VitalityTier 33,200 soulsPhantom 1+ · this season

Metal Skin Stats & Best Heroes

Players who buy Metal Skin win 41.5% of 45,281 tracked Phantom 1+ matches in this season, and it shows up in 3.3% of all builds. Refreshed daily from live match data.

Win Rate: 41.5%; #156 of 156
Bought: 3.3%; by 10,904 players
Avg Buy Time: 27:08; into the match
Matches: 45,281; tracked

What Metal Skin Does

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

Effect

Tier 3 Vitality

+12% Bullet Resist

active

Become immune to bullets.

-1.5m Active Movespeed Penalty-20% Dash Distance5.0s Duration24s Cooldown

Corrupted Metal Skin

The Broker trades Metal Skin 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

3 stronger

Stat	Normal	Corrupted
Bullet Resist	+12%	+33%
Duration	5s	6s
Cooldown	24s	18s

Possible penalties

Tier 3 values · 9 can roll · 2 never on Metal Skin

Penalty	At tier 3
Ability Cooldown Reduction	−13%
Ability Range	−20%
StaminaStamina Regen	−1−18%
Move Speed	−2m
Fire Rate	−25%
Spirit Power	−30
Weapon Damage	−40%
Bullet Resist	−14%
Spirit Resist	−14%
Ability Duration	Never rolls here
Max Health	Never rolls here

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 Metal Skin

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

Best Heroes for Metal Skin

by win rate after buying it

1
Seven1,824 matches
Win rate
45.6%
Bought
6%
2
Wraith2,774 matches
Win rate
44.7%
Bought
5%
3
Vindicta1,060 matches
Win rate
45.7%
Bought
3%
4
Vyper643 matches
Win rate
45.3%
Bought
3%
5
Victor2,198 matches
Win rate
43.4%
Bought
7%
6
Drifter3,003 matches
Win rate
43.0%
Bought
5%
7
Yamato2,276 matches
Win rate
43.0%
Bought
6%
8
Lash1,185 matches
Win rate
43.3%
Bought
2%

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

Often Built with Metal Skin

in the same build

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

Metal Skin 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