Drifter

High complexity

Drifter starts with 755 health and has 4 signature abilities: Rend, Stalker's Mark, Bloodscent, Eternal Night. Current win rate is 51.3% across 683k ranked matches.

Base stats

Read from the game files at client version 6677.

Stat	Value
Stamina	3
Max Health	755
Tech Range	1
Crouch Speed	4.75
Reload Speed	1
Sprint Speed	1.6
Weapon Power	0
Tech Duration	1
Max Move Speed	6.9
Air Dash Duration	0.47
Base Health Regen	3.5
Move Acceleration	4
Heavy Melee Damage	120
Light Melee Damage	51.5
Weapon Power Scale	1
Ability Resource Max	0
Ground Dash Duration	0.68
Proc Build Up Rate Scale	1
Stamina Regen Per Second	0.22
Crit Damage Received Scale	1
Air Dash Distance In Meters	8
Ground Dash Distance In Meters	10
Ability Resource Regen Per Second	0

Abilities

Rend

Swipe at enemies in a cone ahead of you, dealing spirit damage. If the enemy is in close range, deal bonus melee damage.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.4s
Cast Range	16mm
Charges	0
Cooldown	16s
Charge Delay	-1s
Ability Post Cast Duration	0.4
Air Speed Max	70
Damage	40
Bullet Lifesteal	0%
Channel Move Speed	1.3mm
Damage	0
Damage	0
Debuff Duration	0s
Extra Sweep Cone Angle	60
Extra Sweep Offset Behind Caster	80
Extra Sweep Range	3m
Fall Speed Max	1
Lifesteal Duration	0s
Close Range	8mm
Health Cost	0%
Attack Angle	50º
Use Heavy Melee	0

Stalker's Mark

Send out a mark that bleeds the first target it hits, dealing spirit damage over time. While the enemy is bleeding you can re-activate Stalker's Mark to instantly appear behind their back.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.15s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	26s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	5s
Air Drag	3
Fire Rate	0%
Buff Duration	0s
Bullet Resist	0%
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Bleed Damage	2%/sec
Fall Speed Max	0.3m
Float Duration	0
Healing Reduction	0%
Healing Reduction	0%
Slow Duration	0s
Move Speed	0%
Teleport Back Offset From Target	135
Teleport Damage	0
Teleport Height Offset From Target	0
Tick Rate	0.5
Vertical Drag	1

Bloodscent

Stat	Value
Cast Range	80mm
Charges	0
Charge Delay	-1s
Amplified Damage	15%
Move Speed	0m m
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Cooldown Reduction	0s
Delay Before Invis Starts	0.6
Missing Health as Healing	0%
Invisibility Duration	0s
Fade Time	0.3s
Invis Sprint Speed	0mm
Isolation Assist Percent Value	100
Isolation Range	20mm
Kill Duration	300s
Health Threshold for Blood Trail	30%
Max Trail Targets	2
Reveal On Damage Duration	0.25
Reveal On Spotted Duration	1.5
Spot Radius	15mm
Stamina Restored	0
Target Linger Duration	3
Tick Rate	1
Trail Duration	10s
Permanent Weapon Damage	3%

Eternal Night

Surround nearby enemy heroes in darkness, severely limiting their vision of other units. Affected enemies are briefly revealed to you and are considered isolated for the duration. You gain bonus sprint speed.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	1s
Cast Range	100mm
Charges	0
Cooldown	145s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	6.5s
Aura Linger Duration	0
Fire Rate	0%
Bonus Sprint Acceleration	12m
Sprint Speed	2mm
Channel Move Speed	1.3mm
Dark Factor	1
Distance For Max Proj Speed	200m
Drifter Nearby Range Check	40m
Max Projectile Speed	3,000
Max Targets	2
Min Projectile Speed	3,000
Post Process Fade In Time	0.2
Post Process Fade Out Time	1
Reveal Duration	3s
Reduced Vision	15mm

Most-built items on Drifter

Weighted by the number of matches behind each build that includes them.

Item	Tier
Stalker	2
Spirit Snatch	3
Counterspell	3
Dispel Magic	3
Juggernaut	4
Silencer	4
Spirit Resilience	3
Extra Regen	1

Full Drifter builds ranked by win rate →

Drifter matchups

Hardest opponents: Victor (46.2%), Seven (46.2%), Kelvin (46.5%), Graves (46.6%), Ivy (47.2%)

All Drifter counters →

Patch history

Every recorded change to Drifter, newest first. This is what "nerfed last patch" actually meant.

Patch	Stat	Before	After	Change
2026-07-09	Modifier Value Base Bullet Damage From Level	0.62	0.49	-20.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	600	500	-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	5,400	4,600	-14.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	6,200	5,300	-14.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	7,100	6,000	-15.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	8,000	6,800	-15.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	9,000	7,600	-15.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	10,000	8,400	-16.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	11,000	9,200	-16.4%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	12,000	10,100	-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	13,200	11,000	-16.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	14,500	11,900	-17.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	300	200	-33.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	16,000	12,800	-20.0%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	17,500	13,800	-21.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	19,000	14,900	-21.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	20,500	16,100	-21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	22,000	17,400	-20.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	23,500	18,900	-19.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	25,000	20,600	-17.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	26,500	22,500	-15.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	28,000	24,600	-12.1%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	29,500	26,900	-8.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	31,000	29,400	-5.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	32,500	32,100	-1.2%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	34,000	35,000	+2.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	35,500	38,100	+7.3%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	37,000	41,400	+11.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	38,500	44,900	+16.6%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	40,000	48,600	+21.5%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	1,500	1,400	-6.7%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	2,200	2,000	-9.1%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	—	—	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,000	2,600	-13.3%
2026-06-30	Bonus Currencies	—	—	changed
2026-06-30	Required Gold	3,800	3,200	-15.8%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	4,600	3,900	-15.2%
2026-06-03	Weapon	—	—	changed
2026-06-03	Modifier Value Tech Armor Damage Resist	0	—	changed
2026-06-03	Modifier Value Tech Damage Multiplier	—	0	changed