Fan the Hammer

Per level³

Fan the Hammer can work with Briar's Q cooldown-reduction combo.⁴

Tristana is probably one of Fan the Hammer's best users.⁵

• Fan the Hammer with Mystic Punch is recommended for Master Yi.⁶
• Fan the Hammer with Tap Dancer is recommended for Jhin.⁷
• Fan the Hammer, Double Tap, Reaper's Toll, and Vulnerability make a strong combination.⁸
• Fan the Hammer is one of several strong Prismatic options for Fiddlesticks.⁹

A full-crit Fan the Hammer build is recommended for Nocturne.¹⁰

Fan the Hammer is included in an AP Akshan build alongside Double Tap, Marksmage, and Critical Missile.¹¹

A full-crit Fan the Hammer build with Vi can take down a target in two or three basic attacks.¹²

• Dusk and Dawn followed by Sword of the Blossoming Dawn and Echoes of Helia is a build that needs Fan the Hammer to reach full power, though other on-hit augments also work.¹³
• Critical Missile, Vulnerability, Fan the Hammer, and Dual Wield can make a strong Akshan combination.¹⁴

A support Xin Zhao build with Fan the Hammer can heal allies heavily and make Xin Zhao very hard to kill.¹⁵

Ezreal's Q can trigger Fan the Hammer as an on-attack effect.¹⁶¹⁷

With Gnar or Vi, Fan the Hammer can proc their passive twice instantly.¹⁸

• Fan the Hammer can help Tristana trigger her E with one basic attack, similarly to Dual Wield.¹⁹
• Caitlyn's passive does not stack with Fan the Hammer.²⁰

With Twitch, Fan the Hammer applies all passive stacks in one basic attack.²¹

Fan the Hammer applies Kalista's spears.²²

Vayne's W damage is unaffected by Fan the Hammer, so it deals full damage.²³²⁴

Fan the Hammer can trigger Vayne's W, which has no cooldown, multiple times; the resulting W damage is not reduced by Fan the Hammer.²⁵²⁶²³

Fan the Hammer stacks Tap Dancer quickly on Urgot.²⁷

Fan the Hammer stacks Gnar's passive to its maximum in two basic attacks.²⁸

Blade Waltz procs on-hit effects, not on-attack effects.²⁹

With Scavenger, Fan the Hammer can appear among a champion's augments when they end up with seven augments total; whether this is a bug or intentional is unclear.³⁰

Kalista with certain items, mostly Reaper's Toll, can trigger an infinite feedback loop on the server; Reaper's Toll, Fan the Hammer, and Bloodrazor may be involved in the repeated triggers.³¹

Blade Waltz may fail to trigger Fan the Hammer.³²

Since patch 26.10, Fan the Hammer has two levels instead of three, with a per-direction cooldown of 7 seconds at level 1 and 5 seconds at level 2.³³

In the eight-teams-of-two format, Fan the Hammer, Double Tap, Reaper's Toll, and Vulnerability were used together as a strong combination.⁸ Earlier Arena format

Earlier formats

Since patch 14.17, Fan the Hammer's per-direction cooldown is 5 seconds.³⁴ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer and Dual Wield bolts counted as attacks for Shyvana's Q resets, allowing three Q casts in succession; Ethereal Weapon and Dusk and Dawn did not have this interaction.³⁵ 8x2 duos

Empowering Rengar's Q without using it as an auto reset made its damage very high with Fan the Hammer.³⁶ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer's bolts applied Tahm Kench's passive at 100% effectiveness; with enough AP and health, it could deal high damage.³⁷ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer with Mystic Punch allowed attacks to be queued while the bolts traveled, allowing the bolts to hit six times.³⁸ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer and Shen's Q applied on every bolt instead of only the first three; empowered Q after passing through a champion seemed to deal more damage than expected.³⁹ 8x2 duos

Jhin's first four Fan the Hammer procs could grant 20 Tap Dancer stacks.⁴⁰ 8x2 duos

Statikk Shiv interacted well with Fan the Hammer, Dual Wield, and Apex.⁴¹ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer worked with Statikk Shiv on Kalista, and the combination could trigger Statikk Shiv five times with Q.⁴² 8x2 duos

Illaoi could lose access to Q, E, and R after selecting Fan the Hammer alongside Jeweled Gauntlet and Tap Dancer.⁴³ 8x2 duos

• Fan the Hammer with Statikk Shiv was used on Gnar with AP items; Fan the Hammer and Statikk Shiv were the essentials, with other items and anvils as additional parts of the build.⁴⁴⁴⁵ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer with Hamstringer and Vulnerability was a strong combination.⁴⁶ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer with Hullbreaker was a strong combination.⁴⁷ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer with Sword of Blossoming Dawn and Echoes of Helia was used in a healing build.⁴⁸ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer and Statikk Shiv could deal enough damage on Gnar to take down opponents in one shot up to round 10.⁴⁹ 8x2 duos

Vayne could kill tanks quickly with Reaper's Toll, Fan the Hammer, or Twice Thrice.⁵⁰ 8x2 duos

Vayne with Scopier, Scopiest, Fan the Hammer, Dual Wield, and Twice Thrice or Lightning Strikes could kill Ryze; replacing Scopier with Chain Lightning could also kill Braum if Ryze had enough health.⁵¹ 8x2 duos

Vayne was played with Dual Wield, Reaper's Toll, Tap Dancer, Mystic Punch, and Fan the Hammer.⁵² 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer had long range and dealt high damage over five basic attacks; it could hit a target and chain to their teammate, and AP champions could use it.⁵³ 8x2 duos

Jhin needed Fan the Hammer to compete with other ADCs and was weak against champions with strong builds and high-health tanks.⁵⁴ 8x2 duos

Fan the Hammer with Statikk Shiv was used on Jhin.⁵⁵ 8x2 duos