Blood Tribute
passive+active Documented When to buy Blood Tribute Blood Tribute +8% Spirit Resist +50/s Health Drain +35% Fire Rate +35% Debuff Resist +8% Debuff Resist +4 Out of Combat Regen
Buy on a high-sustain gun hero who can pay the health cost, especially when enemy crowd control is the main thing stopping your damage.
When to skip Blood Tribute
Never buy this as an anti-heal item — that function was removed in March 2026 and any guide that says otherwise is stale.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Healing reduction REMOVED 6 Mar 2026; self-damage raised 40/s -> 50/s in the same patch
- Still a debuff-resist source while toggled on
Problems it answers
- Stuns and hard CC — “I get locked down and deleted.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Blood Tribute answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.