Death

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 replay is available to watch, 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 browser 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.

Music stinger played before the end of respawn countdown.

Respawn Time

As the game progresses, the players will take longer to respawn. The respawn time is measured by three distinct curves, as follows:

Respawn time curves

Match duration	Respawn time
Start	8s
19 min	40s
30 min	70s
45 min	80s

The respawn time is capped at 80s.

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 11s 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.

The Rejuvenator buff reduces the next respawn time of every player on the team by 40% (first drop), 50% (second drop) and 60% (third and subsequent drops). Players with the Rejuvenator buff are marked with the Mid-Boss symbol under their portrait, and their respawn stinger is replaced by the "Rejuvenator secured" sound. They lose the buff after their first death and respawn, or 3 minutes after the buff is activated.

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.