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
4Higher-tier items that use this component in their recipe.
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.
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 4 higher-tier items: Black Ice Shield, Dreadnaught Armor, Steel Legplates, Warrior Boots. Buying it early lets you commit to whichever path suits the match state.
Data sourced from Liquipedia. Last refreshed 2026-04-17. Stats and passives change with patches.