Spear of Shojin

Stats

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

Effects

• Dragonforce (unique): Gain 25 basic ability haste.
• Focused Will (unique): Dealing ability damage or pet damage from a non-innate ability cast instance, generates a stack of Focused Will for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times. For each stack, your ability damage, proc damage and pet damage originating from your ability cast instance deals 3% increased damage, for a total increase of 12% at maximum stacks.³

Arena changes

• Attack damage changed to 40.
• Health changed to 350.⁴

• Spear of Shojin increases Vayne's W damage and increases proc damage from abilities as well as ability damage.⁵⁶
• Smolder's stacking mechanic and damage rely on ability haste, and Spear of Shojin has synergy with what his kit wants to do.⁷
• Spear of Shojin is strong on champions such as Hecarim and Riven.⁸
• Spear of Shojin is a must-buy for mages with Adapt.⁹
• Spear of Shojin, Liandry's, Riftmaker, Shadowflame and Infinity Edge can increase Vayne's W true damage; Infinity Edge also increases Shadowflame's critical strike damage.¹⁰

Earlier formats

• Bruiser champions could use Atma's Reckoning to reach 80% critical strike chance and use Spear of Shojin to force critical strikes.¹¹ 8x2 duos
• Urgot built Spear of Shojin alongside Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage and Jak'Sho; he used W to trigger his passive rather than acting as an auto attacker.¹² 8x2 duos
• Spear of Shojin did not work with Twitch's passive.¹³ 8x2 duos
• Twitch's passive is an on-hit effect rather than an ability, and Spear of Shojin does not work with it.¹⁴ 8x2 duos
• Spear of Shojin's tooltip says it increases passive damage, and it does not work with all on-hit effect augments, including Fan the Hammer and Ethereal Weapon.¹⁵ 8x2 duos