianprime, level 30 and playing on the EU servers. After playing a few introduction matches as Ashe, a champion rotation forced me to pick another champion. I simply picked one from the new selection that I also saw during a practice match with bots. Sivir was my choice due to her similarity as ranged, easy to play champion. Later on I discovered there is actually a HUGE difference between Ashe and Sivir concerning viability. Since I love a challenge in games, I kept playing her, making the best out of an unloved, unwanted, overlooked champion. Here I am, making this guide for other players that like to try out and learn more about Sivir. My efforts of making her be loved again, understood and NOT to be underestimated!! So... what have I done to create this guide? Reading and testing other guides on Mobafire Using a champion build program to compare items on LeagueCraft Created an Excel sheet to compare battle results based on item choices Experience from nearly 1000 games ( This includes custom made games with bots / friends prior to the Co-op vs. AI mode ) For my exact game count on queued game modes check LoLStatistics.com Learn and listen to other players with more experience Be creative forming your knowledge in a pleasant to read guide ( See Credits section for more details )

Please feel free to express your thoughts, relevant information, constructive criticism and other points of improvements in the comment section FAAAAAARRRR below. I hope you enjoy reading all this as it was for me to write. Thank you for your time!

This guide is about... (READ ME!!!)

As stated in the previous chapter, the comment section is FAAAAARRRR below and with that I meant to say this guide is LONG!! So before you read all of this, it's always handy to tell people what to expect from a guide before reading everything. Here I summarize the highlights.

What to expect

• A very in-depth guide about how to play Sivir and explaining her role as PUSHER / Carry
• A large variety of builds, recommended setups to suit your play style and situational items
• A full list of her Spell Shield. What spells CAN be blocked and their difficulty / priorities
• Chronological explanatory how to get your Core Build with many alternatives based on the flow of the match
• Print screens and recorded games as proof of viability

What you won’t get

• Another "Yay I'm Sivir, she is hot so I'll just let you know" guide
• A cooking recipe
• If I’m missing any viable information vital to her gameplay, please tell me so I can add it

Pros / Cons

Now that you know something about me and the guide in general. Lets view in on the champion Sivir itself. What is her power and her weakness.

Some champions are good in taking damage ( Amumu, Alistar, Rammus), others can jungle better ( Warwick, Shaco) or excel in ganking ( Nocturne). Some can support another by healing ( Taric), shielding ( Kayle), buffing ( Sona) or stunning the opponents like ( Leona).
The ability to auto attack 6 targets, shield a hostile ability, enhancing every allied unit nearby. Sivir can PUSH like no other. All those goodies have their downfall...

Avoid her CONS and exploit her PROS and you shall have joy playing her.

P R O S

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+ Best pusher (still is even after the remake) + Turns a fight when mastering Spell Shield + Strong sub level 6 laning capacity + Easy to farm minions wave after wave + Good base defender

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C O N S

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- Extremely Squishy - Targeted first in team fights - Short auto attack range - Needs to farm - No CC

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Masteries

The tiny pieces of a puzzle that makes a difference. As an AD carry, Sivir runs good on the following 21/9/0 set up.

+ Boosting up her offences on her auto attack in many ways possible to deal a counting blow!
+ Giving her the extra defense and HP for when she faces other AD carries.

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+3 AD : You are an AD carry, every AD is very much wanted to fulfill your role.

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+4% AS : More attack speed means better use of Sivir's passive, plus it speeds up her attack animation.

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+12 AD at level 18 : More AD each level, good to increase that dmg per hit before any mayor items are purchased.

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+8% ArPen : Her attacks ignores 10% of the enemies armor, thus more damage per hit. Specially when things gets tanky.

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+5% CrD : Not that you going to crit that often, but those critical hits will damage 5% more. For harassing hits will sometimes be painful and force them to go back to base.

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Attack speed on crit is very nice, specially mid / late game.

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On rank 3 its 2% more dmg. Every bit helps.

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+6 ArPen : Ignoring armor and deal more damage. Works well early on when armor isn't a big role yet. This also means minions dying faster making last hitting less of a pain.

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+5% DMG on targets <50% HP : More damage to those ballzy enough to stick around sub 50% hp. Very nice early game

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+2 MR : Some extra magic resistance for those harassing spells.

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+5 Armor : HP going down just a bit slower to make a difference when invading at level 1 and early lane sustain.

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+6 HP per Level : Leveling up now gives you 6 more HP then normal. That is 108 extra HP by the time you reach level 18.

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+30 HP : Instantly having 30 more HP at level 1 is significantly for those DMG trades.

Runes

There are many runes out there. Some are good for tanks, others for junglers, some for late game and others early game. Sivir is definitely a late game champion. Boosting up this late game will of course make her insanely strong.
BUT!
You have to make sure you farm and survive your early and mid game or there is nothing shiny about her extreme aligned late game runes! Therefore we pick the following runes to make Sivir overall excellent!

M A R K S

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Though ArP runes are best at late game. AD runes show a much better result after the remake of Sivir.

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S E A L S

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Having armor is a good way to sustain in the laning phase. Losing less HP makes a difference. Just be careful not to waste mana!

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G L Y P H S

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Any runes of survivability without losing other vital part results in these MR glyphs, giving her quite a boost against early game abilities.

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Q U I N T S

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As stated at the Marks, AD will give Sivir the upper hand in the laning phase as well to counter any champ trading hits.

