Overview
Spirit Strike is a Tier 1 Spirit item that empowers melee attacks with bonus spirit damage and resistance reduction. It is an excellent choice for heroes who weave melee strikes into their combat loops to maximize their spirit ability damage.
Stats
- Cost: 800 Souls
- Tier: 1 (Spirit)
Passive
When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra Spirit Damage with the attack and reduce the target’s Spirit Resist.
- Cooldown: 8s
- Deals 40 Spirit Damage
- Reduces target’s Spirit Resist by 6%
- Duration: 6s
- Cooldown is 2x longer for Light Melee hits
Upgrade Bonuses
When upgraded, Spirit Strike gains:
- +80 Spirit Damage (total: 120)
- -5% additional Spirit Resist reduction (total: -11%)
Spirit Scaling
The bonus Spirit Damage scales with Spirit Power:
- Damage: 40 + (0.372 * Spirit Power)
When to Buy
- Early game to dominate lane trades with heavy melee attacks
- Against tanky opponents to reduce their spirit resistance
- On heroes who naturally play in melee range and want to burst targets
Synergies
- Abrams: His kit encourages close-range brawling and heavy melee attacks, making full use of the bonus damage and debuff.
- Yamato: Synergizes well with her melee-focused abilities and allows her to prep targets for high spirit damage burst.
- Shiv: Can easily land melee attacks to apply the debuff before unloading his spirit-based damage kit.