Return Fire
vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls passive+active VerifiedWhat it does
For a few seconds, anyone who damages you automatically takes a share of that damage back, and you gain bullet resist permanently.
Numbers: +10% Bullet Resist; active returns 65% of bullet damage and 25% of spirit damage for 6.5s, 23s cooldown
Buy it when
Buy against divers and sustained gun carries who commit to shooting you at close range.
Skip it when
Weak against a single long-range poke hero who never sustains damage on you.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Returns pre-mitigation damage, so it works off the attacker's raw output
- Functions even while you have 100% damage immunity
Problems it answers
- Sustained gun damage — “Their gun grinds me down in a long fight.”
- Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
- Burst damage — “I die before I can react.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Return Fire answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.