Cheat Death
vitality · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls passive VerifiedWhat it does
When you would die, you instead survive with temporary invulnerability and all non-stun debuffs cleared — at the cost of heavily reduced damage and healing during the window.
Numbers: 4.5s death immunity, 90s cooldown, -60% damage and -60% healing during it; +200 Bonus Health, +15% Bullet Resist
Buy it when
Buy when you are being assassinated in every fight — it converts one death per 90 seconds into an escape window.
Skip it when
You deal almost no damage during the window, so it buys time rather than turning a fight.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Clears all non-stun debuffs when it triggers
- Triggers before certain hero resurrection abilities
Problems it answers
- 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 Cheat Death answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.