Baron's Hand Buff: Complete League of Legends Guide
Hand of Baron is a powerful team-wide buff obtained by killing Baron Nashor. It provides significant advantages to both champions and nearby minions.
Purple-glowing character with floating spheres
Key Effects:
- Empowered Recall with halved channel time
- 50% bonus movement speed from spawn homeguard
- Buff is lost on death and cannot be transferred
Minion Empowerment:
- All minions gain minimum movement speed of 92.5% of nearby champions' average speed (capped at 500)
- Immune to slows below their minimum speed
Specific Minion Buffs:
Melee Minions:
- 50-70% damage reduction from champions
- 85% damage reduction from minions
- 15% damage reduction from AoE/DoT
- 50% bonus movement speed near enemies
- 75 bonus attack range
- 30% increased size
Caster Minions:
- 50-70% damage reduction from champions
- 15% damage reduction from AoE/DoT
- 100 bonus attack range
- Increased missile speed (900 from 650)
- 20 bonus attack damage
Siege Minions:
- 750 bonus attack range
- Increased missile speed (1600 from 1200)
- 50% reduced attack speed
- 50 bonus attack damage
- 200% base AD + 300% bonus AD to structures
- 100% base AD + 200% bonus AD to champions/minions
- 200-unit radius splash damage
- 30% increased size
- 50% bonus movement speed near enemies
Super Minions:
- 25% bonus attack speed
- 15% increased size
Important Notes:
- Minions are empowered within 1450 units of champions with the buff
- Empowerment is lost when no buff holder is within 1500 units
- Siege minions stay outside turret range while attacking
- Bonus stats are determined when Baron is killed and don't scale over time
The buff lasts 180 seconds and provides a significant pushing advantage through empowered minions, making it a crucial objective for team victory.
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