Ethereal Shift

spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls active Verified

What it does

Sends you into a void state where you are untargetable and invincible for several seconds, then leaves you with spirit resist and move speed. It is the cleanest way to blank an enemy burst combo.

Numbers: 4s untargetable and invincible, drifting at 2.5 m/s, 37s cooldown; on exit +20 Spirit Power, +30% Spirit Resist, +3m Move Speed for 5s

Buy it when

Buy to survive a telegraphed assassination combo or ultimate — you simply cease to be a target for four seconds.

Skip it when

You cannot act during it and it interrupts your own channels, so it buys survival rather than winning a fight.

Gotchas

The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.

Interrupts your own channelled abilities on activation
Can be cancelled early

Problems it answers

Burst damage — “I die before I can react.”
Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
Channelled ultimates — “Their ultimate wins the fight on its own.”
Backline assassination — “Their carry deletes my squishies.”

Heroes that make this worth a slot

Heroes whose kit creates the problems Ethereal Shift answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.