Mechanics

Healing

Healing is the act of recovering a unit’s current health, which includes various methods such as Lifesteal, Health Regen, and Item effects.

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  1. 1Overview
  2. 2Healing Amp
  3. 3Healing Reduction
  4. 4Calculation
  5. 5Calculating Healing Reduction
  6. 6Calculating Final Healing
  7. 7Sources of direct healing
  8. 8Heroes
  9. 9Items
  10. 10Sources of healing reduction
  11. 11Heroes
  12. 12Items
  13. 13See also

Overview

The most reliable way for a player to heal themselves is by killing a Medic Trooper and picking up their Medic Pack, or by going back to their team’s base, which has a constant source of healing. Alternatively, they can buy Healing or Lifesteal items. Some heroes also have healing abilities. See a full list of healing sources below.

Besides direct healing, players passively recover health at all times through Health Regen.

Healing Amp

Healing Amp, also known as Healing Effectiveness, is a stat which increases the amount of healing a hero does with their abilities and items. This affects both healing to themselves and to their allies. Healing Amp affects healing-over-time buffs, such as Healing Rite‘s active effect.

This stat is represented as a percentage. For example, a 25% gain would increase a heal of 100 to 125.

Healing Reduction

Healing Reduction is a negative effect which reduces the effectiveness of healing on the unit it is applied to.

Healing Reduction is represented as a percentage and stacks multiplicatively, meaning each additional source has diminishing returns.

If a player is hit by the same source of Healing Reduction before its effect has worn off (e.g. two or more enemy players with Healbane), only the first source is applied.

Calculation

Calculating Healing Reduction

Multiple sources of Healing Reduction stack multiplicatively:

Total Reduction=1−(1−R1)×(1−R2)…

Example: If two sources of Healing Reduction are applied, one providing 40% and another providing 40%:

  1. Convert percentages to decimals: 0.40 and 0.40.
  2. Subtract from 1: (1 – 0.40) = 0.60 and (1 – 0.40) = 0.60.
  3. Multiply the remainders: 0.60 × 0.60 = 0.36.
  4. Subtract from 1: 1 – 0.36 = 0.64.
  5. Total Healing Reduction is 64%, not 80%.

Calculating Final Healing

Final Healing=Initial Healing×(1−Total Reduction)×(1+Healing Amp)

Example: A heal of 200 HP is applied to a target with 64% Total Healing Reduction. The healer has 25% Healing Amp.

  1. Apply Reduction: 200 × (1 – 0.64) = 200 × 0.36 = 72 HP.
  2. Apply Amp: 72 × (1 + 0.25) = 72 × 1.25 = 90 HP.
  3. Final Healing received is 90 HP.

Note: Healing from self-damage sources such as Victor‘s Pain Battery and Aura of Suffering does not appear in the endgame hero stats screen, but it does appear in the healing sources graph.

Sources of direct healing

Killing a Medic Trooper drops a Medic Pack that heals nearby players based on the following formula:

Heal = (13% of hero’s missing HP + 150 HP + 2 HP per minute) / Number of nearby heroes

The team’s base heals players by increasing their Health Regen to 6% of their maximum health per second plus 60 health per second.