The runes shown as above are tested, number crunched and displayed/compared in graphical tables to be the best fitting in AD carry champions (at least for Sivir). The knowledge on this comes from Theory crafter veteran : Searz. Please pay a visit and respect for his contribution.

Summoner Spells

Somewhat questionable by a variety amount of players. Mainly due play style, personal preference and from good/bad experience. Here I will show you a table of what spells you should pick when you meet those requirements and or preferences.

Sivir's Abilities

F L E E T s O F s F O O T

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GENERAL USAGE After her remake, it no longer grant you dodge chance on basic attacks while Sivir is moving. Instead RIOT made her passive in a way that she can be more effective early game. Now it will increase your speed by 50 for 2 seconds every time you hit an enemy champion with basic attacks. Meaning as soon you have an upper hand situation, chase down the enemy back to their turret (If they make it back that is...) CHASE MODE Best way to use it is to start attacking from brushes while being at a range smaller than 400. So you can hit the champion again the moment your auto attack resets. In between you move Sivir in the direction they are escaping (or will escape...) KITE MODE Another way of using this is to kite them. e.g. Tryndamere sub level 6 can't do anything to you if you hit / run back / hit / run back. The increase of speed makes you stay at max range if he starts to chase you. When he backs out, use flash and perform the above method.

*SIDE NOTE*
If you prefer to play more aggressively. Take Q - W - Q - E first or Q - W - E - Q.
This allows you to take early domination in your lane. Very good vs some champions. So watch your laning opponents carefully and choose your sequence accordingly.

B O O M E R A N G B L A D E

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Her Boomerang Blade spell, a.k.a. mana suckage. Be careful when using this spells! It can clear out minion waves fast and get last hit on 2 or 3 of them per use. But it uses mana ALOT. Especially when leveling this baby up to level 4 or 5, it starts to use 90-110 mana. Try to hit them directly and on its way back for maximum damage. Considered to be the most damaging spell in the game at level 9, when used properly. See below the table of damage output. Table of damage output based on level 18 (~100 base AD) 190 bonus AD (2 Doran's Blade + The Bloodthirster + Infinity Edge) Incoming minion wave (6 of them) DMG reduction from armor not included!!! On it's Primary Route # Hit DMG % from First hit Total DMG done in % Total DMG done Minion hit Minion total DMG space 1st 100% 100% 480 1st 480 space 2nd 80% 180% 864 2nd 384 space 3rd 64% 244% 1171 3rd 307 space 4th 51% 295% 1417 4th 246 space 5th 41% 336% 1614 5th 197 space 6th 40% 376% 1806 6th 192 On it's return route # Hit Dmg % from First hit Total DMG done in % Total DMG done Minion hit Minion total DMG space 7th 40% 416% 1998 6th 384 space 8th 40% 456% 2190 5th 389 space 9th 40% 496% 2382 4th 438 space 10th 40% 536% 2574 3rd 499 space 11th 40% 576% 2766 2nd 576 space 12th 40% 616% 2958 1st 672

R I C O C H E T

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This spell has been remade. Instead of increasing its bounce amount at every level up. It now has a cooldown of 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 seconds instead of being a passive on your auto attack. What does this mean compare to the pre-remade Sivir. You are LESS effective during a mass amount of minions bashing your towers / base. BUT! You are MORE effective dealing burst damage, due to its 5 bounce even on level 1 and its additional ability damage per level up. (+80 at level 5) Little Pro-tip... When chasing an enemy but failing to deal the final blow, try to hit the next minion wave (3rd or 4th minion). Ricochet will bounce forward and might catch up and delivers the final hit! Table of damage output in % of your total AD of 300 (With thanks for Warlemming for the numbers) Ratio of your AD Attack type Total % of AD spa 100% Direct Hit 100% 380 spa 75% Bounce 175% 285 spa 56.25% Bounce 231.25% 214 spa 42.2% Bounce 273.45% 160 spa 31.6% Bounce 305.05% 120 spa 23.7% Last Hit 328.75% 90 TOTAL DAMAGE 1249

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This spell tells you when a Sivir player is Pro or not. Simply blocking a spell isn't rocket science. But since there are more than 100 different champions with all different abilities and effects. It’s only the master of Sivir that knows what spell is viable to block or not. The use of this spell determines the outcome of a fight mano-a-mano. On successful block you gain 150 mana back. Nice, but when people know this they can fake an attack and let you use Spell Shield for nothing. Losing those 75 mana will drain you if you aren't careful! Good to use when a team fight initiates, when escaping, when tower diving or when you backdoor / push the turret. A gank from the woods will be lethal and Spell Shield will just be enough to let you take down the turret before you die. A list of what it CAN and what you SHOULD block can be seen in the Chapter : Spell Shield Block List further below.

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Sivir's primary role is determined by her ultimate. Boosting up her own attack speed INSANELY as well as any allied minion / champion by halve of that. Plus a movement speed increased for all allies within or moving within range by 20%. A full use of her ultimate can take a turret down from full to none in early - mid game. In some late game situations even an entire base down to sunder within those precious 10 seconds. Using this to initiate with your minion wave just before getting in turret range will guarantee you to take it down and run off while still active for a few seconds. This makes you be safe before the ganking party arrives. Also to be used after a few seconds of an initiated team fight, since most fights starts by spamming abilities, On The Hunt only provides auto attacks. Or just to give a leading allied Champion the extra movement speed to catch an escaping enemy.

