Vortex Web
spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls active VerifiedWhat it does
A vacuum grenade that drags every enemy in a wide radius into one spot and applies Slowing Hex to all of them, silencing their movement abilities.
Numbers: 12m capture radius, -28% Move Speed, -36% Dash Distance for 4s plus Slowing Hex, 42s cooldown; +8% Ability Range, +0.75m Sprint Speed
Buy it when
Buy to set up team wipes against scattered, mobile enemies — it groups them and takes away their escapes at once.
Skip it when
Pulling enemies together can also feed them into your own team if mistimed.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Applies the full Slowing Hex effect, so it silences enemy movement items such as Warp Stone and Phantom Strike
Problems it answers
- Gap closers and escapes — “They reach me whenever they want and leave when they want.”
- Air mobility — “They fight from above and I cannot touch them.”
- Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
- Backline assassination — “Their carry deletes my squishies.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Vortex Web answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.