Debuff Reducer
passive Documented When to buy Debuff Reducer Debuff Reducer +25% Debuff Resist +90 Bonus Health
The standard early buy when the enemy team chains crowd control; it is also the component for 
Spellbreaker Spellbreaker +9s Cooldown +18% Spirit Resist +25% Debuff Resist +175 Damage Threshold +65% Spirit Damage Reduction +90 Bonus Health Builds from Debuff Reducer and 
Unstoppable Unstoppable +60s Cooldown +5.5s Duration +125 Bonus Health +25% Debuff Resist Builds from Debuff Reducer .
When to skip Debuff Reducer
No value against a comp with no timed debuffs.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Debuff Resist does NOT shorten the Stun from a parry
- Debuff Resist does NOT shorten the Stun from the
Knockdown Knockdown +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius item
Problems it answers
- Stuns and hard CC — “I get locked down and deleted.”
- Slows — “I can never walk away from a fight.”
- Silences and ability denial — “My abilities get shut off at the worst moment.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Debuff Reducer answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.