What the item does
01
Active: Fade
Grants the owner or a targeted ally invisibility for 3.5 seconds and reduces their movement speed by 35%.
How I decide
«Fade has a delay; I account for the whole short window.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- I need brief invisibility on myself or an ally under the current version's rules.
- 02 My decision
- I plan for the fade delay and movement penalty, comparing this use with a full Glimmer.
- 03 What I avoid
- Use an old habit of standing still instead of reading current Fade.
When I would buy it
As a Glimmer component or for a specific brief window.
Which heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
What to compare it with
Similar purposes do not make items interchangeable. I compare effect, price and timing.
Builds into
Shadow BladeConnections through Valve recipes. Owning a component does not oblige me to buy its upgrade immediately.
Stats and key conditions
- Fade time
- 1.25 s
- Cooldown
- 18 s
- Cast range
- 600
Valve notes
- Becoming fully invisible takes 1.25 of the 3.5 second duration.
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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