Overview
Cursed Relic is a Tier 4 Spirit item that provides a powerful single-target lockdown, silencing and disarming an enemy while stripping their non-ultimate buffs. It also reduces the target’s outgoing damage, making it a premier late-game tool for neutralizing high-threat carries and elusive heroes.
Stats
- Cost: 6400 Souls
- Tier: 4 (Spirit)
- Applies -25% Outgoing Damage Penalty to the cursed enemy
Active
Curses an enemy - interrupting, Silencing, Disarming, and preventing item usage. Removes all non-ultimate buffs.
- Cooldown: 55s
- Duration: 3.25s
- Range: 20m
- Cast Delay: 0.1s
- Outgoing Damage Penalty: -25%
When to Buy
- Essential for countering heroes with powerful non-ultimate buffs or channeled abilities, such as Grey Talon’s Rain of Arrows or Ivy’s Air Drop.
- Buy this to shut down enemies relying on defensive items like Metal Skin, Ethereal Shift, or Magic Carpet.
- High priority in the late game to secure kills on elusive targets or to prevent a fed carry from using their key abilities and items.
- Note that while it removes buffs, it does not remove the Unstoppable status, though Unstoppable does not protect other buffs from being stripped.
Synergies
- Haze: Prevents enemies from using Metal Skin or Ethereal Shift to survive her ultimate, ensuring her burst is effective.
- Shiv: Allows him to lock down a target completely, preventing any escape or counter-play while he executes his burst combo.
- Wraith: Complements her kit by adding another layer of lockdown and reducing the target’s counter-damage during pick-off attempts.