Healbane
passive Documented When to buy Healbane Healbane +8s Duration +7 Spirit Power -35% Incoming Healing
The cheapest anti-heal item: take it the moment an enemy's Lifesteal or a support's healing is out-pacing your damage.
When to skip Healbane
Requires you to deal Spirit Damage; a pure gun hero with no spirit sources should take 
Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets -40% Incoming Healing or 
Inhibitor Inhibitor +150 Bonus Health +5s Debuff Duration -30% Damage Penalty +10% Weapon Damage -40% Incoming Healing instead.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Only applies through Spirit Damage, not plain Bullet Damage
- Stacks with other healing-reduction sources
- Since 30 Oct 2026 Healbane from several sources stacks on one enemy with diminishing returns; before, it did not stack
Problems it answers
- Healing and lifesteal — “They keep healing back everything I do to them.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Healbane answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.