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Augment Details Prismatic T5 Patch 26.9
Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

48.57%Win Rate
0.12%Pick Rate
T5Tier
23,649Games

Performance by Stage

Performance by stage

Stage stats
StageWin RatePick RateGamesPatch
Stage1T548.35%0.17%9,64526.9
Stage2T548.47%0.12%6,90826.9
Stage3T548.26%0.13%7,25226.9

Best Champions

Best champions with this augment

Top synergy

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Hextech Combos

Must-have augment combinations extracted from the guide

Combos
Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Back to Basics Back to Basics Back to Basics Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
52.20%
Pick Rate
0.10%
Games
20,227

Your champion abilities deal 35% increased damage and you gain 70 ability haste and 35% increased healing and shielding from all sources, but your ultimate ability is permanently sealed .

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Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Back to Basics

Back to Basics provides 35% increased healing and shielding, directly amplifying the 250% boosted Peppermint heal from Sword of Blossoming Dawn. The 70 ability haste enables frequent ability usage to trigger the item's passive. Since the target augment already reduces basic attack damage by 50%, sealing your ultimate is an acceptable trade for massive sustain and spell-focused gameplay in ARAM teamfights.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Circle of Death Circle of Death Circle of Death Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T4
Win Rate
50.86%
Pick Rate
0.19%
Games
37,573

Healing and health regeneration you do causes you to deal 70% of that value in magic damage to the nearest enemy champion within 1000 units.

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Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Circle of Death

Circle of Death converts all your healing into offensive damage, dealing 70% of healed values as magic damage to nearby enemies. With Peppermint's healing increased by 250%, every proc deals significant damage while sustaining you. The 100% bonus attack speed from the target augment helps trigger more frequent healing events, creating a self-sustaining damage and recovery cycle in tight ARAM skirmishes.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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First-Aid Kit First-Aid Kit First-Aid Kit Silver
Rarity
Silver
Tier
T3
Win Rate
53.40%
Pick Rate
0.50%
Games
102,043

Grants 20% heal and shield power .

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Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + First-Aid Kit

First-Aid Kit grants 20% heal and shield power, multiplicatively boosting the already-enhanced Peppermint healing. This straightforward synergy maximizes the sustain potential from Sword of Blossoming Dawn. The 100% bonus attack speed from the target augment ensures you can proc the item's healing passive frequently, making you extremely difficult to kill in extended ARAM fights despite the reduced basic attack damage.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Protein Shake Protein Shake Protein Shake Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
49.06%
Pick Rate
0.22%
Games
43,871

Gain 25% (+ 35% per 100 bonus armor) (+ 35% per 100 bonus magic resistance) heal and shield power .

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Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Protein Shake

Protein Shake provides up to 25% base heal and shield power, scaling with resistances. This substantially amplifies the 250% increased Peppermint healing. The defensive stats from building resistances further improve your survivability in ARAM's constant teamfights. Combined with the 100% attack speed for frequent healing triggers, this creates a tanky sustain build that mitigates the basic attack damage penalty through superior recovery.

What Not to Pair with Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Bad augment synergies and low-value pairings to avoid

Avoid
Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Slow and Steady Slow and Steady Slow and Steady Gold
Rarity
Gold
Tier
T4
Win Rate
47.70%
Pick Rate
0.34%
Games
69,389

Your base attack speed is set to a static amount of 0. 625 and your attack rate no longer benefits from any source of attack speed bonuses. In return, you gain 25 bonus attack damage and convert every 1% bonus attack speed into 1 bonus attack damage .

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Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Slow and Steady

Avoid this pairing because Slow and Steady sets your base attack speed to a static 0.625 and completely nullifies all attack speed bonuses. Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn grants 100% bonus attack speed, which becomes entirely worthless, wasting the primary benefit of this Prismatic augment.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Purist - Caster Purist - Caster Purist - Caster Silver
Rarity
Silver
Tier
T5
Win Rate
46.95%
Pick Rate
0.11%
Games
22,539

Convert all of your bonus attack speed into ability haste at a rate of 0. 65 ability haste per 1% bonus attack speed . Additionally, your abilities' total cooldowns are reduced by 10%.

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Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Purist - Caster

Avoid this pairing because Purist - Caster converts all bonus attack speed into ability haste, directly conflicting with Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn's 100% bonus attack speed. You lose the attack speed intended to offset the 50% basic attack damage penalty, defeating the augment's design.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Shrink Ray Shrink Ray Shrink Ray Gold
Rarity
Gold
Tier
T4
Win Rate
48.54%
Pick Rate
0.43%
Games
87,967

Basic attacks on-hit reduce the target's damage dealt by 15% for 3 seconds, refreshing with each hit. Their size is also reduced significantly for the duration.

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Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Shrink Ray

Avoid this pairing because Shrink Ray applies its damage reduction on-hit via basic attacks, but Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn already reduces your basic attack damage against champions by 50%. The reduced damage output makes the on-hit application significantly weaker and less impactful.

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn Prismatic
Rarity
Prismatic
Tier
T5
Win Rate
48.57%
Pick Rate
0.12%
Games
23,649

Upgrades Sword of Blossoming Dawn , empowering Peppermint to have its healing increased by 250%. Additionally, you gain 100% bonus attack speed , but your basic attacks against champions now deal 50% damage.

