Stalker

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Stalker
Cost		1,600
Tier		2
-50% Footstep Sound Distance
+50 Bonus Health
Passive			6s
Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bullet resist, and are revealed through walls.
17 Damage Per Second -6% Bullet Resist Conditional +1.5m Move Speed Conditional 5s Debuff Duration 8m Close Range
Internal name: upgrade_weapon_backstabber
Sounds

Stalker
Cost		1,600
Tier		2
Enhanced
-100% Footstep Sound Distance
+50 Bonus Health
Passive			6s
Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bullet resist, and are revealed through walls.
37 Damage Per Second -16% Bullet Resist Conditional +3.5m Move Speed Conditional 5s Debuff Duration 8m Close Range
Internal name: upgrade_weapon_backstabber
Sounds

Stalker is a Tier 2 Weapon Item that can be purchased from the Shop for  1,600.

Notes

• Viscous's Puddle Punch can proc Backstabber's passive, but you must be standing behind the target - regardless of where the Puddle Punch hits.

Update history

View the full update history: Stalker/Update history

Update	Changes
March 6, 2026	Renamed to Stalker No longer procs based on angles of attack, but instead based on doing bullet or melee damage within 8m of a hero target No longer has a proximity requirement for the overtime bonuses (beyond the 8m proc proximity)
December 16, 2025	Move speed reduced from 1.75 to 1.5
October 2, 2025	Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s.

Items

Weapon

 800

Close Quarters • Extended Magazine • Headshot Booster • High-Velocity Rounds • Monster Rounds • Rapid Rounds • Restorative Shot

 1600

Active Reload • Fleetfoot • Intensifying Magazine • Kinetic Dash • Long Range • Melee Charge • Mystic Shot • Opening Rounds • Recharging Rush • Slowing Bullets • Spirit Shredder Bullets • Split Shot • Stalker • Swift Striker • Titanic Magazine • Weakening Headshot

 3200

Alchemical Fire • Ballistic Enchantment • Berserker • Blood Tribute • Burst Fire • Cultist Sacrifice • Escalating Resilience • Express Shot • Headhunter • Heroic Aura • Hollow Point • Hunter's Aura • Point Blank • Shadow Weave • Sharpshooter • Spirit Rend • Tesla Bullets • Toxic Bullets • Weighted Shots

 6400

Armor Piercing Rounds • Capacitor • Crippling Headshot • Crushing Fists • Frenzy • Glass Cannon • Lucky Shot • Ricochet • Silencer • Spellslinger • Spiritual Overflow

Legendary

Haunting Shot • Infinite Rounds • Runed Gauntlets

Vitality

 800

Extra Health • Extra Regen • Extra Stamina • Grit • Healing Rite • Melee Lifesteal • Rebuttal • Sprint Boots

 1600

Battle Vest • Bullet Lifesteal • Debuff Reducer • Enchanter's Emblem • Enduring Speed • Guardian Ward • Healbane • Healing Booster • Reactive Barrier • Restorative Locket • Return Fire • Spirit Lifesteal • Spirit Shielding • Trophy Collector • Weapon Shielding

 3200

Bullet Resilience • Counterspell • Dispel Magic • Fortitude • Fury Trance • Healing Nova • Lifestrike • Majestic Leap • Metal Skin • Rescue Beam • Spirit Resilience • Stamina Mastery • Veil Walker • Warp Stone

 6400

Cheat Death • Colossus • Divine Barrier • Diviner's Kevlar • Healing Tempo • Indomitable • Infuser • Inhibitor • Juggernaut • Leech • Phantom Strike • Plated Armor • Siphon Bullets • Spellbreaker • Unstoppable • Vampiric Burst • Witchmail

Legendary

Celestial Blessing • Cloak of Opportunity • Electric Slippers • Eternal Gift • Nullification Burst • Seraphim Wings • Shadow Strike

Spirit

 800

Extra Charge • Extra Spirit • Golden Goose Egg • Mystic Burst • Mystic Expansion • Mystic Regeneration • Rusted Barrel • Spirit Strike

 1600

Arcane Surge • Bullet Resist Shredder • Cold Front • Compress Cooldown • Duration Extender • Improved Spirit • Mystic Slow • Mystic Vulnerability • Quicksilver Reload • Slowing Hex • Spirit Sap • Suppressor

 3200

Decay • Disarming Hex • Greater Expansion • Knockdown • Radiant Regeneration • Rapid Recharge • Silence Wave • Spirit Snatch • Superior Cooldown • Superior Duration • Surge of Power • Tankbuster • Torment Pulse

 6400

Arctic Blast • Boundless Spirit • Cursed Relic • Echo Shard • Escalating Exposure • Ethereal Shift • Focus Lens • Lightning Scroll • Magic Carpet • Mercurial Magnum • Mystic Reverb • Refresher • Scourge • Spirit Burn • Transcendent Cooldown • Vortex Web

Legendary

Frostbite Charm • Mystic Conduit • Mystical Piano • Omnicharge Signet • Prism Blast • Shrink Ray • Unstable Concoction