Toxic BulletsToxic Bullets gives weapon users anti-heal and percentage-health bleed after repeated shooting. It fits carries who can keep landing shots on a sustain target, with the application built before the enemy's important healing window.
Weapon carries that can maintain repeated hits on the target whose healing matters.
Build the application before the important healing exchange and keep weapon contact while the team commits.
Against Abrams: Apply Toxic Bullets or another anti-heal source before committing. Percent max-health bleed plus healing reduction attacks both his large health pool and his sustain.
Repeated shooting is part of the application. If you cannot keep landing hits, a direct active or a spirit-triggered anti-heal option may fit your damage pattern better.
Buy it when you have reliable weapon uptime and enemy healing keeps undoing your damage. If you cannot maintain hits on the target, compare an anti-heal option that fits your actual damage pattern.
Average purchase: 21.2 minutes
Game-stage ranges are approximate, and average purchase times are a guide rather than a deadline. Buy sooner when this item would change your next fight.
| Stage | Average purchase |
|---|---|
| Early game · 0–10 min | Not available |
| Mid game · 10–20 min | 19 min |
| Late game · 20+ min | 22.7 min |
Healing-dependent tanks and sustain targets that remain in weapon range.
Baba →Choose Toxic Bullets if you can maintain weapon hits, or Decay for targeted healing reduction. Apply it before the sustain window.
Both combine percentage-health damage with anti-heal. They are situational against healing items or upgraded Granny Long Legs melee lifesteal; anti-heal does not counter the barrier from Soothing Brew.
Abrams →Apply Toxic Bullets or another anti-heal source before committing.
Percent max-health bleed plus healing reduction attacks both his large health pool and his sustain.
Mo & Krill →Use Toxic Bullets or Decay.
Percentage-health damage and healing reduction both scale well into Mo & Krill's large health pool.
These hero guides recommend Toxic Bullets. Check the individual matchup for the build, situation, and timing.
BabaSituational counter optionAbramsPriority situation answer
CalicoSituational counter option
KelvinSituational counter option
MirageSituational counter optionMo & KrillPriority situation answer
Rat KingSituational counter option
RemSituational counter option
VictorSituational counter option
WardenSituational counter option
HealbaneHealbane turns your spirit damage into healing reduction, making it a natural counter-buy for ability users facing sustain. Apply it before the enemy gets full value from healing, then use the reduced recovery to help your team secure the kill.
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DecayDecay gives you a direct way to put healing reduction on a sustain target, alongside current-health damage over time. It suits fights where you need anti-heal applied deliberately before the enemy starts winning the health trade.
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Spirit BurnSpirit Burn rewards builds that can reach its spirit-damage trigger, adding an explosion, damage over time, and healing reduction. It combines damage scaling with anti-sustain pressure, but you must trigger the effect before the enemy's recovery decides the fight.
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