Defensive tanks who specialize in protecting allies and controlling threats.
Champions tagged with Warden share a similar playstyle.
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Best Warden Champions – Recommended Picks by Role
Braum
SUPPORT
#1
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W
Items
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Bandlepipes
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Protoplasm Harness
Redemption
Activate to heal allies and damage enemies in an area
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Runes
Guardian
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Galio
MID
#2
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Hollow Radiance
Immobilize enemies to gain a shield. Activate to run faster at opponents.
Riftmaker
Zhonya's Hourglass
Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Thornmail
Rabadon's Deathcap
Massively increases Ability Power
Frozen Heart
Massively increases Armor and slows enemy basic attacks
Runes
Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Scorch
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Poppy
SUPPORT
#3
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W
Items
Dead Man's Plate
Build momentum as you move around then smash into enemies.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Thornmail
Protoplasm Harness
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Activate to greatly increase Move Speed
Runes
Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Sudden Impact
Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.
Sixth Sense
On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team. Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.
Treasure Hunter
Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Shen
TOP
#4
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W
Items
Titanic Hydra
Deals area of effect damage based on owner's health
Dusk and Dawn
Bandlepipes
Thornmail
Protoplasm Harness
Dead Man's Plate
Build momentum as you move around then smash into enemies.
Runes
Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Overgrowth
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Approach Velocity
Bonus MS towards nearby enemy champions that are movement impaired, increased for enemy champions that you impair.
Tahm Kench
SUPPORT
#5
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Heartsteel
Restores Health on kill or assist
Thornmail
Spirit Visage
Increases Health and healing effects
Unending Despair
Protoplasm Harness
Dusk and Dawn
Runes
Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Triumph
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Legend: Alacrity
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Taric
SUPPORT
#6
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
E ➜ Q ➜ W
Items
Tear of the Goddess
Increases maximum Mana as Mana is spent
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Fimbulwinter
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Shurelya's Battlesong
Activate to speed up nearby allies.
Mikael's Blessing
Activate to remove all disabling effects from an allied champion
Runes
Glacial Augment
Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.
Magical Footwear
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Conditioning
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Revitalize
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.