IISpirit Sap
Target an enemy to reduce their Spirit Resist and Spirit Power .
How Spirit Sap is performing now
Durability and resistance
Target an enemy to reduce their Spirit Resist and Spirit Power .
Spirit Sap functions as durability and resistance within the Spirit shop. The strategic value is surviving a defined damage pattern or control window long enough to keep contributing. Because it is a transitional purchase, the right comparison is the fight pattern it unlocks versus the other purchases that the same 1,600 souls could complete.
When Spirit Sap belongs in the build
- Spirit Sap's protection matches the damage or control that is deciding fights.
- Living through the first enemy commitment lets your kit deliver a second meaningful action.
- Your team needs you to hold space rather than trade your life for a single cast.
- The enemy threat profile does not match the protection described by the item.
- Poor positioning, not insufficient durability, is causing most deaths.
- More health would only delay a loss without creating damage, control, or an escape opportunity.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Spirit Sap is a transitional purchase at 1,600 souls. Judge it against the next fight and the purchases it delays, not only against its isolated tooltip value.
Lock Lab has not received a reliable current sample for Spirit Sap yet, so no performance conclusion should be drawn from missing data.
What else the same budget can buy
It occupies the same 1,600-soul price point. After you Dash-Jump , the next ability you use within 7s will have bonus Range, Duration, and Spirit Power .
COMPARE ITEM →Bullet Resist ShredderIt occupies the same 1,600-soul price point. Reduces Bullet Resist on enemies when you deal spirit damage .
COMPARE ITEM →Cold FrontIt occupies the same 1,600-soul price point. Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits.
COMPARE ITEM →How Spirit Sap has changed
- Spirit Power loss increased from -24 to -30
- Cooldown reduced from 32s to 18s
- Cooldown reduced from 35s to 25s (matches Focus Lens)
Spirit Sap in Deadlock builds
Item strength depends on hero kit, purchase timing, lobby rank, and the current patch. Use the hero pages below to compare this item against complete build paths instead of treating a single item as universally optimal.
Transparent reference, original analysis
Live performance and purchase timing come from community-indexed match records. Lock Lab's rates, comparison windows, confidence labels, and hero-affinity analysis are original calculations—not official Valve recommendations.
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