League-of-legends – this Bountifull Treasure buff

Alright, I pulled these up with a LoL Replay of a Dominion game.

Bonuses Granted:

The character model grows by roughly x2

The first grants an absorption shield with 212.5 (+12.5 x level) health that will recharge if the champion doesn't receive damage after 10 seconds.

The second buff allows the champion to passively detonate a lightning blast inflicting 90 (10 x level) magic damage on the champion's autoattacks and damaging spells with a 4 second cooldown. Spawn Time: 3:00 Minutes

Channel Time: 5 seconds

Respawn Time: 3:00 Minutes

Duration: ~45-60 Seconds (Not positive on this one, hard to find a game where someone kept it the whole time.)

Source: League of Legends Wikia

First of all, the answer really depends on the champion and the lane you are playing.

Early game & Mid game

During early game, you'll want to get some lane dominance to zone and/or harass your opponent and get more farm and experience. Depending on the lane and champion, you will need different resources.

• Top lane : Land of bruisers / melee tanky champions. On this lane, the red buff is a real benefit and makes you a real threat to your opponent. The slow will make ganks easier for your jungle (in the case he is not having a red buff himself) and the damage will give you the upper hand in trades.

• Mid lane : AP carries are usually playing in this lane. Most of them make heavy use of mana, which tends to be a limited resource on the early stage of a game. Having a blue buff will give you a huge advantage. The CDR allows you to use your abilities more often to harass your opponent, and the mana regen will negate the low mana pool problems you can have in low levels.

• Bot lane : Support and AD carry. Depending on the champions, both buff can give an advantage. The statements for top/mid lane also apply here, but having a 2v2 situation makes the benefit less noticeable than in other lanes.

• Jungle : In early game, beside the obvious gain of buffs effects for the jungler allowing for faster cleans and better ganks, stealing a buff from the opposite jungle will put him far behind your jungler, as they provide plenty of experience and gold.

Considering early and mid game, I'll consider that the benefit gained from blue buff is more important that the one from red buff. Having your mid lane winning will help you pressure the other team and get objectives easier (mid/bot turrets and drake).

The red buff still is a significant advantage for a lane, but will usually help more the top lane, which will often have more influence in team fights during mid/late game.

Late game

Late game is the time for team fights, and having the team together will lessen the effects of the buff.

• Blue buff : Providing CDR & Mana regen. Towards end game, AP carries will usually have some CDR and a large mana pool thanks to items. The blue buff will still benefit them, but not as much as in early game. Note that this is very dependent on the champion you are playing (Ryze will usually not need a blue buff in end game, having sufficient mana & CDR from items, whereas Morgana will use the CDR to be able to cast her binding more often).

• Red buff : Slow and damage always stack, and there is no cap to these. This is the reason I feel red buff is more important in late game. Slowing an opponent may allow you to catch him and make a fight a 4v5 or get an easy baron. Having more damage is always welcome.

As for late game, red buff seems to give a more significant advantage. Being able to secure a kill on a bad positionned champion with the help of the slow can force the opponents to turtle or avoid team fights, thus leaving your team free objectives.