What is deathblow?

[randomd00d]

Hey everyone. I have checked the wiki and done some testing of my own. However, I cannot figure out what deathblow does. If it does not kill, it creates a debuff that simply states that if the hero dies with this buff active, it will be considered a deathblow.

I have not seen any increase respawn time or other penalty or bonus associated with it though. Can anyone enlighten me please? Thanks!

[Discombobulator]

If the hero is killed under a deathblow, he loses 400 gold.

[CryptLord1234]

IIRC, it gives an AoE debuff to all allied units that reduces their damage by something like half, to represent them seeing their Hero get ripped to pieces / shaken apart / disintegrated / what-have-you before their eyes.

Of course, this only happens if the Hero that got hit by a Deathblow dies with the debuff on him.

[Highlord Asehujiko]

Most DD spells have the deathblow effect. If a hero gets killed while under the effect, all nearby troops loose 25% attack damage for 15 sec. See it like Doom from standard TFT, exept that it spawns a debuff instead of a creature.

[randomd00d]

Ah cool. Thanks for the info!

I finally found mention of it in the change logs, but its nice to have the exact info.