5Shrink Ray
Reduces Model Size and grants Move Speed to the target. Allows usage of tunnels in this mode. Can be self-cast.
How Shrink Ray is performing now
Mobility and positioning
Reduces Model Size and grants Move Speed to the target. Allows usage of tunnels in this mode. Can be self-cast.
Shrink Ray functions as mobility and positioning within the Spirit shop. The strategic value is improving access, escape, or the ability to preserve a favorable firing angle. 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 Shrink Ray belongs in the build
- Positioning is the main reason your damage or utility is not reaching the right target.
- The extra movement enables a repeatable engage, rotation, chase, or disengage pattern.
- You can convert the mobility into objective pressure rather than only correcting late positioning.
- Hard control or burst damage prevents movement from solving the actual problem.
- Your hero already reaches fights reliably and needs stronger conversion after arriving.
- The item would be used as an emergency escape instead of supporting a deliberate game plan.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Shrink Ray 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 Shrink Ray yet, so no performance conclusion should be drawn from missing data.
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- Now grants +20% Fire Rate while shrunk
Shrink Ray 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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