Overview
Backstabber is a Tier 2 Weapon item that enhances sneak attacks from behind enemy heroes. It is particularly effective on assassins who can easily flank and track targets through walls.
Stats
- Cost: 1600 Souls
- Tier: 2 (Weapon)
- +50 Bonus Health
- -50% Footstep Sound Distance
Passive
Attacking enemies from behind with your weapon or melee opens a wound dealing spirit damage over time and reducing their bullet resist. During this time, if you or any allies are near the target, will see them through walls and be given bonus move speed.
- Cooldown: 6s
- 17 Spirit Damage Per Second
- -6% Bullet Resist Reduction
- +1.5m/s Bonus Move Speed
- 5s Debuff Duration
- 25m Bonus Radius
When to Buy
- Strong for flanking heroes who want to punish out-of-position enemies with extra burst and tracking.
- Useful when you need to reduce your footstep sound distance to approach enemies undetected.
- Effective for tracking elusive targets through walls, preventing them from escaping through cover.
- Provides a small health boost which helps with early to mid-game survivability.
Synergies
- Haze: Her invisibility allows her to consistently position behind enemies to trigger the passive’s effects.
- Shiv: His high mobility and dash abilities make it easy to reposition behind targets during combat.
- Viscous: Puddle Punch can proc the passive if Viscous is standing behind the target, adding utility to his long-range attacks.