Core build

What’s a core build?
A core build is a set of items you NEED to buy in order to fulfill your role as the chosen champion and play style. These items are the only items you will buy in a normal smooth game. Sometimes you won’t even be able to purchase them all, simply of the fact the enemies surrendered after 20 minutes.
Here I shall explain to you the core build of Sivir as her main role to push towers. The faster you take them out the harder it will be for your enemies to grow stronger and the more dangerous it will for them to push back. This fact makes you have more control over the map, meaning a higher chance to achieve victory!

Advanced / familiar with Sivir + Doran's Blade + Boots of Speed >>> Berserker's Greaves + Vampiric Scepter + B. F. Sword >>> The Bloodthirster + B. F. Sword + Pickaxe >>> Infinity Edge + Zeal >>> Phantom Dancer __________________________________________ =

Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir + Faerie Charm x 2 + Boots of Speed >>> Ninja Tabi + Tear of the Goddess >>> Manamune + Catalyst the Protector + Negatron Cloak >>> Banshee's Veil + Vampiric Scepter + B. F. Sword >>> The Bloodthirster __________________________________________ =

This is where things begin, determine your lane and with who you are laning. Either solo mid or side lane. Communication is key here! If someone wants mid, just let them take it. You are more safe with a teammate and can easy get a kill, if your lane mate got a stun. But if you truly want to dominate the game, mid is your place. An experienced Sivir should get mid over any other champion. This way you can get to level 18 while others just got level 13-14 (top/bot) or 16 (mid)

S T A R T G A M E

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Advanced / familiar with Sivir It gives you considerable amount of HP on Sivir. A small life steal. Nothing fancy but adds up over time. And +10 AD. Now this is way more than 10% output increase which makes you last hit minions with more ease. Squeezing in a couple of hits here and there with or without Ricochet will set the enemy back without using your Boomerang Blade.

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Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir If you are not familiar playing Sivir or just new to LoL. Get to know how she moves, her attack animations, range etc... This is a good item to start out with. Once you feel confident enough to let go the extra mana regen and rely more on last hitting minions instead of harassing with that Boomerang Blade. Then it’s time for you to get Doran's Blade to start out with.

You may have nice life steal %, the fact you barely doing damage will result in a small HP return per hit. Plus the enemy will be like... "So you are near full hp... you are just tickling me. I’m not going to back out for you". So its an okay item, just not the right time to get one.
Secondly, you don't want to be auto-attacking to push your lane, leaving you vulnerable to ganks from the jungle. Focus on last hitting only as much possible does not synergize with Vampiric Scepter

E A R L Y G A M E

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Advanced / familiar with Sivir and If your laning goes smooth and you don't need to recall, don't… but when you do, fashion yourself up with a pair of Berserker's Greaves Or else make a quick recall and settle for Boots of Speed until you have enough gold for an upgrade. It speeds you up as well as giving you more DPS. Sometimes when laning is rough a 2nd Doran's Blade first is a way to turn the tide. After that continue with getting boots upgrades. When you have the boots and are a few levels higher, getting a Vampiric Scepter will serve you right at this time in game. Giving you a somewhat noticeable hp return per hit.

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Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir and Keep killing minions with your Boomerang Blade. With the regen you have that shouldn't be a problem. Play defensive and just get the gold. When you have enough money you can call back and get Ninja Tabi plus some extra mana with Sapphire Crystal before upgrading to Tear of the Goddess in the early / mid game. If things go rough and you get blocked from last hitting, just let the wave go to your tower and try to last hit the minion that your tower is attacking. Start out with Boots of Speed if necessary and upgrade it later to Ninja Tabi and Sapphire Crystal

Laning phase is somewhat unstable and people starts to gank / jungle more often. This is where you should be careful pushing turrets. They starting to toss out their ultimates / flashes and other tricks to get a lane cleared from you. Monitor the behavior of your enemy. If they appear to be doing different things, be warned there might be a gank upcoming. If they needlessly backing out or "luring you" there might be another in the brush waiting for you to fall for it! This require experience to notice.

E A R L Y / M I D G A M E

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Advanced / familiar with Sivir or Now it's time to get some serious damage output. Last hitting minions like before, maybe with a little more harassment with Ricochet. This might just make the enemy back off and miss out vital gold. Giving you this advantage early game only results in a fed mid game!! When you do it like this start with the B. F. Sword, which unfortunately has no sub items to upgrade to. When things go rough it's a pain for you... due to no sub items upgrading to a B. F. Sword, its wise to start out with an other item : Pickaxe for only a bit more then halve the gold. Not recommended but sometimes choices aren't fair... OR push aggressively with your Boomerang Blade and stay on the safe side. This makes you sure to get kills from a longer range. Go back as soon you can afford : B. F. Sword

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Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir and Keep hording up those minions on your account with your Boomerang Blade With the amount of mana having right now, you should be able to buy a Tear of the Goddess quite fast. Call back as soon you can afford it so you can start increasing your mana, due to it's passive effect, by using auto attacks and abilities! Keep farming like this until you you're able to get Catalyst the Protector This ups your mana and HP to surive better, plus now you gain considerable HP and Mana back as you level. It's like a built-in potion.

