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Leather Jerkin
Tier 1DefenseRegular

Leather Jerkin

Leather Jerkin is a Tier 1 Defense equipment.

220Gold

Stats

Defensive

  • Physical Defense+14

Recipe

Leather Jerkin is a base component with no recipe. Buy it directly from the shop to start building toward higher-tier items.

Builds Into

5

Higher-tier items that use this component in their recipe.

Black Ice Shield

Black Ice Shield

780g

Dreadnaught Armor

Dreadnaught Armor

730g

Steel Legplates

Steel Legplates

630g

Warrior Boots

Warrior Boots

720g

Dominance Ice

Dominance Ice

2010g

Heroes Who Core Leather Jerkin

No hero build currently cores Leather Jerkin in our editorial loadouts. The item still shows up in situational purchases depending on the enemy draft.

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Leather Jerkin FAQ

Leather Jerkin is a Tier 1 Defense item that provides +14 Physical Defense.

Leather Jerkin is a base component and can be purchased directly from the shop for 220 gold. You don't combine other items into it.

Leather Jerkin is designed for frontliners who need to survive (tanks, fighters, bruisers). Stats and passives should match the damage type, defense needs, and mobility budget of the hero buying it.

Leather Jerkin is a component used in 5 higher-tier items: Black Ice Shield, Dreadnaught Armor, Steel Legplates, Warrior Boots, Dominance Ice. Buying it early lets you commit to whichever path suits the match state.

Data sourced from Liquipedia. Last refreshed 2026-08-27. Stats and passives change with patches.