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Ethereal Shift

Ethereal Shift

Spirit ·Tier 4 · Active
6400 35s4.0s
What it does

You enter a void state and become untargetable and invincible for a short duration, during which you float slowly and cannot perform actions. Afterwards you gain Spirit Power, Move Speed, and Spirit Resist.
Can be canceled early.
Activation cancels any active ability.

Active 35s

Active — bind to a key and trigger it (Z/X/C/V).

4s
Duration
20
Spirit Power
30%
Spirit Resist
3m
Move speed
5s
Buff duration
2.5m
Float Move Speed
When to buy & tricks

Ethereal Shift drops you into a short void state where you can't be hit, targeted, or do anything — you float in place to ride out a stun, a big ultimate, or incoming burst, then come out with bonus Spirit Power, Move Speed and Spirit Resist. It's a get-out-of-jail button for dive-y spirit heroes, and the exit buffs let you flip a panic dodge straight into a re-engage.

Tricks

The whole skill is about timing. You can't act inside the void and you only float slowly, so pop it the instant the damage is about to land, not a beat early — a smart enemy will just hold their burst and re-fire the moment you reappear. It negates incoming hits but doesn't cleanse debuffs already ticking on you, and channeled CC or a long stun will still be there when you drop out, so don't waste it on a threat that outlasts the void. The non-obvious half is offense: the exit Spirit Power and Move Speed mean the shift doubles as combo wind-up — vanish to bait a cooldown, then come out hot and dump your rotation while the buff is live. Cancel it early the moment the danger passes so you act sooner instead of floating the full duration.

Time it for the moment the hit connects, not before — you're locked out during the void, so popping it too early just lets a patient enemy wait you out and re-fire.
Cancel early as soon as the threat is gone to spend the leftover Spirit Power and Move Speed on a counter-combo or chase instead of drifting in place.
Built by
Best with Shiv ~55.9%
build share · win rate when built
Performance
~49.8% Win rate
13.6% Build rate
-1.1 vs last patch
20' avg buy
Win rate by rank
Ini
See
Alc
Arc
Rit
Ete
Spirit scaling
Cooldown35s
Duration4s
Related mechanics
Update history8
10-24-2025 UpdateOct 24, 2025
  • Shift: Can no longer target an ethereal shifted ally with things like Rescue Beam, Viscous Cube, etc
12-21-2024 UpdateDec 21, 2024
  • Fixed Ethereal Shift not canceling abilities like Flight
10-11-2024 UpdateOct 11, 2024
  • Fixed Ethereal Shift scaling with duration
09-19-2024 UpdateSep 20, 2024
  • Fixed being able to shoot while using Ethereal Shift and flying with Vindicta

Built-by, win rate, build rate and top hero are sample until the match API is wired in. Effect, cost, value and the build tree are real client data.

Raw dataproperties, shop fields & API

identity

id
upgrade_self_bubble
slug
ethereal-shift
token
upgrade_self_bubble
kind
upgrade
updatedAt
2026-06-06T16:23:38.392Z

shop

category
spirit
tier
4
cost
6400
groupLabel
Actives
filters
EShopFilterFireRate
componentIds
upgradeIds

properties (9)

labelkeyvalue
CooldownAbilityCooldown35s
DurationAbilityDuration4s
Move speedBonusMoveSpeed3m
Spirit ResistTechResist30%
Buff durationBuffDuration5s
Damping FactorDampingFactor3
Float Move SpeedFloatMoveSpeed2.5m
Lift HeightLiftHeight200
Spirit PowerBonusSpirit20

Upgrades

lvlAPupgrades
11Duration +2, Spirit Power +30, Move speed +2m, Spirit Resist +10, Cooldown -10, Float Move Speed +3.5m