E A R L Y / M I D G A M E

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Advanced / familiar with Sivir and In this stage of the match people will most likely try to kill you more often. A face 2 face fight can happen and you really want to win! because losing a fight might also mean losing your lane... thus your tower. Racking up those waves and keep them away from your tower. Buy a The Bloodthirster for those 1 vs 1 moments. This weapon makes a difference!! With her fast pace farming they won't win. After this you might want to build towards an Infinity Edge, starting with a Pickaxe. Depending on your game flow in previous stages in the game, buy accordingly towards finishing The Bloodthirster and Pickaxe

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Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir and While you increase your mana per auto attack and ability use, regaining hp and mana per level up. It's now time to get more damage!! Manamune reflects its damage output towards the total amount of mana you have. Time to aim for their towers with your team. Slowly poking hits on their towers make them angry. You should no doubt be attacked in some way. Therefore we take precautions by grabbing some resistance towards magical abilities. A Negatron Cloak is a great addition! Together with your Catalyst the Protector will later be a sweet upgrade. (read next stage for more)

Many out there starts with this combo. To make your core build be overall effective, this item should not be bought this early in the game. Like the scepter to start with, good item, just not the right time. But why? Let’s sum up the plus and minus.

+ More attack speed + Huge crit chance + Small run speed bonus

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- You still have low damage output - Boomerang Blade gets no love - Turrets ignore crit damage

M I D G A M E

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Advanced / familiar with Sivir and In the mid game we focus on boosting up your DPS. This helps you in team fight, taking down towers and visit some red / blue buff camps. And I don't need to tell you that waves of minions now virtually die with 1 Boomerang Blade and a well placed Ricochet. Buying gradually to the end items Infinity Edge and Phantom Dancer, enemies will have no way of being a step ahead of you. Farm and buy starting out with another B.F. Sword. With On The Hunt that AD will turn to get ugly for the enemies. After a bit, we crank up the attack speed. With Zeal we get a nice deal for out gold. Adding Attack speed, we also getting crit chance to make Sivir's initial hits count for 2 AND... 8% movement speed for getting on the spot faster.

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Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir and Team fights starts to break out! What to do? Well, at first, don't panic! We are going to play defensive behind the front line. Let your tank do the initiatives, while you keep poking them with your Boomerang Blade. Slowly taking down their HP will ensure you not to get jumped so swiftly. Upgrading 2 of your items into a Banshee's Veil will give you a 2nd Spell Shield every 30 seconds after you got hit by an ability. Good for when you accidently miss-clicked or someone jumped you from the brush. Secondly we start out with Vampiric Scepter A low life steal will overtime fill your hp bar with green color. Play defensively and you have no problem staying near the battle.

M I D / L A T E G A M E

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Advanced / familiar with Sivir and Now it is time to make a your move. The time in the match to step ahead of the others. Purchasing your Infinity Edge and Phantom Dancer will certainly turn team fights into your teams account. Even though there are skeptic opinions about crit items benefiting Sivir due to the mechanism of critical hits applying to ONLY the initial hit, the overall damage output will still be greater than having another The Bloodthirster. However the life steal is lower, so we may have to give the latter another spot in your inventory discussed in the next chapter.

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Beginners / unfamiliar with Sivir Little girls become big. Hence a The Bloodthirster will fall right worthy into the hands of Sivir at this point in game. Increasing your damage output with every kill, you no doubtingly can survive a vast amount of offenses. Gather your team and pick a lane, because Sivir is here to make short terms of those towers! Don't forget to ask your team for a quick assist for red buff. Now you are equipped with Mana, regen, HP, double shield, life steal and a whole lot of AD to HIT LIKE SHE MEANS IS!

L A T E G A M E

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Now that we are now out of the early and mid-game, the match should be over. At this point you have your core items to put Sivir in a very nice overall damage dealer. High base damage for turrets making her dps in conjunction with On The Hunt beastly. And those armor reduction and life steal makes a strong addition of taking a team fight in your favor. Plus you life steal so much that Thornmail won’t hurt you that much anymore. The following items are to be planned depending the enemy team setup / skills and tower awareness!!! Sometimes I fight good teams but they lack attending their tower defense. Perfect for Sivir to get even stronger and push those lanes / teleport and push another while your team pushes the 3rd. In the next chapter you will have to pick what path you want to follow, based on the flow of the match. To summarize your role now is simple. You dominate anything at this point, BUT please don’t get cocky… You are still squishy so push when they aren’t looking Let your tank initiate Bring CC friends Don’t buy front row tickets in team fights Use your current build wisely and no enemy can retaliate

Path builds (choose one)

In my experience the game should be over by now. Either by a Victory or Defeat. But in some cases you will find yourself a game where both teams are determined to win and keep the odds equal. In this chapter I will explain what you should do with your last 2 item slots based on the flow of the match. Once you have possession of your core items and the game does not seem to be over, you want to know what to spend your gold on. Below here show you some of the possible item combinations you should pick.

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Matches where nothing special happens and both teams are equally skilled, but just takes longer then the average game. Your way of obtaining objectives, team fights, lane control are going just fine, but it just ends up being a tie. Suit yourself up for a large variety of possible strategies, since there is still no way how to pin them down.

Why
Your core items will make you deal the essential dps to deal with their squishies, pushing lanes. But you can only do that once you broke through their defences. Tanks / Bruisers are the most common standing in your way. These will be packed with armor and hit points. Last Whisper is the item that will deal with any armored foe with great potential.
While Guardian Angel will protect you from those AOE abilities as well as any enemy having their eyes on taking you down first. Also once the fight is over and you managed to ACE the enemy team. You want to be the one alive making good use of it instead of your tank or AP carry. So you can push a lane and take down a turret or inhibitor.




So matches aren't always the same, we know.
So matches doesn’t go as you like them to go, we know.
So some enemies aren’t your daily cup of tea.

