Witchmail
vitality · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls passive VerifiedWhat it does
Strong spirit resist, and every heavy hit of enemy spirit damage refunds one of your ability cooldowns — it turns being focused by a caster into extra uptime.
Numbers: +22% Spirit Resist, +14 Spirit Power; -4s off a random ability on cooldown per hit above a 75 damage threshold, 1s internal cooldown
Buy it when
Buy on an ability-reliant hero who is being targeted by enemy casters — the more they hit you, the more you cast.
Skip it when
Low value if the enemy damage is mostly bullets.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Only selects from abilities currently on cooldown
Problems it answers
- Sustained spirit damage — “Their abilities chip me down constantly.”
- Burst damage — “I die before I can react.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Witchmail answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.