Boots of Swiftness

Stats

Values as the League of Legends Wiki's item data lists them, for every mode; the data doesn't state their units.

Effects

• Fleetfooted (unique): Gain 25% slow resist.³

Arena changes

• Movement speed changed to 70.
• Slow resistance changed to 40%.⁴

• Boots of Swiftness can help resist Zilean's E and dodge his bombs; against a high-haste Zilean, Mercury's Treads delay becoming crowd-control-broken.⁵
• Boots of Swiftness' slow resistance can help prevent a champion from being kited to death by repeated slows.⁶
• Boots of Swiftness give more movement speed than other boots in Arena.⁷
• Boots of Swiftness are only about 10 movement speed faster than other boots, and 15 movement speed can be a large difference.⁸

Earlier formats

• Slow-resistance items such as Boots of Swiftness with Dead Man's Plate could help Kalista keep hopping and auto-attacking against frequent slows.⁹ 8x2 duos
• Boots of Swiftness' slow resistance could benefit Twitch, although players might not buy them until he had already gained substantial ability power.¹⁰ 8x2 duos