Guess what?

We know!

Blindly following the "standard" items sometimes isn't enough and counter measures need to be made. Here I will describe some paths that you can choose from to ensure the odds to be on your side.





Sivir, who is that? Yes many don’t like her, many don’t play her, many don’t like her role and find her useless. But there are those that knows damn well what she is made of. To those few the path of the Survivor is the way to go.
Boosting your longevity in fights and pushing towers while someone ganks without dying in a few seconds. Choose this path when you are on the losing edge and need to counter attack their strategy.



When
Pick one of these items (or both) if the enemy team has many AD aligned champs and have their eyes focussed on you. Thornmail is cheap and will deal more dmg once you get hit then an expensive AD item. Randuin's Omen will shut down their dps, by lowering their attack speed and movement speed upon getting hit. Also adding tons of hit points to survive an extra hit or 2.

Why
These items are cheap and can counter their offenses. A fully decked Tryndamere or Master Yi can crit you easily for 600-700 dmg. Now that number is reduced significantly. Also 30% of their dps will be returned on themselves. So basically you survive a few seconds longer, while they die a few seconds faster. With such opponents you deal more damage this way then you would have been doing building up halve the AD item (which in most cases are more expensive).




When
Pick one or both of them when the enemy team has many AP aligned champions. Champions like Veigar, Amumu can stun a large area that may include you. Or tossing out tons of AOE damage like Ziggs or Karthus. You want to be able to handle some of these flying around deadzones and still manage to pack a punch.

Why
Both of them provides quite high amounts of AD as well as an above average amount of MR. The AD perfectly synergyzes with Sivir's On The Hunt. While Maw of Malmortius adds an indirect 400 hp shield and AD depending on your remaining hp, Mercurial Scimitar cleanses you from any CC and counters champs with an AOE stun or slow.




When
Sometimes your team simply lacks the ability to pin them down. After every team fight they snipe one of your team members and run off. While Randuin's Omen slows down their offenses and increases your survivability. The Frozen Mallet will ensure they are not getting away unpunished! Not the largest amount of dps, but once they are caught with the effect of slow they can only survive by getting help or flash over the walls.

Why
There is nothing more annoying then a team that can't keep themselves alive due to the fact of lacking CC. Sivir doesn't come with any CC and relying on her ult alone isn't good enough. This way you can at least take an extra one or two down. Had plenty of matches with tons of damage in general, just no power to keep them in place.





You can't defend endlessly and in the late game everyone is decked out. So focus on how the game is won. Games are won by taking their Nexus, Nexus is taken down by destroying their towers.

When
Taking pure AD items is only ideal when you are not bothered with enemy champions. Make sure you have enough time to drill through their base. Also have a team member place a ward next to their base. Sometimes when you have a teleporting teammate, ask them to join your strike. This build should be made if your team can handle a push and defend as good as possible. Keep in mind that the enemy will respond to this and is calling back in no time. So have the remaining of your team ready to interrupt any recalls!

Why
These items will deal pure damage to structure. Crits and other effect won't work on them. AD in combination with Sivir's ult will deal insane dps. One well places teleport makes you drill towers so fast that you can finish it all by yourself. Just hit a few enemy minions to lifesteal hp back and keep on going! Taking down towers in matter of 5 seconds and inhibitors along with it as bonus, plus gets you out of the danger zone as the cherry on top.
Also with Shen / Pantheon / Twisted Fate ult. can make you even backdoor the rest in a blink of an eye so the enemy is forced to retreat or lose. While on the retreat your team can chase them / slow them, giving the backdoor team enough time to Finish the Nexus.

Link of a recorded match just like that at the end. See chapter "Match results (Screenshots / Recordings)" for more information.
Win game, enemy team pushed our base while we pushed theirs... faster =)



League of Legends has a dynamic game play. Adjust accordingly to what happens. No game is the same. Enemies aren't bots, they are unpredictable. The best way is to have experience which will grow over time. Don't expect to win just because you picked the items accordingly. It's a game of action and reaction. A combo of chance and skill. If they see you building offenses, expect to be shut down. It's like one big game of rock, paper and scissors. One strategy counters the other.
Expect the unexpected and always be one step ahead. One simple missclick or minor decision can make the difference between winning or losing.

Choose wisely summoner and grow stronger every game. Learn as much you can even if you face a rough start, harsh progression or even an enevitable defeat.

Primary role (GO or not?)

Every champion has its own unique role. Either being the tank / initiator, ganker, jungler, map awareness, pusher, carry, you name it. Sivir's role is PUSH and take down turrets. Sounds like child's play, but executing it correctly require some experience and skill. The timing on when you should GO or NOT is the question. Here I lay down some examples on when to GO and NOT.

GO

• Teleport up?
  Always notify your team on your Teleport timer. It makes them organize a "fake" push to draw enemy champions to their location at the time your Teleport is ready to be used. A good team will bait, lure, provoke or threatening them to take down a turret.
  This also works if they pushing you. Let your team defend (not initiate a team fight) poke them with range attacks to drop down their HP a little.
• Where are my enemies?
  You have either visual confirmation of all enemy champions or they are dead with quite enough deathtime left for you to take the tower.
• Minions nearby?
  Do you have a lane where your minions are about to reach their turret? If not they will be notified of your attempt long before you can commence the takedown. To increase your chances you should always keep your lanes pushed as far as safety allows you.
• Is my ultimate up?
  Without it makes it a lot harder to take down turrets as well getting your squishy *** back to safety.

