Vampiric Burst

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Vampiric Burst
Cost		6,400
Tier		4
+13% Bullet Lifesteal
+10% Bullet Resist
+100 Bonus Health
+6% Weapon Damage
Active			30s
Grants Lifesteal, Fire Rate, and Ammo. This added Ammo is not limited by your max magazine size.
70% Bullet Lifesteal 34% Fire Rate +75% Ammo 5s Duration
Upgrades From: Bullet Lifesteal
Internal name: upgrade_surging_power

Vampiric Burst
Cost		6,400
Tier		4
Enhanced
+29% Bullet Lifesteal
+20% Bullet Resist
+210 Bonus Health
+6% Weapon Damage
Active			20s
Grants Lifesteal, Fire Rate, and Ammo. This added Ammo is not limited by your max magazine size.
70% Bullet Lifesteal 59% Fire Rate +75% Ammo 5s Duration
Upgrades From: Bullet Lifesteal
Internal name: upgrade_surging_power

“

Reloading is for lesser men.

— Shopkeeper

Vampiric Burst is a Tier 4 Vitality Item that can be purchased from the Shop for  6,400. Its component, Bullet Lifesteal, makes up  1,600 of the cost.

Notes

• Using Vampiric Burst while reloading instantly stops the reload. This cannot trigger Active Reload's effect.
• Added ammo is affected by bonus Ammo from items and other sources. For example, having Titanic Magazine makes Vampiric Burst give 2x of it's usual ammo.

Hero Abilities

Abilities that deal weapon damage also provide heal from Bullet Lifesteal. Here are all of the relevant abilities.

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

Hero	Ability	Notes
Haze	Fixation	—
Holliday	Crackshot	Scales with Spirit Power.
Venator	Consecrating Grenade	—
	Gutshot	—
	Ira Domini	—

Update history

View the full update history: Vampiric Burst/Update history

Update	Changes
May 22, 2026	Duration increased from 4.5s to 5s. Now grants +6% Weapon Power (from components).
April 30, 2026	Lifesteal reduced from 16% to 13%. Lifesteal reduced from 80% to 70%.
January 30, 2026	Active Fire Rate reduced from 40% to 34%.

Trivia

• Vampiric Burst appears to have previously been named "Surging Power", as many hero voice lines for it are named "use_surging_power" and heroes will often say it when Vampiric Burst is activated.
  • Additionally, Lash's in-game voice lines for Vampiric Burst are "lash_use_surging_power", while another set of unused lines named "lash_use_vampiric_burst" also exist.
• Venator's Ira Domini and Gutshot T3 heavy melee deal +5 damage to enemies with Vampiric Burst active.

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Weapon

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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

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 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

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 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

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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

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