Mercury's Treads are defensive boots that provide magic resistance, movement speed, and tenacity, making them valuable against magical damage and crowd control effects.

Current Stats:

• Magic Resistance: 20
• Movement Speed: 45
• Tenacity: 30%
• Total Cost: 1300 gold (600 combine cost)

Recipe:

• Boots (300 gold)
• Null-Magic Mantle (450 gold)
• Combine Cost (600 gold)

Key Benefits:

• Reduces duration of most crowd control effects by 30%
• Does not affect displacements or suppressions
• Provides essential magic resistance against AP threats
• Grants movement speed for mobility

Best Used When:

• Facing teams with heavy magic damage
• Dealing with multiple crowd control abilities
• Need to maintain mobility during fights
• Want to reduce duration of slows and stuns

Gold Efficiency: Base stats are 72.31% gold efficient:

• 20 magic resistance = 400 gold
• 45 movement speed = 540 gold
• 30% tenacity = unique passive value

Limitations:

• Limited to 1 boots item
• Tenacity doesn't stack with similar effects
• Doesn't affect all types of crowd control

Map-Specific Differences:

• Magic resistance: 35
• Movement speed: 30
• Tenacity: 35%

Recent updates have increased the total cost from 1200 to 1300 gold, with the combine cost rising to 600 from 500 gold, making it a slightly more significant investment for the defensive benefits it provides.

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