Escalating Exposure

spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls passive Verified

What it does

Your spirit damage stacks an amplifier on the target so each subsequent ability hits harder, and it also strips their spirit resist.

Numbers: +17% Spirit Resist; -8% enemy Spirit Resist on spirit damage; +4.5% Spirit Amp per stack, up to 12 stacks, 12s duration, 0.7s internal cooldown

Buy it when

Buy on high-frequency spirit damage heroes to melt durable targets over a sustained fight.

Skip it when

Needs many ticks of spirit damage to pay off; weak on single-burst kits.

Gotchas

The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.

The amplified damage is a separate instance applied after the original spirit damage

Problems it answers

Unkillable frontline — “I cannot kill their tank.”
Sustained spirit damage — “Their abilities chip me down constantly.”

Heroes that make this worth a slot

Heroes whose kit creates the problems Escalating Exposure answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.