Gap closers and escapes

“They reach me whenever they want and leave when they want.”

Start with High-Velocity Rounds — the cheapest answer, at 800 souls . 14 more below, by tier.

Items that answer this

15 items

High-Velocity Rounds Buy on heroes with slow bullets (under 275 m/s) fighting mobile or long-range opponents, where the extra Bullet Velocity cuts how far ahead each shot has to be led.
Mystic Expansion Buy when you struggle to land one key ability on mobile or distant enemies.

Cold Front Buy when you need an area slow to catch runners or peel a dive; it upgrades into Arctic Blast.
Mystic Slow Buy on casters when enemies keep dashing out of your ability range.
Slowing Bullets Buy when enemy escape artists keep walking out of your damage window.
Slowing Hex Buy it when an enemy repeatedly uses a movement ability or item to dash, blink or fly out of your kill window. Watch out: Silences movement-based abilities AND movement items — it disables Warp Stone, Phantom Strike, Vindicta's Flight, Infernus's Flame Dash and similar

Greater Expansion Buy when landing abilities from safety is the problem.
Knockdown Buy whenever an enemy fights from the sky — it answers flying and airborne heroes and channelled aerial ultimates. Watch out: Gravity effect increased from +50% to +100% on 6 Mar 2026
Weighted Shots Buy when you need to hold down mobile enemies with bullets alone and want more gun damage.

Arctic Blast Buy to lock down a mobile enemy team or to peel a dive off your backline — slowed targets cannot regenerate stamina. Watch out: Slowed targets have their stamina regen frozen
Colossus Buy on frontliners who need to absorb a full team's damage while holding enemies in place. Watch out: The bonus base health applies only to starting base health and boon health, not health from abilities or other items
Lightning Scroll Buy on heroes whose ultimate hits several enemies, best with Spirit Power behind it.
Mystic Reverb Buy on area casters with one big damaging ability to add damage and stickiness to it.
Phantom Strike Buy to catch flying or long-range heroes who otherwise never enter your range, and to Disarm a gun carry mid-burst. Watch out: Silenced by Slowing Hex, which blocks movement-based items
Vortex Web Buy to set up team wipes against scattered, mobile enemies — it groups them and takes away their escapes at once. Watch out: Applies the full Slowing Hex effect, so it silences enemy movement items such as Warp Stone and Phantom Strike