VitalityTier 46,400 soulsPhantom 1+ · this season

Cheat Death Stats & Best Heroes

Players who buy Cheat Death win 58.0% of 28,885 tracked Phantom 1+ matches in this season, and it shows up in 2.1% of all builds. Refreshed daily from live match data.

Win Rate: 58.0%; #15 of 156
Bought: 2.1%; by 6,323 players
Avg Buy Time: 34:05; into the match
Matches: 28,885; tracked

What Cheat Death Does

Its effect in the shop, and where it sits in the upgrade tree.

Effect

Tier 4 Vitality

+200 Bonus Health+15% Bullet Resist

passive

When you would take lethal damage, instead become temporarily death immune and remove all non-stun debuffs.

While death immune, you deal reduced damage and have reduced healing.

4.5s Death Immunity Duration90s Cooldown-60% Damage Reduction-60% Incoming Healing

Corrupted Cheat Death

The Broker trades Cheat Death for a corrupted version: stronger stats, plus penalties rolled once per match.

The Broker is a merchant who shows up around minute 30 of a normal match and again roughly every 15 minutes after. He swaps a tier 3 or 4 item for its corrupted version. In Street Brawl, every player gets to corrupt an item after the round 5 item draft.

A corrupted item keeps its effect with stronger stats, and takes on penalties from a fixed set. They are rolled once per match, so every corrupted item in that match carries the same ones.

Stat bonuses

4 stronger

Stat	Normal	Corrupted
Bonus Health	+200	+500
Bullet Resist	+15%	+25%
Cooldown	90s	50s
Death Immunity Duration	4.5s	6s

Possible penalties

Tier 4 values · 11 can roll

Penalty	At tier 4
Ability Cooldown Reduction	−17%
Ability Range	−25%
StaminaStamina Regen	−1−24%
Move Speed	−2.75m
Fire Rate	−30%
Ability Duration	−20%
Spirit Power	−45
Weapon Damage	−55%
Max Health	−550
Bullet Resist	−18%
Spirit Resist	−18%

Win rates of players who bought each version, in Phantom 1+ matches since the City Never Sleeps update (September 29, 2026). The Broker only trades from about minute 30, so corrupted items only show up in longer matches; read the difference with that in mind.

Who Should Buy Cheat Death

The heroes it works best on, and the items it is built with, in Phantom 1+ matches.

Best Heroes for Cheat Death

by win rate after buying it

1
Paige1,035 matches
Win rate
63.5%
Bought
3%
2
Wraith2,554 matches
Win rate
61.4%
Bought
4%
3
Mina2,608 matches
Win rate
61.0%
Bought
6%
4
Haze274 matches
Win rate
64.2%
Bought
<1%
5
Rem2,109 matches
Win rate
60.2%
Bought
8%
6
Pocket4,011 matches
Win rate
59.5%
Bought
11%
7
Dynamo3,444 matches
Win rate
59.3%
Bought
12%
8
Venator78 matches
Win rate
67.9%
Bought
<1%

Ranked by the low end of each win rate's confidence interval. "Bought" is the share of the hero's matches with Cheat Death.

Often Built with Cheat Death

in the same build

"Together" is the share of Cheat Death buyers who also bought the item; the win rate counts only builds with both. Its own components and upgrades are left out.

Cheat Death Win Rate Trends

Over time, by rank, and by the minute it is bought.

Win Rate Over Time

Phantom 1+ · week by week

Win Rate by Rank

All ranks · this season

When to Buy

Win rate by purchase minute