Crippling Headshot
passive Documented When to buy Crippling Headshot Crippling Headshot +125 Bonus Health -16% Bullet Resist -16% Spirit Resist -40% Incoming Healing +12s Debuff Duration Builds from Weakening Headshot
Buy when one durable, self-healing enemy is the focus of every fight and you can land headshots.
When to skip Crippling Headshot
Requires headshots — avoid on weapons that cannot land them.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- The triggering headshot itself is dealt before the resist reduction applies
- Works against NPCs as of 22 May 2026
Problems it answers
- Healing and lifesteal — “They keep healing back everything I do to them.”
- Unkillable frontline — “I cannot kill their tank.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Crippling Headshot answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.