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Heavy Hitter Heavy Hitter Heavy Hitter Silver
Rarity
Silver
Tier
T2
Win Rate
56.46%
Pick Rate
0.63%
Games
127,275

Basic attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 3. 5 % of your maximum health .

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Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Heavy Hitter

Avoid this pairing because Heavy Hitter deals bonus physical damage based on your maximum health through basic attacks, but Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn reduces all basic attack damage against champions by 50%. This directly cuts the effectiveness of Heavy Hitter's damage in half.

Augment Explained

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

"Upgrade: Hextech Blade": Upgrade Hextech Blade to legendary tier for bonus AD and ability haste. A前期过渡神符 for AD champions.

Mechanics Breakdown

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Blade of the Ruined King: Core effect: Immediately upgrades any existing Blade of the Ruined King to Legendary - Blade of the Ruined King. Stat bonus: 50 AD + 20% ability haste (was 25 AD + 10% ability haste). Additional effect: 10% chance on hit to deal double damage. Limit: If you don't own Blade of the Ruined King, you get one directly. Cannot upgrade other items.

Trigger Conditions

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Dawnbringer: Immediately effective when choosing rune. Automatically upgrades while having Dawnbringer. Double damage on auto hit.

What Does Not Trigger

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Huaxiao's Sword: Upgrading other equipment, skill damage cannot trigger double damage, cannot gain extra effects without Huaxiao's Sword (but will obtain it)

Hidden Mechanics

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Blade of the Ruined King: Crit Stacking: Double damage stacks with crit effects. Stat Stacking: Stacks with other AD and CDR bonuses. Effect Preservation: Keeps all previous upgrades from Blade of the Ruined King. Full Refund: Selling Legendary - Blade of the Ruined King returns full gold.

Best Champion Types

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Huaxiao Sword: AD champions, auto-attack users, AD ability users, early fighters

Low-Value Champion Types

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Sword of the Divine AP champions Pure tanks Supports Champions that don't need Sword of the Divine

Playstyle Tips

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Flower Sword: Build Flower Sword first before choosing this rune upgrade. Use double damage to enhance auto-attack damage. Build crit and attack damage items for more damage. Pair with other AD runes for overall strength. Fight early using equipment advantage.

Best Augment Combos

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Back to Basics: Back to Basics provides 35% increased healing and shielding, directly amplifying the 250% boosted Peppermint heal from Sword of Blossoming Dawn. The 70 ability haste enables frequent ability usage to trigger the item's passive. Since the target augment already reduces basic attack damage by 50%, sealing your ultimate is an acceptable trade for massive sustain and spell-focused gameplay in ARAM teamfights. Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Circle of Death: Circle of Death converts all your healing into offensive damage, dealing 70% of healed values as magic damage to nearby enemies. With Peppermint's healing increased by 250%, every proc deals significant damage while sustaining you. The 100% bonus attack speed from the target augment helps trigger more frequent healing events, creating a self-sustaining damage and recovery cycle in tight ARAM skirmishes. Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + First-Aid Kit: First-Aid Kit grants 20% heal and shield power, multiplicatively boosting the already-enhanced Peppermint healing. This straightforward synergy maximizes the sustain potential from Sword of Blossoming Dawn. The 100% bonus attack speed from the target augment ensures you can proc the item's healing passive frequently, making you extremely difficult to kill in extended ARAM fights despite the reduced basic attack damage. Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Protein Shake: Protein Shake provides up to 25% base heal and shield power, scaling with resistances. This substantially amplifies the 250% increased Peppermint healing. The defensive stats from building resistances further improve your survivability in ARAM's constant teamfights. Combined with the 100% attack speed for frequent healing triggers, this creates a tanky sustain build that mitigates the basic attack damage penalty through superior recovery.

Bad Augment Synergies

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Slow and Steady: Avoid this pairing because Slow and Steady sets your base attack speed to a static 0.625 and completely nullifies all attack speed bonuses. Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn grants 100% bonus attack speed, which becomes entirely worthless, wasting the primary benefit of this Prismatic augment. Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Purist - Caster: Avoid this pairing because Purist - Caster converts all bonus attack speed into ability haste, directly conflicting with Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn's 100% bonus attack speed. You lose the attack speed intended to offset the 50% basic attack damage penalty, defeating the augment's design. Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Shrink Ray: Avoid this pairing because Shrink Ray applies its damage reduction on-hit via basic attacks, but Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn already reduces your basic attack damage against champions by 50%. The reduced damage output makes the on-hit application significantly weaker and less impactful. Avoid Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn + Heavy Hitter: Avoid this pairing because Heavy Hitter deals bonus physical damage based on your maximum health through basic attacks, but Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn reduces all basic attack damage against champions by 50%. This directly cuts the effectiveness of Heavy Hitter's damage in half.

Common Mistakes

Upgrade Sword of Blossoming Dawn

Augments

Upgrade: Huo Xiao's Blade: Don't take on AP champions, completely useless. Don't force taking without the blade, better to take other runes. Don't ignore double damage effect, greatly improves auto attack damage. In losing games, upgraded item provides some combat power.