What the item does
01
Active: Pollinate
Spreads pollen on all enemy units in a 900 unit radius for 9 seconds, decreasing their health restoration by 50% and dealing damage per second, the total equal to 9% of their maximum health.
How I decide
«I use Pollinate before enemies recover, not after the full heal.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- Several nearby targets survive a trade through healing and regeneration.
- 02 My decision
- I apply pollen to the shared focus and use its damage over time together with reduced recovery.
- 03 What I avoid
- Activate the effect after eligible targets have already left its radius.
When to choose
When tier 3 neutral items become available. I choose from the current options for the hero's next task; this item is not bought with gold.
Which heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
Stats and key conditions
- Cooldown
- 25 s
Valve notes
- Damage is non-lethal and classified as HP Loss.
Game effects and recipes are a snapshot of official data. My guidelines are choices for a task, not a promise of the same build every match. Values for several stages, where present, are separated by ‘/’.
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