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Keystone

First Strike

FIRST STRIKE

PhysicalMagicAdaptiveTrue damageGold income

Strike first for true damage and gold

Effect

In 0.25s after engaging an enemy champion in combat, dealing damage to them grants 10 gold and a First Strike effect that lasts 3s to you, allowing you to deal 7% bonus true damage to the enemy champion. Once the effect has ended, gain gold according to the bonus damage dealt (melee: 60%/ranged: 45%) during the effect. (20-13s cooldown)

Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server, Diamond+)As of 2026-09-2809/28 to 2026-11-0611/06

Champions using it31 rows, by pick rateby win rate

By lane

Mid59%
Jungle32%
Support7%
Top2%

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Only the top rune pages Tencent publishes are counted, so the pick rate reads lower than actual and win rates and shares lean toward the top. Streamer and pro builds are the 409 Chinese builds published by Tencent (excluding those with removed items).

How it is calculated

Pick rate is the sum over champions and lanes, and win rate is the average weighted by it. The lane breakdown and "Runes on the same page" are shares of that sum. Match counts are not published, so every champion is weighted equally.

Analysis

Gold equivalent

Gold equivalent is 171G per match (est.), #13 of 13 keystones.

Match average

171G* est.

#13 of 13 keystones

Bonus true damage 19%Gold on first strike 81%

In this row

13 keystones

Empowerment891

Conqueror661

Phase Rush619

Electrocute484

Guardian465

Arcane Comet402

Aery390

Dark Harvest250

First Strike171

By level

Gold eq.
Match average 171

	Lv1	Lv5	Lv10	Lv15
Gold eq.	126	149	183	224

Assumptions Behind This ValueTap for details

Combat only: 50%

Effects that only work in combat or under a condition are counted as active half the time. The same rule applies to every rune and spell.

Full Calculation

Bonus true damage: 7%13〜51G

BasisIn-game text (captured 2026-09-23): 7% true damage for 3s when you strike first; uptime from the midpoint of the 20–13s cooldown; 50% for combat only

1shorter time to kill is valued as the same % more of your own health
2Median max health 630–2,422 × 7% = 44.1–169.54 health equivalent. 44.1–169.54 × 3.33G × 50% uptime × 18% (3s ÷ ~16.5s cooldown)= 13–51G

Gold on first strike: 10G each113〜173G

BasisIn-game text (captured 2026-09-23): 10 gold per proc; the bonus gold from extra damage not counted; 50% for combat only

110G × (900s match ÷ 20–13s cooldown) × 50% uptime= 225–346G per match
2Half as the mid-match average= 113–173G

Total 126–224G (level 1–15)
Match average: mean of levels 1–15 = 171G

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.1Changed7.2Changed

7.2Changed2026-07-08

Gold gain ratio: 100% (melee)/85% (ranged) → 60% (melee)/45% (ranged)

7.1Changed2026-04-07

Adjusted the bullet VFX logic so the effect now triggers after the bullet hits.

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

First Strike

Effect

Build Trends

Champions using it31 rows, by pick rateby win rate

Runes on the same page31 runes, by share

In streamer and pro builds21 of 409 builds (4 pro)

Champions

Fighter

Mage

Assassin

Items

Physical

Magic

Defense

Support

Boots

Runes

Keystone

Domination

Precision

Resolve

Sorcery

Spells

Analysis

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Patch Changes