Deadlock spirit damage items
Scales what your abilities do, through Spirit Power and ability-specific effects.
44 items on patch 09-16-2026. Pick a tier, then an item, for what it does and when to buy it.
Weapon
9 items1,600 souls each
Mystic Shot Mystic Shot +8s Cooldown +100% Proc Chance +1s Max Frequency +7 Spirit Power Strong evidence Adds a burst of Spirit Damage to your bullets on a short internal cooldown.
Buy when: Buy on hybrid heroes who have some spirit scaling and a decent fire rate.
Spirit Shredder Bullets Spirit Shredder Bullets +8s Debuff Duration +10% Spirit Lifesteal Strong evidence Your bullets reduce the target's Spirit Resist, softening them up for your team's ability damage.
Buy when: Buy when your team's damage is mostly abilities and the enemy is stacking Spirit Resist.
3,200 souls each
Alchemical Fire Alchemical Fire +30s Cooldown +5s Duration +0.2s Cast Delay +10 Spirit Power Strong evidence Throws a flask that creates a burning area dealing damage over time and reducing enemy Bullet Resist inside it.
Buy when: Buy for zone denial and faster objective damage, or to punish enemies who must hold a choke.
Ballistic Enchantment Ballistic Enchantment +20s Duration +22% Ability Range +22% Radius +20% Weapon Damage per Stack +5% Non-Hero Weapon Damage +8 Non-Hero Stack Limit Strong evidence Converts some of your weapon output into spirit-scaling damage, blending gun and ability builds.
Buy when: Buy on hybrid heroes with meaningful Spirit Power who still shoot a lot.
Spirit Rend Spirit Rend +2s Max Frequency +75 Bonus Health +4 Max Stacks +10% Spirit Lifesteal -7% Spirit Resist +8s Debuff Duration Strong evidence Bullets strip Spirit Resist from the target, amplifying your team's ability damage on that enemy.
Buy when: Buy when enemies stack Spirit Resist and your team's damage is ability-based.
Tesla Bullets Tesla Bullets +0.2s Max Frequency +15% Proc Chance +4 Max Jumps Strong evidence Bullets chain Spirit Damage to nearby enemies, turning single-target fire into Area Damage.
Buy when: Buy when fights are clumped or you need faster wave and camp clear on a gun hero.
Toxic Bullets Toxic Bullets -35% Healing Reduction -35% Healing Reduction Documented Bullets build up a bleed that damages a share of the target's maximum health and, crucially, cuts their healing while it runs.
Buy when: The gun-hero answer to enemy Lifesteal and big-health frontliners — buy it when an enemy is out-healing your damage.
1.9% max health per second bleed (+0.006 spirit scaling), 35% Healing Reduction, 4s duration; build-up per bullet varies by hero
Watch out: Bleed does not build from melee attacks
6,400 souls each
Spellslinger Spellslinger +5% Ability Cooldown Reduction +11% Fire Rate -10% Reload Time +18s Buff Duration +6 Max Stacks Strong evidence Strongly links gun and ability damage, adding spirit scaling to your weapon.
Buy when: Buy on hybrid carries with heavy spirit investment.
Spiritual Overflow Spiritual Overflow +15s Duration +6 Spirit Power +13% Spirit Lifesteal +90 Bonus Health +25% Fire Rate +30 Spirit Power +10% Spirit Lifesteal +13% Ability Duration Strong evidence Converts sustained weapon output into a large Spirit Power bonus, a bridge item for gun-to-spirit hybrids.
Buy when: Buy on heroes whose abilities scale hard with spirit but who fire constantly.
Vitality
5 items1,600 souls each
Enchanter's Emblem Enchanter's Emblem +15 Spirit Power +18% Spirit Resist +2 Out of Combat Regen +65% Life Threshold +5% Ability Cooldown Reduction Strong evidence Using an ability grants a short burst of fire rate and Spirit Power, rewarding ability-weaving supports and hybrids.
Buy when: Buy on low-cooldown ability kits.
Trophy Collector Trophy Collector +2 Out of Combat Regen +16 Souls per Minute +16 Max Stacks -15% Weapon Damage vs. NPCs Strong evidence Collecting soul orbs grants stacking bonus health and Spirit Power.
Buy when: Buy early on farming heroes to snowball stats out of lane.
