Cheat Death
Tier 4 · Vitality · Passive
Cheat Death is a tier 4 vitality item costing 6,400 souls. Games in which it was bought win 54.9% of the time across 388k matches.
Stat bonuses
The bonuses this item grants when bought.
| Stat | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Death Immunity Damage Reduction | 90 |
| Heal Amp Receive Penalty Percent | 90 |
| Heal Amp Regen Penalty Percent | 90 |
| Death Immunity Duration | 0.5 |
| Ability Cooldown | -20 |
Item properties
From client version 6712.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Cast Range | 0m |
| Charges | 0 |
| Cooldown | 90s |
| Charge Delay | -1s |
| Bonus Health | 200 |
| Move Speed | 0m m |
| Bullet Resist | 15% |
| Channel Move Speed | -1m |
| Damage Reduction | -60% |
| Death Immunity Duration | 4.5s |
| Incoming Healing | -60% |
| Incoming Healing | -60% |
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Disable Value
Ability Cooldown Between Charge
Death Immunity Damage Reduction
Patch history
Every recorded change to Cheat Death, newest first.
| Patch | Stat | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Weapon Info | changed |
| 2026-09-29 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2026-09-29 | Postvalue Label | Healing ReductionIncoming Healingchanged |
| 2026-09-29 | Label | Healing ReductionIncoming Healingchanged |
| 2026-09-29 | Postvalue Label | Healing ReductionIncoming Healingchanged |
| 2026-09-29 | Label | Healing ReductionIncoming Healingchanged |
| 2026-06-03 | Provided Property Type | MODIFIER_VALUE_DAMAGE_PERCENTMODIFIER_VALUE_ALL_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIERchanged |
| 2026-03-06 | Tooltip Is Elevated | changed |
| 2026-03-06 | Tooltip Is Important | changed |
| 2026-03-06 | Tooltip Section | passive—changed |
| 2026-03-06 | Bonus Move Speed | -2m0mchanged |
| 2026-03-06 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2026-03-06 | Upgrades | changed |
| 2026-02-13 | Shop Image Small | https://assets-bucket.deadlock-api.com/assets-api-res/images/items/vitality/cheat_death_sm.png—changed |
| 2026-02-13 | Shop Image Small Webp | https://assets-bucket.deadlock-api.com/assets-api-res/images/items/vitality/cheat_death_sm.webp—changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Disable Value | 0-1changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Class Name | scale_function_single_statscale_function_ability_chargeschanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Specific Stat Scale Type | EMaxChargesIncrease—changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Disable Value | 0-2changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Class Name | scale_function_single_statscale_function_ability_recharge_timechanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Specific Stat Scale Type | ETechCooldownBetweenChargeUses—changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Subclass Name | AbilityCooldownBetweenCharge_scale_functionscale_function_ability_recharge_timechanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Ability Cooldown Between Charge | 0-1changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Postfix | m/s mchanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Postfix | m/smchanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Class Name | scale_function_single_statscale_function_tech_durationchanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Specific Stat Scale Type | ETechDuration—changed |
| 2026-01-22 | Subclass Name | DeathImmunityDuration_scale_functionduration_scale_functionchanged |
| 2026-01-22 | Upgrades | changed |
| 2025-11-21 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2025-11-07 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2025-11-03 | Tooltip Sections | changed |
| 2025-10-02 | Death Immunity Damage Reduction | -70-60changed |
| 2025-10-02 | Heal Amp Receive Penalty Percent | -70-60changed |
| 2025-10-02 | Heal Amp Regen Penalty Percent | -70-60changed |
| 2025-09-04 | Ability Cooldown | 10090-10.0%buff |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Cast Delaychanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Cast Rangechanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Channel Durationchanged |
| 2025-08-18 | Postvalue Label | —Chargeschanged |
Win rate is the share of matches won by players who bought this item. It is context, not causation: strong players buy strong items, and the item does not earn all of the credit.