Cheat Death
passive Documented When to buy Cheat Death Cheat Death +90s Cooldown +4.5s Death Immunity Duration +200 Bonus Health +15% Bullet Resist -60% Damage Reduction -60% Incoming Healing
Buy when you are being assassinated in every fight — it converts one death per 90 seconds into an escape window.
When to skip Cheat Death
You deal almost no damage during the window, so it buys time rather than turning a fight.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Clears all non-Stun debuffs when it triggers
- Triggers before certain hero resurrection abilities
Problems it answers
- Burst damage — “I die before I can react.”
- Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Cheat Death answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.