Stalker
passive Documented Previously called Backstabber. Guides using the old name are out of date.
When to buy Stalker Stalker +6s Cooldown +5s Duration +50 Bonus Health +17 Damage Per Second -6% Bullet Resist +5s Debuff Duration -50% Footstep Sound Distance
Buy on close-range duelists and flankers who commit into short range.
When to skip Stalker
Avoid on long-range heroes; old guides that tell you to attack from behind describe an earlier version.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Triggers on weapon damage within 8m, not on the angle you attack from
Problems it answers
- Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
- Unkillable frontline — “I cannot kill their tank.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Stalker answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.