Vortex Web
active Documented When to buy Vortex Web Vortex Web +42s Cooldown +4s Duration +0.2s Cast Delay +0.5s Tether Duration +28% Move Speed -36% Dash Distance +8% Ability Range +8% Radius Builds from Slowing Hex
Buy to set up team wipes against scattered, mobile enemies — it groups them and takes away their escapes at once.
When to skip Vortex Web
Pulling enemies together can also feed them into your own team if mistimed.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Applies the full
Slowing Hex effect, so it silences enemy movement items such as 
Warp Stone Warp Stone +16s Cooldown +30% Bullet Resist +6s Buff Duration and 
Phantom Strike Phantom Strike +35s Cooldown +0.35s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power +15% Weapon Damage +40% Move Speed +3s Slow Duration
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 Vortex Web answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.