Slowing Hex
active Documented When to buy Slowing Hex Slowing Hex +29s Cooldown +3.5s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +16% Move Speed -26% Dash Distance
Buy it when an enemy repeatedly uses a movement ability or item to dash, blink or fly out of your kill window.
When to skip Slowing Hex
It does not stop non-movement abilities or gunfire.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Silences movement-based abilities AND movement items — it disables
Warp Stone Warp Stone +16s Cooldown +30% Bullet Resist +6s Buff Duration , 
Phantom Strike Phantom Strike +35s Cooldown +0.35s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power +15% Weapon Damage +40% Move Speed +3s Slow Duration , Vindicta's 
Flight Flight Vindicta lifts off and flies freely for an extended duration. Damage +10 spirit damage per bullet while airborne (T3 adds +10 more with improved… Mobility 13s of free flight on a 42s cooldown; Defensive Being airborne dodges most ground-targeted abilities and puts her out of… 1 +50% base ammo capacity during Flight 2 +10s duration (13s base up to 23s) 5 hero kills refresh Flight's duration; , Infernus's 
Flame Dash Flame Dash Dashes forward with slow resistance, leaving a burning trail behind that damages anyone standing in it. Damage about 30 damage per second from the trail; Mobility a substantial forward dash, extendable by holding forward Defensive slow resistance during the dash makes it reliable as an escape even into… 1 -12s cooldown 2 +1.0s trail duration and about +20 damage per second 5 2 ability charges with about a 14s recharge and similar - Only silences movement effects, not offensive abilities
Problems it answers
- Gap closers and escapes — “They reach me whenever they want and leave when they want.”
- Air mobility — “They fight from above and I cannot touch them.”
- Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
- Backline assassination — “Their carry deletes my squishies.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Slowing Hex answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.