Are item passives implicitly passed on into higher tier items?
When upgrading an item with a passive effect into another item, is this passive still included in the upgraded item, even when not specified? It seems counter-intuitive that it would not, but I am still unsure.
For example, Seeker's Armguard has a passive which grants 0.5 armour and ability power upon killing a unit, stacking up to 30 times. Seeker's Armguard then builds into Zhonya's Hourglass, which does not list the same passive effect (it only has a unique active: stasis). Am I to assume it does in fact include the Seeker's Armguard passive effect and it is just hidden, or that it does not?
Best Answer
It is not the case that passives automatically get carried over. If an upgrade does not list the passive, then it is lost. A great example of this is going from Catalyst the Protector, which has the passive "Valor's Reward", while Righteous Glory, which builds out of Catalyst the Protector, does not have the passive Valor's Reward. Owning a Righteous Glory will not give you the health/mana regeneration upon leveling up.
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