Heroes

Hero Ability Notes
Abrams Siphon Life Lifesteals off damage dealt while active.
Abrams Infernal Resilience Passively restores health for a percentage of all incoming damage. T2 upgrade also grants passive melee lifesteal.
Apollo Flawless Advance Heals a flat amount per hit. Unlocked by T1 upgrade.
Bebop Exploding Uppercut Restores a portion of missing health on use. Unlocked by T3 upgrade.
Calico Leaping Slash Heals a flat amount on hero hit. Unlocked by T1 upgrade.
Calico Return to Shadows Heals a flat amount on use. Unlocked by T3 upgrade.
Celeste Light Eater Grants a buff that gives spirit lifesteal while active.
Drifter Bloodscent Restores a portion of missing health on kill.
Dynamo Rejuvenating Aurora Heals per second while channeling. T3 upgrade also adds passive max health regen.
Grey Talon Rain of Arrows Grants bullet and spirit lifesteal while active. Unlocked by T3 upgrade.
Infernus Napalm Lifesteals off all damage dealt to napalmed targets. Unlocked by T2 upgrade.
Infernus Concussive Combustion Lifesteals off damage dealt. Unlocked by T2 upgrade.
Ivy Kudzu Connection Grants bullet lifesteal. Also replicates a portion of healing.
Ivy Stone Form Heals a percentage of max HP on cast.
Kelvin Frost Grenade Heals Kelvin and nearby allies for a flat amount.
Kelvin Frozen Shelter Regenerates health for all allies inside the dome.
Lady Geist Life Drain Lifesteals off damage dealt. Alternate cast heals an allied hero by the same amount.
Lady Geist Soul Exchange Swaps health levels with an enemy hero by healing Geist then dealing pure damage to the enemy by the equivalent amount.
Lash Flog Heals Lash for a percentage of damage dealt to heroes.
McGinnis Medicinal Specter Heals nearby allies per second.
Mina Rake Heals a flat amount on kill.
Mo & Krill Scorn Heals for a percentage of damage dealt.
Mo & Krill Combo Lifesteals off damage dealt. Unlocked by T1 upgrade.
Paige Rallying Charge Heal affected allies and Paige for a flat amount.
Rem Tag Along Restores a portion of target’s missing health on attachment, then heals per second for a short duration.
Rem Lil Helpers Regenerates health for any trooper the helpers are attached to.
Silver Lycan Curse Restores a percentage of missing health on activation.
Silver (Transformed) Go For The Throat Lifesteals off melee damage dealt.
Victor Pain Battery Restores a portion of missing health on hero hit. Unlocked by T3 upgrade.
Victor Jumpstart Grants a flat health regen buff on use.
Viscous The Cube Regenerates health for the target.
Viscous Puddle Punch –
Warden Last Stand Lifesteals off all damage dealt while active.
Wraith Card Trick Heals Wraith for a flat amount when a Heart or Joker card hits.
Yamato Crimson Slash Heals a flat amount on hero hit.
Yamato Shadow Transformation Restores a percentage of max health per hero kill.

Items

List of items

Name Souls  Cost Category Healing amount
Restorative Shot 800 Weapon 50 Healing From Heroes 20 Healing From NPCs
Headhunter 3,200 Weapon 4% Boonx0.06 Heal Per Headshot
Healing Rite 800 Vitality 300 x1.1 Total HP Regen
Melee Lifesteal 800 Vitality 100 Heal on Melee Hit (30% on NPCs)
Healbane 1,600 Vitality 275 Heal On Hero Kill
Restorative Locket 1,600 Vitality 16 Boonx0.32 Heal Per Stack
Healing Nova 3,200 Vitality 325 Boonx6 Total HP Regen
Lifestrike 3,200 Vitality 100 Boonx1.5 Heal on Melee Hit, plus 30% Boonx0.5 Lifesteal (40% on NPCs)
Rescue Beam 3,200 Vitality 20% Heal Amount
Siphon Bullets 6,400 Vitality Max HP Steal Per Bullet
Radiant Regeneration 3,200 Spirit 70 Boonx2 Heal on Ability Cast

Sources of healing reduction

Heroes

Hero Ability Heal Reduction Notes
Drifter Stalker’s Mark 40% (T3) –
Infernus Napalm 33% (T3) –
Pocket Affliction 100% (T3) –
Venator Consecrating Grenade 30% T3 upgrade increases heal reduction by 20% (total 50%).
Vindicta Crow Familiar 35% (T1) –
Vyper Lethal Venom 40% (T2) –

Items

Name Souls Cost Category Stat change
Toxic Bullets 3,200 Weapon –35% Healing Reduction
Crippling Headshot 6,400 Weapon –35% Healing Reduction
Haunting Shot Legendary Weapon –40% Healing Reduction
Healbane 1,600 Vitality –35% Healing Reduction
Cheat Death 6,400 Vitality –60% Healing Reduction
Inhibitor 6,400 Vitality –40% Healing Reduction
Decay 3,200 Spirit –50% Healing Reduction
Spirit Burn 6,400 Spirit –70% Healing Reduction
  • Cheat Death applies -60% healing reduction to its user for 4.5 seconds (the same duration as the invulnerability).

See also