When meeting all the requirement, you can initiate operation takedown.

1. Step outside visual range so enemies do not see you using your Teleport.
2. Teleport to a lane where minions are nearing their turret.
3. Use Ricochet on the 1st minion in the upcoming waves if you still need a little way to go before reaching their turret. And use Boomerang Blade to clear out the entire wave without standing still.
4. Final check on enemies to determine your safety timer (time you have left before they can gank you)
5. When still acceptable time is left, activate On The Hunt just before the minion wave enters the tower's range.
6. When you sense an enemy is missing from the field and might be coming for you. Either take the turret down and suffer a death or run for it if you think you cannot take it down in time.
7. Activate your Spell Shield in case they start out with a stun (like Ashe or Evelynn e.g.)
8. Try to position yourself away from the jungle so you have more reaction time for when they popping out of the jungle.
9. When the turret is down, RUN! If they ganked you and you cannot survive a run, FIGHT! Take down as much HP as possible. You might even take them out as well.
   (Recorded game with such moment --> Loss game, took a turret down while being ganked by Ashe and Akali, took them both down along with me.)
10. Run to a brush, call home and go shop. And simply kill time before Teleport is back up.

NOT

• When no enemies are visible
• When your lanes nearing your own turret. Pushing will take too long to stay unnoticed
• Low on HP unless you have good life steal
• Enemies have their Teleport spell or ability ready to use.
• Your team simply cannot handle a team fight (even plain defending and let you push)

If you still go... prepare to be flamed, cussed at, learn all form of noobism and get killed without a chance of not even reaching the turret or barely damage it.

Spell Shield Block List

Some changes have been made in this chapter.
- A new color has been introduced to indicate another form of priority. Mainly the Green and Yellow are spread among blue / green / yellow. Blue as being a truely free mana on choice e.g. Caitlyn's traps.
- Large pieces of text have been removed due to a high variety of gameplay, so its back to essential basics. Missing text underneath the spell will fill out overtime.

This is a rather LONG chapter, due to the immense amount of champions RIOT made for us.
Ever had those RPG games where you had those quick chart for bosses HP/Exp/Gold drop etc?
A Long list of weapons and their stats?
Well now you can rejoice that memory with a quick chart for Sivir's Spell Shield Block List.

Spell Shield Block list

• BLUE : Free mana spells by walking into the spell when you choose to.
• GREEN : Almost free mana spells, these are baitable, skills shots so you can also simply avoid it by walking another direction.
• YELLOW : These are locked on, easy/decent reactable spells but only deal damage.
• ORANGE : Hard to block spell since it near to insta-hit, can be used to fake an attack so Sivir will use her SS for nothing. Require skilled timing/anticipation to block it.
• RED : Should be BLOCKED at all times. Either due sick damage or a start of a deadly combo (e.g. stun or taunt)
• WHITE : UNBLOCKABLE, just try to avoid it or Tank & Spank.

Heimerdinger Ahri

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Essence Theft Ability proc. Block the ability = block the proc. Orb of Deception Better block the way back, due to true damage. Fox-Fire Blocks one out of the three Charm Tricky to block but important Spirit Rush Blocks one out of the three

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Heimerdinger Akali

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Twin Disciplines Ability proc. Block the ability = block the proc. Not the lifesteal part… Mark of the Assassin Easy to block but not adviced to bait her for it. Twilight Shroud Hurl your Boomerang Blade through it to scare her out of it Crescent Slash Melee range spell Shadow Dance Used to chase you, block the first to demoralize her

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Heimerdinger Alistar

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Trample Pulverize Used to position you for a headbutt into their team. Headbutt Knocks you back, sometimes it helps :) Triumphant Roar Unbreakable Will Pointless to fight him during this, unless he is the only target.

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Heimerdinger Amumu

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Cursed Touch Bandage Toss Block it on levels prior to ults / teamfights Despair Tantrum Melee range spell Curse of the Sad Mummy Block it after Bandage Toss on later levels / teamfights.

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Heimerdinger Anivia

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Rebirth Flash Frost Both pathing and blast can be blocked, but only 1 per SS. So block the blast or be out or Range of it. Crystallize It blocks you… even in Soviet Russia… Frostbite A spell used usually when you got chilled by her other spells. Glacial Storm

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Heimerdinger Annie

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Pyromania When this spell triggers the stun, it blocks the stun + spell. Disintegrate Baitable spell during early levels Incinerate Insta BBQ, baitablewhile standing near your minions Molten Shield Summon: Tibbers High damage and mostly linked with her stun (passive)

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Heimerdinger Ashe

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Focus Frost Shot Volley She can check brushes with it so be on your toes. Hawkshot Enchanted Crystal Arrow She usually pops it when you run away low HP / 1 vs 1 fights and to start a teamfight.

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Heimerdinger Blitzcrank

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Mana Barrier Rocket Grab Baitable but risky when you fail. Overdrive Power Fist A follow up spell after Rocket Grab or when you are too close to him. Static Field AoE nuke when activated.

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Heimerdinger Brand

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Blaze Ability proc. Block the ability = block the proc. Still procs on his auto attacks Sear Block it when you got his passive on you. Pillar of Flame A perfect cast isn't avoidable Conflagration Can be casted / blocked when it bounces of minions. Pyroclasm Do your team a favor and block it. It will stop the bounces.