6,400 souls each
Diviner's Kevlar Diviner's Kevlar +40s Cooldown +40 Spirit Power +1000 Barrier +20s Buff Duration +15% Ability Duration +10% Ultimate Cooldown Reduction Documented Casting your ultimate gives you a very large barrier and a Spirit Power boost, so committing to your ult stops being a death sentence.
Buy when: Buy on heroes with a channelled or commitment-heavy ultimate that the enemy tries to burst you out of.
1000 Barrier and +40 Spirit Power for 20s on ultimate cast, 40s cooldown; +15% Ability Duration, +10% Ultimate Cooldown Reduction
Infuser Infuser +30s Cooldown +7s Duration +6 Spirit Power +100 Bonus Health +30 Spirit Power +70% Spirit Lifesteal +10% Spirit Resist +13% Spirit Lifesteal Strategic Converts your bonus health into Spirit Power, rewarding heroes who build tanky and cast.
Buy when: Buy on tanky spirit heroes with large health pools.
Leech Leech +12 Spirit Power +28% Spirit Lifesteal +28% Bullet Lifesteal +12% Weapon Damage +180 Bonus Health Documented Very large bullet and spirit Lifesteal alongside solid offensive and health stats. It no longer applies any healing reduction.
Buy when: Buy on a carry who wins by staying in the fight and healing through incoming damage.
+25% Spirit Lifesteal, +25% Bullet Lifesteal, +180 Bonus Health, +12% Weapon Damage, +12 Spirit Power
Watch out: Healing reduction removed 8 May 2025 — older guides listing Leech as anti-heal are stale
Spirit
30 items800 souls each
Extra Charge Extra Charge +1 Bonus Ability Charges +7 Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities Strong evidence Adds a charge to your charge-based abilities.
Buy when: Buy on kits with charge abilities you want to use more often.
Extra Spirit Extra Spirit +10 Spirit Power Strong evidence Flat Spirit Power, the cheapest way to make every ability hit harder.
Buy when: Buy on any ability-scaling hero in the opening minutes.
Mystic Burst Mystic Burst +14s Cooldown +40 Damage +14s Charge-Up Time Strong evidence Adds bonus Spirit Damage to abilities that deal a large hit, front-loading your burst.
Buy when: Buy on burst casters to win early trades.
Mystic Expansion Mystic Expansion +20% Ability Range +20% Radius Strong evidence Increases the range and size of your abilities.
Buy when: Buy when you struggle to land abilities on mobile or distant enemies.
Spirit Strike Spirit Strike +8s Cooldown +6s Duration Strong evidence Melee attacks deal bonus Spirit Damage and debuff the target's Spirit Resist.
Buy when: Buy on heroes who mix melee into their rotation.
1,600 souls each
Arcane Surge Arcane Surge +7s Duration +15% Ability Duration +20 Spirit Power +12% Radius +12% Ability Range +1 Stamina +12% Stamina Recovery Strategic Casting an ability grants a short burst of move speed and Spirit Power.
Buy when: Buy on low-cooldown casters who want to kite while casting.
Cold Front Cold Front +25s Cooldown +4s Duration +0.6s Spread Duration: +48% Move Speed +6% Spirit Resist Documented An expanding ice blast that damages and heavily slows everything it touches — the cheapest area anti-mobility tool.
Buy when: Buy when you need an area slow to catch runners or peel a dive; it upgrades into 
Arctic Blast Arctic Blast +24s Cooldown +0.6s Spread Duration: +48% Move Speed +4s Slow Duration +10% Spirit Resist +1s Freeze Duration Builds from Cold Front .
95 spirit damage (+0.47 scaling), -48% Move Slow for 4s, 10m max radius, 25s cooldown; +6% Spirit Resist
Compress Cooldown Compress Cooldown +18% Ability Cooldown Reduction Strong evidence Reduces your ability cooldowns, giving more casts per fight.
Buy when: Buy on ability-reliant heroes with long cooldowns.
Duration Extender Duration Extender +22% Ability Duration Strong evidence Extends how long your ability effects last, including your crowd control.
Buy when: Buy on heroes whose value is in long-duration zones, buffs or CC.
Improved Spirit Improved Spirit +18 Spirit Power +75 Bonus Health +1.5 Out of Combat Regen Strong evidence A larger flat Spirit Power increase than the tier-1 option.
Buy when: Buy as the core scaling stat on any ability carry.
