Metal Skin

What it does

Makes you flatly immune to bullets for several seconds, at the cost of reduced movement while it runs. Against a gun carry's damage window it is an absolute wall; against spellcasters it does nothing.

Numbers: +12% Bullet Resist passive; active grants bullet immunity for 5s, 24s cooldown, -1.5m Move Speed and -20% Dash Distance during it

Gotchas

The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.

• Blocks weapon damage from players and NPCs, but on-bullet-hit effects and build-ups still apply
• Spirit damage bypasses it entirely
• Bullet resist was cut 15% -> 12% on 21 Mar 2026 and the cooldown raised 20s -> 24s on 30 Jan 2026

Problems it answers

• Sustained gun damage — “Their gun grinds me down in a long fight.”
• Burst damage — “I die before I can react.”
• Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”

Heroes that make this worth a slot

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

• Drifter
• Calico
• Haze
• Vyper
• Wraith
• Yamato
• Apollo
• Bebop
• Billy
• Infernus
• Lash
• McGinnis