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Essence Bomb

Essence Bomb is Lady Geist's first ability in Deadlock (slot 1), an active ability with a 14 second cooldown. Sacrifice some of your health to launch a bomb that deals damage after a brief arm time. Self damage type is Spirit and can be mitigated. Its tooltip lists 90 Damage (+1.22 x Spirit), 30% Health Cost and 0.65s Arming Duration. Upgrades: tier 1 -5s Cooldown; tier 2 +50 Damage and +2m Radius; tier 3 +30 Blood Spill DPS Percent and +6s Toxic Mess Duration.

Essence Bomb stats

Essence Bomb

Lady Geist · Ability 1 · Active

  • Cooldown 14s

Sacrifice some of your health to launch a bomb that deals damage after a brief arm time.
Self damage type is Spirit and can be mitigated.

90Damage+1.22 x Spirit
30%Health Cost
  • 0.65s Arming Duration

Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 0% of the original damage per second, for 0s.

Upgrades

Essence Bomb tier upgrades
TierBonusesIn game
1-5s Cooldown
2+50 Damage
+2m Radius
+2m Radius and +50 Damage.
3+30 Blood Spill DPS Percent
+6s Toxic Mess Duration
Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 30% of the original damage per second, for 6s.

Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.

Essence Bomb changes in the latest build

Essence Bomb changes in build 6698
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upgrades.2.descriptionTextBombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 26% of the original damage per second, for 6s.Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 30% of the original damage per second, for 6s.

Essence Bomb change history

Essence Bomb history by build
PatchChangeState
build 6698Essence Bomb's the tier 3 upgrade changed from +26 Blood Spill DPS Percent and +6s Toxic Mess Duration to +30 Blood Spill DPS Percent and +6s Toxic Mess Duration.Changed
build 6686First recorded in Deadlock.Baseline

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Essence Bomb FAQ

What is Essence Bomb's cooldown in Deadlock?

Essence Bomb has a 14 second cooldown. The tier 1 upgrade changes it by -5s.

How does Essence Bomb scale with spirit power?

Damage starts at 90 and gains 1.22 per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value.

What do Essence Bomb's upgrades do?

Tier 1: -5s Cooldown. Tier 2: +50 Damage and +2m Radius. Tier 3: +30 Blood Spill DPS Percent and +6s Toxic Mess Duration.

Was Essence Bomb changed in the latest patch?

Yes. Essence Bomb changed in the latest build of Deadlock.

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