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Heimerdinger Caitlyn

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Headshot Piltover Peacemaker Baitable while standing behind your minions. Yordle Snap Trap Free mana, pay attention to her when she places them in a brush. 90 Caliber Net Not often used, more an escape spell than offence purposes. Ace in the Hole EASY to block it but deals high dmg when you don't. Save your teammates!!

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Heimerdinger Cassiopeia

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Deadly Cadence Noxious Blast Miasma Twin Fang Petrifying Gaze

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Heimerdinger Cho'Gath

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Carnivore Rupture Knock up, usually followed by Feral Scream and Feast. Feral Scream Silencing in a cone. Mostly used to catch people that were knocked up. Vorpal Spikes Feast High damage melee range spell.

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Heimerdinger Corki

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Hextech Shrapnel Shells Phosphorus Bomb Valkyrie Gatling Gun Missile Barrage

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Heimerdinger Dr. Mundo

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Adrenaline Rush Infected Cleaver Burning Agony Masochism Sadism

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Heimerdinger Evelynn

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Determined Killer Hate Spike Shadow Walk Ravage Malice and Spite

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Heimerdinger Ezreal

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Rising Spell Force Mystic Shot Essence Flux Arcane Shift Trueshot Barrage

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Heimerdinger Fiddlesticks

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Dread Terrify Drain Dark Wind Crowstorm

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Heimerdinger Fizz

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Nimble Fighter Urchin Strike Seastone Trident Playful / Trickster Chum the Waters

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Heimerdinger Galio

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Runic Skin Resolute Smite Bulwark Righteous Gust Idol of Durand

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Heimerdinger Gangplank

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Grog Soaked Blade Parrrley Remove Scurvy Raise Morale Cannon Barrage

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Heimerdinger Garen

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Perseverance Decisive Strike Courage Judgment Demacian Justice

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Heimerdinger Gragas

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Happy Hour Barrel Roll Drunken Rage Body Slam Explosive Cask

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Heimerdinger Graves

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True Grit Buckshot Smoke Screen Quickdraw Collateral Damage

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Heimerdinger Heimerdinger

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Techmaturgical Repair Bots H-28G Evolution Turret Hextech Micro-Rockets CH-1 Concussion Grenade UPGRADE!!!

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Heimerdinger Irelia

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Ionian Fervor Bladesurge Hiten Style Equilibrium Strike Transcendent Blades

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Heimerdinger Janna

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Tailwind Howling Gale Zephyr Eye Of The Storm Monsoon

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Heimerdinger Jarvan IV

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Martial Cadence Dragon Strike Golden Aegis Demacian Standard Cataclysm

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Heimerdinger Jax

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Equipment Mastery Leap Strike Empower Counter Strike Relentless Assault

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Heimerdinger Karma

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Inner Flame Heavenly Wave Spirit Bond Soul Shield Mantra

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Heimerdinger Karthus

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Death Defied Lay Waste Wall of Pain Defile Requiem

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Heimerdinger Kassadin

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Void Stone Null Sphere Nether Blade Force Pulse Riftwalk

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Heimerdinger Katarina

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Voracity Bouncing Blade Killer Instincts Shunpo Death Lotus

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Heimerdinger Kayle

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Holy Fervor Reckoning Divine Blessing Righteous Fury Intervention

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Heimerdinger Kennen

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Mark of the Storm Thundering Shuriken Electrical Surge Lightning Rush Slicing Maelstrom

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Heimerdinger Kog'Maw

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Icathian Surprise Caustic Spittle Bio-Arcane Barrage Void Ooze Living Artillery

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Heimerdinger LeBlanc

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Mirror Image Sigil of Silence Distortion Ethereal Chains Mimic

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Heimerdinger Lee Sin

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Flurry Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike Safeguard / Iron Will Tempest / Cripple Dragon's Rage

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Heimerdinger Leona

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Sunlight Shield of Daybreak Eclipse Zenith Blade Solar Flare

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Heimerdinger Lux

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Illumination Light Binding Prismatic Barrier Lucent Singularity Finales FunkelnFinales Funkeln

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Heimerdinger Malphite

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Granite Shield Seismic Shard Brutal Strikes Ground Slam Unstoppable Force

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Heimerdinger Malzahar

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Summon Voidling Call of the Void Null Zone Malefic Visions Nether Grasp

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Heimerdinger Maokai

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Sap Magic Arcane Smash Twisted Advance Sapling Toss Vengeful Maelstrom

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Heimerdinger Master Yi

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Double Strike Alpha Strike Meditate Wuju Style Highlander

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Heimerdinger Miss Fortune

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Strut Double Up Impure Shots Make it Rain Bullet Time

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Heimerdinger Mordekaiser

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Iron Man Mace of Spades Creeping Death Siphon of Destruction Children of the Grave

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Heimerdinger Morgana

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Soul Siphon Dark Binding Tormented Soil Black Shield Soul Shackles

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Heimerdinger Nasus

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Soul Eater Siphoning Strike Wither Spirit Fire Fury of the Sands

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Heimerdinger Nautilus

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Staggering Blow Dredge Line Titan's Wrath Riptide Depth Charge

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Heimerdinger Nidalee

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Prowl Javelin Toss / Takedown Bushwhack / Pounce Primal Surge / Swipe Aspect Of The Cougar

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Heimerdinger Nidalee

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Prowl Javelin Toss / Takedown Bushwhack / Pounce Primal Surge / Swipe Aspect Of The Cougar

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Heimerdinger Nocturne

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Umbra Blades Duskbringer Shroud of Darkness Unspeakable Horror Paranoia

