Silence Wave
spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls active VerifiedPreviously called Silence Glyph. Guides using the old name are out of date.
What it does
Fires an expanding projectile that silences every enemy it passes through and deals impact damage. It is the only area silence available before tier 4.
Numbers: 3s Silence, 75 spirit damage (0.7 scaling), 40m cast range, 42s cooldown; +50 Bonus Health
Buy it when
Buy to cut off enemy ability combos or to interrupt a channelled ultimate from range — it is the go-to counter to ability-reliant teams.
Skip it when
Long cooldown, so a mistimed cast leaves you with nothing for the rest of the fight.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Damage spirit scaling raised 0.6 -> 1.0 and cooldown cut 35s -> 30s on 6 Mar 2026; the wiki currently lists 42s base cooldown
Problems it answers
- Sustained spirit damage — “Their abilities chip me down constantly.”
- Channelled ultimates — “Their ultimate wins the fight on its own.”
- 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 Silence Wave answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.