Kelvin

Moderate complexity

Kelvin starts with 880 health and has 4 signature abilities: Frost Grenade, Ice Path, Arctic Beam, Frozen Shelter. Current win rate is 54.0% across 246k ranked matches.

Base stats

Read from the game files at client version 6677.

Stat	Value
Stamina	3
Max Health	880
Tech Range	1
Crouch Speed	4.75
Reload Speed	1
Sprint Speed	1.1
Weapon Power	0
Tech Duration	1
Max Move Speed	6.7
Air Dash Duration	0.51
Base Health Regen	1
Move Acceleration	4
Heavy Melee Damage	116
Light Melee Damage	50
Weapon Power Scale	1
Ability Resource Max	0
Ground Dash Duration	0.72
Proc Build Up Rate Scale	1
Stamina Regen Per Second	0.18
Crit Damage Received Scale	1
Air Dash Distance In Meters	8
Ground Dash Distance In Meters	10
Ability Resource Regen Per Second	0

Abilities

Frost Grenade

Throw a grenade that explodes in a cloud of freezing ice that heals allies and applies spirit damage and move speed reduction to enemies.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.1s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	2
Cooldown	30s
Charge Delay	7s
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Damage	60
Heal Amount	60
Pause Stamina Regen	0
Radius	6.5mm
Slow Duration	4s
Move Speed	40%

Ice Path

Kelvin creates a floating trail of ice and snow that gives movement bonuses to him and his allies. Kelvin gains 60% slow resistance for the duration. Enemies can also walk on the floating trail. Press Dash / Crouch / slide to travel up or down while in Ice Path.

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.2s
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	50s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	8s
Spirit Power	0
Bonus Spirit Linger Duration	0
Bonus Spirit Max	0
Bonus Spirit Meter	0
Bonus Spirit Pct	0
Bonus Spirit Damage	0%
Bullet Resist	0%
Camera Distance	250
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Ice Trail Duration	18s
Ice Path Edge Width	0.7m
Ice Path Interval	0.5
Ice Path Pull In Strength	20
Ice Path Shard Radius	1.2mm
Min Height	20
Modifier Radius	5m
Move Speed	2mm
Move While Shooting Speed Penalty Reduction Percent	100
Move While Zoomed Speed Penalty Reduction Percent	100
Popup Force	30
Slide Distance	50%
Slow Resist	60%
Sprint Speed	2mm

Arctic Beam

Shoot freezing cold energy out in front of you, damaging targets and progressively reducing their movement and fire rate the longer you sustain the beam on them. You have reduced move speed while using Arctic Beam. The beam may also claim Souls.

Stat	Value
Cast Range	0m
Charges	0
Cooldown	28s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	5s
Extra Beam Range	0mm
Beam Split Count	0
Camera Distance	250
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Channel Slow Percent	8
Damage Per Second	45
Debuff Linger Duration	2s
Max Fire Rate	20%
Max Dash Slow	-20%
Max Move Speed	20%
Time To Max Debuff	2s
Min Slow Percent	30
Beam Length	25mm
Path Width	1.1m
Slow Duration	0.6s
Tick Rate	0.1

Frozen Shelter

Target yourself or a Hero to freeze the air and create an impenetrable dome around them. While in the dome, allies gain rapid regeneration and enemies are slowed. Objectives becomes Invulnerable and Frozen under Frozen Shelter

Stat	Value
Cast Delay	0.2s
Cast Range	8mm
Charges	0
Cooldown	185s
Charge Delay	-1s
Duration	5s
Blocker Scale Factor	115
Health Regen	90
Channel Move Speed	-1m
Enemy Drag Speed	1,000
Fire Rate	0%
Grow Time	0.2
Max Health Heal	0%
Purge On Cast	0
Radius	10mm
Move Speed	35%

Most-built items on Kelvin

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

Item	Tier
Healbane	2
Rapid Recharge	3
Superior Cooldown	3
Transcendent Cooldown	4
Boundless Spirit	4
Escalating Exposure	4
Extra Regen	1
Greater Expansion	3

Full Kelvin builds ranked by win rate →

Kelvin matchups

Hardest opponents: Seven (48.2%), Graves (48.6%), Ivy (49.7%), Victor (49.8%), Paige (49.9%)

All Kelvin counters →

Patch history

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

Patch	Stat	Before	After	Change
2026-07-28	Air Dash Duration	0.49	0.51	+4.1%
2026-07-28	Ground Dash Duration	0.7	0.72	+2.9%
2026-06-30	Required Gold	300	200	-33.3%
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	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	600	500	-16.7%
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%
2026-06-30	Modifier Value Base Health From Level	63	60	-4.8%
2026-06-03	Weapon	—	—	changed