Ancient item that generated bonus gold over time and granted critical strike chance.

Core Stats:

• +10% Critical Strike Chance
• Gold per 10 seconds: 3
• Cost: 800 gold (400 combine cost)

Unique Passive - Greed:

• Earned 2 bonus gold per unit kill
• Could only have one active Avarice Blade generating gold

Key Features:

• Could be purchased alongside other gold-generating items
• Became gold efficient after 16 minutes and 40 seconds
• With perfect last hitting, achieved efficiency in 6 minutes 55 seconds
• Tooltip showed total gold earned with the item

Build Path:

• Built from Long Sword
• Could be built into:
  • Atma's Impaler
  • Statikk Shiv
  • Executioner's Calling

Historical Notes:

• Removed in patch V5.22
• Replaced by Cull
• Description "Greed is good" referenced Wall Street movie quote
• Visual was a Long Sword with golden glow effect
• Gold generation effect was unique and wouldn't stack with itself

Patch Changes:

• V5.22: Removed from game
• Earlier patches adjusted gold generation rate and critical strike chance
• Initially had 12% crit chance, later reduced to 10%
• Gold generation started at 5 per 10s, eventually settled at 3 per 10s

The item served as an investment tool for champions wanting to generate additional gold through farming, though required significant time to become cost-efficient.

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