Rebuttal

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Rebuttal
Cost		800
Tier		1
-1.75s Parry Cooldown
+18% Melee Resist
+75 Bonus Health
Passive
On a successful Parry against an enemy Hero, Heal yourself for the damage parried and returns that damage to the target, and temporarily gain increased damage.
+30% Bonus Damage Conditional 6s Buff Duration
Internal name: upgrade_melee_rebuttal
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Rebuttal
Cost		800
Tier		1
Enhanced
-2.25s Parry Cooldown
+40% Melee Resist
+225 Bonus Health
Passive
On a successful Parry against an enemy Hero, Heal yourself for the damage parried and returns that damage to the target, and temporarily gain increased damage.
+50% Bonus Damage Conditional 6s Buff Duration
Internal name: upgrade_melee_rebuttal
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Rebuttal is a Tier 1 Vitality Item that can be purchased from the Shop for  800.

Notable interactions

• Rebuttal procs when parrying Viscous' Puddle Punch.
• Rebuttal does not proc when parrying abilities with Counterspell.

Sources of Melee Damage

Apart from light and heavy melee attacks, some hero abilities are also considered to deal melee damage. Generally if an ability scales with melee damage, its damage is reduced by Melee Resist.

Melee damage abilities

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

Hero	Ability	Base Damage
Bebop	Exploding Uppercut	0.01
	Grapple Arm	0
Billy	Bashdown	0
Calico	Leaping Slash	10
Drifter	Rend	0
Silver	Boot Kick	0
Silver (Transformed)	Go For The Throat	0
	Mauling Leap	0
Viscous	Puddle Punch	20
Yamato	Flying Slash	0

Update history

View the full update history: Rebuttal/Update history

Update	Changes
May 22, 2026	Parry cooldown reduced from -2s to -1.75s.
March 21, 2026	Improved Enhanced version.
October 2, 2025	Now grants +18% Melee Resistance.

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