Crippling Headshot

Crippling Headshot

Cost		6,400
Tier		4

+125 Bonus Health
Passive
Landing a Headshot will reduce their Bullet and Spirit Resist and applies Healing Reduction.
-16% Bullet Resist Conditional -16% Spirit Resist Conditional -35% Healing Reduction Conditional 12s Debuff Duration





Upgrades From: Weakening Headshot
Codename: upgrade_banshee_slugs

Crippling Headshot

Cost		6,400
Tier		4
Enhanced

+275 Bonus Health
Passive
Landing a Headshot will reduce their Bullet and Spirit Resist and applies Healing Reduction.
-28% Bullet Resist Conditional -28% Spirit Resist Conditional -60% Healing Reduction Conditional 12s Debuff Duration





Upgrades From: Weakening Headshot
Codename: upgrade_banshee_slugs

“

Generally speaking, putting one in the head is always good advice, but it's even better advice now.

— Shopkeeper

Crippling Headshot is a Tier 4 Weapon Item that can be purchased from the Shop for 6,400. Its component, Weakening Headshot, makes up 1,600 of the cost.

Notes

The headshot damage is applied first before the debuff, meaning that the initial headshot will not benefit from the bullet resist reduction

Following abilities and items get their healing reduced by Crippling Headshot.

This is a dynamic list "reducibleheal". Edit contents · Edit notes.

List of items
Name	Cost	Category	Healing amount
Restorative Shot	800	Weapon	50 Healing From Heroes 20 Healing From NPCs
Headhunter	3,200	Weapon	4% x0.06 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)
Rebuttal	800	Vitality	100% Of the incoming melee damage is healed on successful parry
Healbane	1,600	Vitality	275 Heal On Hero Kill
Restorative Locket	1,600	Vitality	16 x0.32 Heal Per Stack
Counterspell	3,200	Vitality	150 Heal on successful spell parry
Dispel Magic	3,200	Vitality	250 Heal on successful debuff cleanse
Fortitude	3200	Vitality	Heal 2% of max HP each second while out of combat
Healing Nova	3,200	Vitality	325 x6 Total HP Regen
Lifestrike	3,200	Vitality	100 x1.5 Heal on Melee Hit, plus 30% x0.5 Lifesteal (40% on NPCs)
Rescue Beam	3,200	Vitality	20% Heal Amount
Veil Walker	3,200	Vitality	85 x8 Heal When traversing through a Veil
Siphon Bullets	6,400	Vitality	2.5 Max HP Steal Per Bullet
Mystic Regeneration	800	Spirit	4 Bonus HP regeneration on spirit damage dealt to enemy heroes
Radiant Regeneration	3,200	Spirit	4 x0.04 HP/s Regeneration on spirit damage dealt to enemy heroes 70 x2 Heal on Ability Cast

This is a dynamic list "bullet lifesteal". Edit contents.


Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Active Reload	1,600	Weapon	+16% Bullet lifesteal
Bullet Lifesteal	1,600	Vitality	+13% Bullet lifesteal
Fury Trance	3,200	Vitality	+14% Bullet lifesteal
Leech	6,400	Vitality	+25% Bullet lifesteal
Vampiric Burst	6,400	Vitality	+13% Bullet lifesteal
Vampiric Burst	6,400	Vitality	+70% Bullet lifesteal

This is a dynamic list "spirit lifesteal". Edit contents.


Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Spirit Shredder Bullets	1,600	Weapon	+10% Spirit lifesteal
Spirit Rend	3,200	Weapon	+10% Spirit lifesteal
Spiritual Overflow	6,400	Weapon	+13% Spirit lifesteal
Spirit Lifesteal	1,600	Vitality	+13% Spirit lifesteal
Infuser	6,400	Vitality	+70% Spirit lifesteal
Leech	6,400	Vitality	+25% Spirit lifesteal
Mystic Reverb	6,400	Spirit	+8% Spirit lifesteal

View the full update history: Crippling Headshot/Update history

Update	Changes
May 22, 2026	Now works vs NPCs. Bullet Resist reduction increased from -16% to -17%. Spirit Resist reduction increased from -16% to -17%.
December 16, 2025	Bullet and Spirit Resist reduction from -18% to -16%.
November 21, 2025	Healing Reduction increased from -30% to -35%.