Death

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During the ritual, death is temporary. You will return, but know this: the more powerful you become, the longer you stay out of action when you die. Perhaps use that time to go shopping for when you return to the mortal coil.

— The Hidden King

Music stinger for the player's death.

Death occurs when a hero takes sufficient damage to be reduced to zero health. Upon dying, the player's screen is shaded gray, a death timer is displayed over their hero's icon, souls are rewarded to heroes who earned a kill or an assist, and other hero or situation-specific events may occur, as detailed below.

Overview

Upon dying, heroes will drop any of their unsecured souls in a spherical container that can then be picked up by other heroes.

While dead, players can browse the shop, spectate their teammates, use pings and talk in chat. If all allies are dead, only the Patron's perspective can be seen. Clicking an objective on the Minimap allows the player to view the perspective of that objective.

Once the countdown reaches zero, heroes will respawn back in base.

Respawn Time

Example of a respawn timer

Music stinger played before the end of respawn countdown.

Music stinger played when the player respawns

As the game progresses, the players will take longer to respawn. The respawn time increases linearly based on the following times:

Respawn time curves

Match duration	Respawn time
5 min	8s
20 min	35s
30 min	70s
40 min	85s

The respawn time is capped at 90s. Dying to a non-player Unit (when there is no bounty/assist from an enemy Hero) will increase the respawn time by 10s.

Comeback kill

After 10 minutes in a match, killing a player whose net worth is above 15% higher than the killer team's average net worth increases that player's respawn time. The increase varies based on the net worth difference and match duration, from +6s for 15% net worth at 10 minutes to +22s for 30% net worth at 25 minutes.

Last Stand Buff

Killing the first stage of a Patron shortens the remaining respawn time of any dead player in the defending team, as follows:

• If the remaining time is 30s or above, it is shortened by 20s (e.g. 45s shortened to 25s);
• If it's between 10s and 30s, it is shortened to 10s;
• At 10s and below, the respawn time is unchanged.

This effect is only applied once, at the moment the Patron is killed. Subsequent deaths will have the regular respawn time.

Rejuvenator Crystal Revive Tokens

Revive Tokens are obtained from the Crystal that drops upon killing the Mid-Boss. The Crystal contains a total of 3 Revive Tokens.

Revive Tokens can only be claimed by a Heavy Melee, and only 1 is granted per punch.

Revive Tokens are consumed upon a players death, and any further deaths from that player will not consume more. Once all the Tokens are consumed, the entire team will lose access to the mid-boss buff.

Killing a player with a Rejuvenator credit does not appear as a kill in the HUD and does not grant any souls, but it does trigger "on hero kill" effects such as the cooldown reset of Shiv's Killing Blow or the stack buildup of Grey Talon's, Mo & Krill's and Vindicta's ultimates. The same happens when triggering Victor's Shocking Reanimation.

Update history

View the full update history: Death/Update history

Update	Changes
June 30, 2026	Respawn ramp changed from 8-30s from 5-19m to 8-35s from 5-20m
January 20, 2026	Respawn time at 19 minutes reduced from 35s to 30s Respawn time at 30 minutes reduced from 75s to 70s You now have a longer respawn time if you die and are meaningfully richer than the enemy team's average net worth (scales from +6s to +22s penalty, based on networth being 15 to 30% higher and game time being 10min to 25min, if under 15% NW or 10min, nothing happens)
September 4, 2025	Dying to a non-player (when there is no bounty/assists) now increases the respawn time for that death by 10 seconds

Trivia

• Soul Rebirth was an item that made the player respawn 4s after their death, in the location where they died. It also increased the regular respawn time, when the player died while Soul Rebirth was on cooldown. This item has been removed from the game.