Restorative Locket

vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls passive+active Verified

What it does

Banks a stack every time an enemy casts an ability near you, then converts the stacks into a heal and stamina refill on demand. It scales directly with how spell-spammy the enemy team is.

Numbers: +8% Spirit Resist; stores 1 stack per enemy ability cast within 32m, up to 25 stacks; 16 healing per stack (+0.45 boon scaling), up to 3 stamina; 20s cooldown

Buy it when

Buy against ability-spam comps that poke constantly — the more they cast, the bigger your heal.

Skip it when

Nearly worthless against a gun-only enemy team.

Gotchas

The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.

Passive abilities and item passives do not generate stacks
Detection range is not increased by ability-range items

Problems it answers

Sustained spirit damage — “Their abilities chip me down constantly.”
Long-range poke — “I get chipped down before the fight even starts.”
Zoning and area denial — “I get pushed out of every fight position.”

Heroes that make this worth a slot

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