5Cloak of Opportunity
Block the next debuff that would apply movement lock, Stun, Chained, Immobilize, or Sleep and become Unstoppable . Also gain a Barrier and bonus move speed
How Cloak of Opportunity is performing now
Control and disruption
Block the next debuff that would apply movement lock, Stun, Chained, Immobilize, or Sleep and become Unstoppable . Also gain a Barrier and bonus move speed.
Cloak of Opportunity functions as control and disruption within the Vitality shop. The strategic value is creating a punishable window by restricting an opponent's available responses. Because it is a legendary, match-defining investment, the right comparison is the fight pattern it unlocks versus the other purchases that the same 9,999 souls could complete.
When Cloak of Opportunity belongs in the build
- One enemy repeatedly escapes or takes over fights when left free to act.
- Your team can follow the disruption with focused damage or another layer of control.
- The target's defensive timing is predictable enough to justify a dedicated answer.
- The enemy can cheaply cleanse, block, or wait out the effect.
- Your lineup already has enough reliable control and needs damage or survivability instead.
- You cannot safely reach or select the target the item is meant to disrupt.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Cloak of Opportunity is a legendary, match-defining investment at 9,999 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 Cloak of Opportunity yet, so no performance conclusion should be drawn from missing data.
What else the same budget can buy
It occupies the same 9,999-soul price point. Applies an extremely powerful cleanse that replenishes your allies globally.
COMPARE ITEM →Electric SlippersIt occupies the same 9,999-soul price point. When sliding, evade bullets, gain fire rate and deal damage to enemies around you. Cooldown is per target.
COMPARE ITEM →Eternal GiftIt occupies the same 9,999-soul price point. Periodically gain a random permanent stat buff.
COMPARE ITEM →How Cloak of Opportunity has changed
- Barrier increased from 300 to 500
- Cooldown reduced from 14s to 12s
Cloak of Opportunity 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.
VIEW ANALYTICS SOURCE ↗Current-patch all-ranks sample · refreshed automatically