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Violet vs Rem

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Written for the Violet player. Playing Rem? See Rem vs Violet →

Violet is announced but not out yet. New heroes release Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:00 pm Pacific, in an order set by player vote; the next slot is Friday 16 October.

This page becomes the full matchup guide on release day: the measured win rate, who is favoured, how to win, a phase-by-phase plan and the abilities to watch. Everything known about Violet so far →

How to beat Rem

  • Buy healing reduction early ( Healbane Healbane 1,600 souls Tier 2ArmorPassive +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing -35% Incoming Healing +275 Heal On Hero Kill / Decay Decay 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +30s Cooldown +12s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power -50% Incoming Healing -50% Incoming Healing +65 Bonus Health -style anti-heal). Tag Along Tag Along 23m Range5.5s Duration40s Cooldown Rem leaps to a friendly hero and naps alongside them. Damage No damage. Burst heals 15% of missing health, then regenerates over time —… Mobility A 23m leap, but only to a friendly hero — Rem cannot use it to escape into… Defensive Attaching to a durable frontliner is Rem's survival plan; 1 1 AP: -8s cooldown (40s to 32s) 2 2 AP: bonus item range, duration and barrier effectiveness while attached 5 5 AP: bonus spirit power while napping and for a short window after waking 's missing-health burst is Rem's entire teamfight value and anti-heal cuts it at the source
  • Hold a Stun or knockdown for two specific moments: Rem attached via Tag Along Tag Along 23m Range5.5s Duration40s Cooldown Rem leaps to a friendly hero and naps alongside them. Damage No damage. Burst heals 15% of missing health, then regenerates over time —… Mobility A 23m leap, but only to a friendly hero — Rem cannot use it to escape into… Defensive Attaching to a durable frontliner is Rem's survival plan; 1 1 AP: -8s cooldown (40s to 32s) 2 2 AP: bonus item range, duration and barrier effectiveness while attached 5 5 AP: bonus spirit power while napping and for a short window after waking (the Stun knocks Rem off the ally) and Rem channelling Naptime Naptime 24m Range200s Cooldown Rem channels a gaze forward that passes through walls and floors. Crowd Control Layered: first a slow with reduced dash distance and a full lockout on… Damage 120 spirit damage on wake (+50% at 5 AP). Mobility None for Rem, but it is the strongest mobility-denial effect in this group 1 1 AP: -1 stamina on wake and no stamina regeneration while asleep 2 2 AP: +0.75s sleep duration and +3m radius 5 5 AP: -65s cooldown (175s to ~110s) and +50% damage resistance while channelling (the Stun cancels the ult outright)
  • Focus Rem directly — 680 HP with no escape means any gap-closer that gets past Pillow Toss Pillow Toss 40m Range25s Cooldown Rem hurls a pillow that deals spirit damage and knocks the enemies it hits well away from their position. Crowd Control Heavy knockback displacement on hit. Damage 75 spirit damage base; Mobility none for Rem, but it moves enemies a long way 1 1 AP: -7s cooldown (25s to 18s) 2 2 AP: applies -40% fire rate and +2m radius 5 5 AP: +100 damage and +2m radius kills before the heal cycle matters
  • Bring a hero with an unstoppable or knockback-immunity window; Pillow Toss Pillow Toss 40m Range25s Cooldown Rem hurls a pillow that deals spirit damage and knocks the enemies it hits well away from their position. Crowd Control Heavy knockback displacement on hit. Damage 75 spirit damage base; Mobility none for Rem, but it moves enemies a long way 1 1 AP: -7s cooldown (25s to 18s) 2 2 AP: applies -40% fire rate and +2m radius 5 5 AP: +100 damage and +2m radius is Rem's only self-peel and immunity walks through it