Mystic Vulnerability Mystic Vulnerability +7s Duration +8% Spirit Resist Documented Dealing Spirit Damage strips Spirit Resist from the target, amplifying every subsequent ability your team lands.
Buy when: Buy on an ability-heavy team facing enemies who stack Spirit Resist.
+8% Spirit Resist; applies -8% Spirit Resist to the target for 7s
Watch out: Does not stack; repeated spirit damage only refreshes the debuff
Spirit Sap Spirit Sap +18s Cooldown +12s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay -9% Spirit Resist +50 Bonus Health -30 Spirit Power Documented Targets an enemy to strip both their Spirit Resist and their Spirit Power — it weakens an enemy caster while making them easier to burst.
Buy when: Buy against an enemy spellcaster: it lowers their damage and raises yours against them at the same time.
-9% Spirit Resist and -30 Spirit Power for 12s, 40m cast range, 18s cooldown; +50 Bonus Health
3,200 souls each
Decay Decay +30s Cooldown +12s Duration +0.1s Cast Delay +8 Spirit Power -50% Healing Reduction -50% Healing Reduction +65 Bonus Health Documented A targeted damage-over-time curse that deals damage based on the victim's health and, most importantly, cuts their healing by half for a long window. It is the strongest dedicated anti-heal in the spirit tree.
Buy when: Buy when an enemy is healing through your damage and you want a point-and-click answer that does not rely on landing bullets.
-50% Healing Reduction for 12s; 1.95 spirit damage/s (+0.003 scaling); 20m cast range, 30s cooldown; +8 Spirit Power, +65 Bonus Health
Watch out: Healing reduction raised -45% -> -50% on 6 Mar 2026
Greater Expansion Greater Expansion +30% Ability Range +30% Radius +10% Spirit Resist Strong evidence A large increase to ability range and radius.
Buy when: Buy when landing abilities from safety is the problem.
Rapid Recharge Rapid Recharge +30% Faster Time Between Charges +2 Bonus Ability Charges +14% Cooldown Reduction For Charged Abilities +14 Bonus Spirit Power for Charged Abilities Strong evidence Adds ability charges and speeds up charge recovery.
Buy when: Buy on charge-based kits.
Spirit Snatch Spirit Snatch +6s Cooldown +10s Duration -25 Spirit Power +7% Melee Damage +75 Bonus Health Strategic Landing abilities on enemy heroes steals Spirit Power from them for a duration.
Buy when: Buy in a caster-versus-caster matchup to swing the spirit-power race.
Superior Cooldown Superior Cooldown +20% Ability Cooldown Reduction +4 Out of Combat Regen Strong evidence A large reduction to all your ability cooldowns.
Buy when: Buy on ability carries who want to cast constantly.
Superior Duration Superior Duration +28% Ability Duration +8% Bullet Resist Strong evidence A large increase to how long your ability effects last, including crowd control and zones.
Buy when: Buy on heroes with long-duration zones, buffs or CC.
Surge of Power Surge of Power +14s Cooldown +28 Imbued Ability Spirit Power +20% Fire Rate Bonus +8s Move Speed Duration +100 move speed penalty while shooting reduction Strong evidence Casting an ability grants a strong temporary boost to Spirit Power and move speed.
Buy when: Buy on casters who chain abilities in a burst rotation.
Tankbuster Tankbuster +14s Cooldown +7.5% Current Health Damage +40 Damage +14s Charge-Up Time +50 Bonus Health Documented Charges over time so that your next large ability deals extra damage scaling off the target's current health — and that bonus ignores spirit resistance.
Buy when: Buy when an enemy tank's health pool is the reason your abilities feel useless.
Charges over 14s; abilities dealing more than 165 damage add 40 flat spirit damage plus 7.5% of the target's current health, ignoring Spirit Resist; +50 Bonus Health
Watch out: Only triggers on spirit damage above the 165 threshold against enemy heroes
Torment Pulse Torment Pulse +1.4s Cooldown +100 Bonus Health +18% Melee Resist Strategic Emits a periodic pulse of Spirit Damage to nearby enemies, giving passive Area Damage and wave clear.
Buy when: Buy on frontliners for free damage in brawls and to chip minions; the constant pulse can also help flush out an enemy hiding nearby.
