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Back To Basics

Back To Basics is a prismatic augment in League of Legends Arena.

Overview

Your champion abilities deal increased damage and you gain ability haste and increased heal and shield from all sources, but your ultimate ability is permanently lockout.2

Per level3

LevelEffect
125% increased damage.45 ability haste.25% increased heal and shield.
230% increased damage.60 ability haste.30% increased heal and shield.
345% increased damage.90 ability haste.45% increased heal and shield.Max-level effect: Gain 5% increased damage and 10 ability haste for each level of your ultimate.

ArenaSweats stats

2026 Season 3 Act 2, all regions
AArenaSweats tierA tier
Pick %
0.53%
Games
171,290
Champions
173

Best champions with it

Full stats on ArenaSweats PagesFrom ranked Arena games tracked by ArenaSweats, updated .

Tips

No verified information yet.

Interactions

  • Back to Basics increases Warwick's Q damage, which increases its healing; the augment then amplifies that healing again. With Circle of Death, this interaction deals damage to a nearby enemy.4
  • Cho'Gath's passive heals 25% more after he kills Ivern with Back to Basics.5
  • Back to Basics can be dropped before the last round when Briar's ultimate is needed.6
  • Back to Basics can increase Gangplank's barrel damage through the barrels' Q damage scaling; this interaction is uncertain.7

Bugs

No verified information yet.

History

Riot patch notes that name Back To Basics, newest first
PatchDateChanges
14.138x2 duos
  • Ability Haste: 60 ⇒ 708

Earlier formats

  • Since patch 14.17, Back to Basics increased all damage from non-ultimate abilities, rather than only active spells and certain items and augments.9 8x2 duos
  • Since patch 14.17, It's Killing Time was no longer offered with Back to Basics, and Back to Basics was no longer offered with It's Killing Time.10 8x2 duos
  • Back to Basics gave extra damage when an ultimate was not needed.11 8x2 duos
  • Aphelios's abilities applied his auto attacks, making Back to Basics a flat 35% damage boost to his auto attacks.12 8x2 duos
  • Back to Basics disabled Jax's ultimate on-hit damage and resistances, which he wanted both parts of.1314 8x2 duos
  • Back to Basics did not remove Bel'Veth's passive true damage stacking or attack speed from her passive, but it prevented her from entering true form from the coral drop.15 8x2 duos

Sources

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    League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki, Module:ArenaAugmentData/data, revision 4070515

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    Description: Your champion abilities deal increased damage and you gain ability haste and increased heal and shield from all sources, but your ultimate ability is permanently lockout.
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    League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki, Module:ArenaAugmentData/data, revision 4070515

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    Per level: Level 1: 25% increased damage.45 ability haste.25% increased heal and shield. Level 2: 30% increased damage.60 ability haste.30% increased heal and shield. Level 3: 45% increased damage.90 ability haste.45% increased heal and shield.; Max-level effect: Gain 5% increased damage and 10 abil
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    RiotRiot patch notes: LoL Patch 14.13 Notes > Arena > Augment Buffs

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    Back to Basics Ability Haste: 60 ⇒ 70
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    RiotRiot patch notes: Patch 14.17 Notes > Arena > BUGFIXES

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    Back to Basics should now increase all damage of non-ultimate abilities instead of only active spells (and certain items/augments)
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    RiotRiot patch notes: Patch 14.17 Notes > Arena > BUGFIXES

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    It’s Killing Time is no longer offered if you have Back to Basics, and vice versa.
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