Bait these first

  • Pillow Toss Pillow Toss 40m Range25s Cooldown Rem hurls a pillow that deals spirit damage and knocks the enemies it hits well away from their position. Crowd Control Heavy knockback displacement on hit. Damage 75 spirit damage base; Mobility none for Rem, but it moves enemies a long way 1 1 AP: -7s cooldown (25s to 18s) 2 2 AP: applies -40% fire rate and +2m radius 5 5 AP: +100 damage and +2m radius first, always. It is one charge on a 25s (18s at 1 AP) cooldown, it is Rem's only self-peel, and landing it is also what refunds cooldowns on everything else. Feint an approach with a durable body, eat the pillow, then commit for real
  • Then Tag Along Tag Along 23m Range5.5s Duration40s Cooldown Rem leaps to a friendly hero and naps alongside them. Damage No damage. Burst heals 15% of missing health, then regenerates over time —… Mobility A 23m leap, but only to a friendly hero — Rem cannot use it to escape into… Defensive Attaching to a durable frontliner is Rem's survival plan; 1 1 AP: -8s cooldown (40s to 32s) 2 2 AP: bonus item range, duration and barrier effectiveness while attached 5 5 AP: bonus spirit power while napping and for a short window after waking . A Rem who has already leapt to an ally cannot leap again for 40s (32s at 1 AP); forcing the hop by threatening that ally strands Rem where it lands
  • Naptime Naptime 24m Range200s Cooldown Rem channels a gaze forward that passes through walls and floors. Crowd Control Layered: first a slow with reduced dash distance and a full lockout on… Damage 120 spirit damage on wake (+50% at 5 AP). Mobility None for Rem, but it is the strongest mobility-denial effect in this group 1 1 AP: -1 stamina on wake and no stamina regeneration while asleep 2 2 AP: +0.75s sleep duration and +3m radius 5 5 AP: -65s cooldown (175s to ~110s) and +50% damage resistance while channelling is worth baiting only with a Stun held in reserve — otherwise a forced cast still wins Rem the objective. At 2 charges it is also the one ability you cannot reliably drain

What Rem does to you

  • Naptime Naptime 24m Range200s Cooldown Rem channels a gaze forward that passes through walls and floors. Crowd Control Layered: first a slow with reduced dash distance and a full lockout on… Damage 120 spirit damage on wake (+50% at 5 AP). Mobility None for Rem, but it is the strongest mobility-denial effect in this group 1 1 AP: -1 stamina on wake and no stamina regeneration while asleep 2 2 AP: +0.75s sleep duration and +3m radius 5 5 AP: -65s cooldown (175s to ~110s) and +50% damage resistance while channelling strips your dash distance and locks out every movement ability before the sleep even lands, so once you are in the 19m gaze there is no mechanical out — then your whole group is asleep for the objective
  • Tag Along Tag Along 23m Range5.5s Duration40s Cooldown Rem leaps to a friendly hero and naps alongside them. Damage No damage. Burst heals 15% of missing health, then regenerates over time —… Mobility A 23m leap, but only to a friendly hero — Rem cannot use it to escape into… Defensive Attaching to a durable frontliner is Rem's survival plan; 1 1 AP: -8s cooldown (40s to 32s) 2 2 AP: bonus item range, duration and barrier effectiveness while attached 5 5 AP: bonus spirit power while napping and for a short window after waking 's 15%-of-missing-health burst plus lingering regeneration means the frontliner you just spent all cooldowns on is back to fighting health before your cooldowns return
  • Pillow Toss Pillow Toss 40m Range25s Cooldown Rem hurls a pillow that deals spirit damage and knocks the enemies it hits well away from their position. Crowd Control Heavy knockback displacement on hit. Damage 75 spirit damage base; Mobility none for Rem, but it moves enemies a long way 1 1 AP: -7s cooldown (25s to 18s) 2 2 AP: applies -40% fire rate and +2m radius 5 5 AP: +100 damage and +2m radius knocks your diver clean off the target and, at 2 AP, applies -40% fire rate — your engage is displaced and your DPS is halved in one button

How to counter Rem →

What Valve has shown of Violet

Abilities not shown yet. Valve's words for Violet: ambitious, nimble, creative. A painter. Likely a zoning or terrain-painting kit; nothing confirmed yet.

Other new heroes against Rem