6,400 souls each
Arctic Blast Arctic Blast +24s Cooldown +0.6s Spread Duration: +48% Move Speed +4s Slow Duration +10% Spirit Resist +1s Freeze Duration Documented A large expanding ice blast that damages, briefly freezes and then heavily slows everything in a wide radius, and freezes their stamina regeneration.
Buy when: Buy to lock down a mobile enemy team or to peel a dive off your backline — the stamina freeze stops them dashing out.
175 spirit damage (0.7 scaling), 1s Freeze, -48% Move Slow for 4s, 16m radius, 24s cooldown; +10% Spirit Resist
Watch out: The freeze and the slow are applied simultaneously, not sequentially
Boundless Spirit Boundless Spirit +30 Spirit Power +75 Bonus Health +4 Out of Combat Regen +15% Spirit Power Strong evidence A very large all-round increase to Spirit Power, health and weapon damage — the generic late-game caster stat stick.
Buy when: Buy as a late-game scaling item on any ability carry.
Escalating Exposure Escalating Exposure +12s Duration +0.7s Max Frequency +4.5% Spirit Amp per Stack +17% Spirit Resist +12 Max Stacks Documented Your Spirit Damage stacks an amplifier on the target so each subsequent ability hits harder, and it also strips their Spirit Resist.
Buy when: Buy on high-frequency Spirit Damage heroes to melt durable targets over a sustained fight.
+17% Spirit Resist; -8% enemy Spirit Resist on spirit damage; +4.5% Spirit Amp per stack, up to 12 stacks, 12s duration, 0.7s internal cooldown
Watch out: The amplified damage is a separate instance applied after the original spirit damage
Lightning Scroll Lightning Scroll +2s Duration +150 Damage +64% Move Speed +50 Bonus Health +0.75s Stun Duration +3s Delay Before Effect +24% Move Speed -10% Dash Distance Strategic Builds from 
Mystic Slow Mystic Slow +2s Duration +24% Move Speed -10% Dash Distance +50 Bonus Health : your Spirit Damage chains lightning to nearby enemies while keeping the slow effect.
Buy when: Buy on area casters who want extra chain damage plus sticking power.
Mercurial Magnum Mercurial Magnum +15s Cooldown +7 Spirit Power +22% Fire Rate +12s Buff Duration +100% Bullets Reloaded +14s Charge-Up Time +20% Max Ammo Strategic Converts a large share of your Spirit Power into weapon damage, turning a caster's stats into gun damage.
Buy when: Buy on hybrid heroes with heavy spirit investment who still shoot.
Mystic Reverb Mystic Reverb +6.25s Cooldown +8% Spirit Lifesteal +22% Imbued Lifesteal +32% Move Speed +10% Max Health Damage Strategic Your abilities echo, dealing extra Area Damage and applying a slow around the target.
Buy when: Buy on area casters to add damage and stickiness to every cast.
Scourge Scourge +35s Cooldown +10s Duration +0.25s Cast Delay +40% Spirit Resist +100 Bonus Health +20% Debuff Resist Documented Buffs a friendly target (including yourself) with heavy Spirit Resist and debuff resist plus a damaging aura, and reduces debuffs already on them. It is a team-wide defensive save.
Buy when: Buy on supports to harden a focused ally against a caster team while adding pressure damage.
2.3% max health/s aura damage in a 10m radius, +40% Spirit Resist, +20% Debuff Resist for 10s; 35m cast range, 35s cooldown; +100 Bonus Health
Spirit Burn Spirit Burn +6% Ability Range +6% Radius +500 Damage Threshold +50 Explosion Damage +8s Debuff Duration -70% Healing Reduction -70% Healing Reduction +20s Immunity Duration Documented A big hit of Spirit Damage detonates into an explosion and a long burn that applies extremely heavy healing reduction — the most severe anti-heal in the game.
Buy when: Buy on a heavy burst caster against an enemy whose Lifesteal or healing is the win condition.
Triggers above a 500 damage threshold: 50 explosion damage, 24 (+0.06 scaling) burn damage/s for 8s, -70% Healing Reduction; 20s immunity per target; +6% Ability Range
Watch out: 20s immunity per target means you cannot reapply it repeatedly to the same enemy
Transcendent Cooldown Transcendent Cooldown +25% Ability Cooldown Reduction +25% Item Cooldown Reduction +4 Out of Combat Regen Strong evidence The largest cooldown reduction available, letting you cast almost continuously.
Buy when: Buy on ability carries whose power is in casting often.
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