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Heimerdinger Nunu

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Visionary Consume Blood Boil Ice Blast Absolute Zero

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Heimerdinger Olaf

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Berserker Rage Undertow Vicious Strikes Reckless Swing Ragnarok

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Heimerdinger Orianna

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Clockwork Windup Command: Attack Command: Dissonance Command: Protect Command: Shockwave

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Heimerdinger Pantheon

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Aegis Protection Spear Shot Aegis of Zeonia Heartseeker Strike Grand Skyfall

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Heimerdinger Poppy

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Valiant Fighter Devastating Blow Paragon of Demacia Heroic Charge Diplomatic Immunity

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Heimerdinger Rammus

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Spiked Shell Powerball Defensive Ball Curl Puncturing Taunt Tremors

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Heimerdinger Renekton

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Reign of Anger Cull the Meek Ruthless Predator Slice and Dice Dominus

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Heimerdinger Riven

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Runic Blade Broken Wings Ki Burst Valor Blade of the Exile

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Heimerdinger Rumble

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Junkyard Titan Flamespitter Scrap Shield Electro-Harpoon The Equalizer

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Heimerdinger Ryze

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Arcane Mastery Overload Rune Prison Spell Flux Desperate Power

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Heimerdinger Sejuani

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Frost Arctic Assault Northern Winds Permafrost Glacial Prison

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Heimerdinger Shaco

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Backstab Deceive Jack In The Box Two-Shiv Poison Hallucinate

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Heimerdinger Shen

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Ki Strike Vorpal Blade Feint Shadow Dash Stand United

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Heimerdinger Shyvana

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Fury of the Dragonborn Twin Bite Burnout Flame Breath Dragon's Descent

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Heimerdinger Singed

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Empowered Bulwark Poison Trail Mega Adhesive Fling Insanity Potion

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Heimerdinger Sion

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Feel No Pain Cryptic Gaze Death's Caress Enrage Cannibalism

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Heimerdinger Sivir

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Fleet of Foot Boomerang Blade Ricochet Spell Shield On The Hunt

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Heimerdinger Skarner

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Energize Crystal Slash Crystalline Exoskeleton Fracture Impale

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Heimerdinger Sona

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Power Chord Hymn of Valor Aria of Perseverance Song of Celerity Crescendo

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Heimerdinger Soraka

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Consecration Starcall Astral Blessing Infuse Wish

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Heimerdinger Swain

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Carrion Renewal Decrepify Nevermove Torment Ravenous Flock

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Heimerdinger Talon

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Mercy Noxian Diplomacy Rake Cutthroat Shadow Assault

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Heimerdinger Taric

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Gemcraft Imbue Shatter Dazzle Radiance

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Heimerdinger Teemo

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Camouflage Blinding Dart Move Quick Toxic Shot Noxious Trap

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Heimerdinger Tristana

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Draw a Bead Rapid Fire Rocket Jump Explosive Shot Buster Shot

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Heimerdinger Trundle

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Decompose Rabid Bite Contaminate Pillar of Filth Agony

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Heimerdinger Tryndamere

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Battle Fury Bloodlust Mocking Shout Spinning Slash Undying Rage

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Heimerdinger Twisted Fate

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Loaded Dice Wild Cards Pick A Card Stacked Deck Destiny

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Heimerdinger Twitch

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Deadly Venom Ambush Debilitating Poison Expunge Spray and Pray

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Heimerdinger Udyr

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Monkey's Agility Tiger Stance Turtle Stance Bear Stance Phoenix Stance

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Heimerdinger Urgot

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Zaun-Touched Bolt Augmenter Acid Hunter Terror Capacitor Noxian Corrosive Charge Hyper-Kinetic Position ReverseHyper-Kinetic Position Reverse

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Heimerdinger Vayne

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Night Hunter Tumble Silver Bolts Condemn Final Hour

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Heimerdinger Veigar

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Equilibrium Baleful Strike Dark Matter Event Horizon Primordial Burst

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Heimerdinger Viktor

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Evolving Technology Power Transfer Gravity Field Death Ray Chaos Storm

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Heimerdinger Vladimir

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Crimson Pact Transfusion Sanguine Pool Tides of Blood Hemoplague

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Heimerdinger Volibear

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Chosen of the Storm Rolling Thunder Frenzy Majestic Roar Thunder Claws

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Heimerdinger Warwick

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Eternal Thirst Hungering Strike Hunters Call Blood Scent Infinite Duress

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Heimerdinger Wukong

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Stone Skin Crushing Blow Decoy Nimbus Strike Cyclone

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Heimerdinger Xerath

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Ascended Form Arcanopulse Locus of Power Mage Chains Arcane Barrage

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Heimerdinger Xin Zhao

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Tireless Warrior Three Talon Strike Battle Cry Audacious Charge Crescent Sweep

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Heimerdinger Yorick

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Unholy Covenant Omen of War Omen of Pestilence Omen of Famine Omen of Death

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Heimerdinger Zilean

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Heightened Learning Time Bomb Rewind Time Warp Chrono Shift

The main (excl. the last 25 released champs) source for this list (without the priority colors) comes from user named Poki3 on the league of legends message board. Sivir's Spell Shield - The "What is and what isn't blocked" List Please visit his page and give credit for his contribution!

NOTE: This list will update overtime whenever a new champ is released. I will try to encounter the new champ and update the list according to my experience. If you have any additional information or find a mistake in the list, feel free to send me a message so I can correct it.