What type of hero is Drifter?

Drifter is a assassin. Mobile heroes who pick off isolated targets and burst them down. Complexity: challenging.

What are Drifter's abilities?

Rend, Stalker's Mark and Bloodscent, plus the ultimate Eternal Night. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.

How much health does Drifter have?

Drifter starts with 755 health and gains 41 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).

Is Drifter good for beginners?

Drifter is rated challenging. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.

What should I buy first on Drifter?

Most Drifter players open with Melee Lifesteal, Stalker and Mystic Burst. See the full Drifter build for mid and late game items.

Drifter

Assassin hero · Challenging

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Drifter starts with 755 health and a gun that deals 133 damage per second. Their abilities are Rend, Stalker's Mark and Bloodscent, with Eternal Night as the ultimate.

Drifter build Compare Drifter

Health: 755
Regen: 3.5/s
Move speed: 6.9m/s
Sprint: +1.6m/s
Stamina: 3
Gun DPS: 133

Win rate 50.2% Pick rate 37.5% 1.3M matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy

The kit

Drifter abilities

Ability 1

Rend

Cooldown: 16s
Range: 16m

Swipe at enemies in a cone ahead of you, dealing Spirit Damage. If the enemy is in close range, deal bonus Melee Damage.

Bonus Damage: 40 ×1.4 Spirit
Close Range: 8m

I
+40 Bonus Damage
1 AP
II
-8s Cooldown
2 AP
III
Deals 55% Heavy Melee Damage
Silences enemies for 2s if close range
5 AP

Ability 2

Stalker's Mark

Cooldown: 26s
Duration: 5s

Send out a mark that bleeds the first target it hits, dealing Spirit DPS.

While the enemy is bleeding you can re-activate Stalker's Mark to instantly appear behind their back.

Bleed Damage: 2% DPS ×0.02
Charge Delay: -1s

I
-8% Bullet Resist
1 AP
II
-10s Cooldown and +3s Duration
2 AP
III
+1.5% Bleed and -40% Incoming Healing
5 AP

Ability 3

Bloodscent

Range: 80m

Amplified Damage: 15%
Isolation Range: 20m
Permanent Weapon Damage: +3%

I
+3m/s Move Speed when around an isolated enemy hero
1 AP
II
On isolated hero death: Heal 24% of your missing health and restores 2 Stamina
2 AP
III
+11% Amplified Damage
5 AP

Ultimate

Eternal Night

Cooldown: 145s
Range: 100m
Duration: 6.5s

Surround nearby enemy heroes in darkness, severely limiting their vision of other units. Affected enemies are briefly revealed to you and are considered isolated for the duration.

You gain Sprint Speed.

Reduced Vision: 15m
Sprint Speed: +2m
Max Targets: 2

I
+10m Sprint Speed
1 AP
II
-40s Cooldown
2 AP
III
+2.5s Duration and +1 Max Target.
5 AP

What players buy

Drifter build

Full build

The items Drifter players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.

I

Melee Lifesteal 800
Picked in 60% of games
II

Stalker 1,600
Picked in 60% of games
I

Mystic Burst 800
Picked in 39% of games
I

Close Quarters 800
Picked in 39% of games

From recent matches

Teammates and counters

All matchups

Drifter wins 50.2% of 1.3M matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Drifter does best with, the heroes Drifter struggles against most, and the ones Drifter beats most often.

Best with

Rat King 58.7% won together, 1.5 pts above expected

Lady Geist 52.6% won together, 1.4 pts above expected

Seven 56.1% won together, 1.1 pts above expected

Counters Drifter

Graves Drifter wins 43.0%

Rat King Drifter wins 43.7%

Paige Drifter wins 43.8%

Drifter counters

Mirage Drifter wins 55.4%

Shiv Drifter wins 55.3%

Pocket Drifter wins 55.2%

From recent matches

Items Drifter players buy

Full build

How often Drifter players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 1.3M matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.

Item	Bought in	Win rate	Usually bought at
Stalker	86.0%	50.5%	7 min
Melee Lifesteal	73.2%	50.0%	3 min
Spirit Strike	62.1%	50.0%	7 min
Spirit Snatch	61.0%	50.5%	15 min
Hunter's Aura	60.7%	53.0%	22 min
Sprint Boots	52.5%	51.0%	10 min
Close Quarters	51.5%	51.1%	5 min
Tankbuster	47.4%	50.4%	22 min
Mystic Burst	47.0%	49.7%	7 min
Trophy Collector	46.6%	51.4%	10 min

Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)

Glass Cannon 61.8% won · bought in 10.7%
Frenzy 60.8% won · bought in 6.9%
Lucky Shot 60.5% won · bought in 16.7%
Silencer 59.6% won · bought in 18.3%
Siphon Bullets 58.0% won · bought in 5.3%
Crippling Headshot 58.0% won · bought in 7.8%

Gun

Crimson Grasp

DPS: 133; While firing
Sustained DPS: 91; Including reloads
Bullet damage: 19.5; × 3 pellets
Fire rate: 2.27/s
Magazine: 12; Empties in 5.29s
Reload: 2.44s

Damage over distance

Full damage to 22m Drops to 60% by 27m

Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 508 m/s.

Initiate to Eternus

Drifter win rate by rank

How often Drifter wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.

Initiate 50.3% · 15k
Seeker 49.6% · 32k
Acolyte 50.4% · 29k
Sentinel 50.0% · 24k
Mystic 49.9% · 22k
Ritualist 50.1% · 21k
Emissary 50.2% · 21k
Oracle 50.1% · 25k
Phantom 49.9% · 23k
Ascendant 49.1% · 10k
Eternus 50.1% · 3,748

What Drifter says

Drifter voice lines

All 1,436

Drifter has 1,436 voice lines, from kill lines to 100 conversations with other heroes. Here are a few:

I never had much use for a name. Names are for people who want to be remembered. Me? My existence is like gravity or time… a concept that you fear but cannot escape. I simply Am. When picked
The Troubadour ain't got nothin' on me. When picked
Dead. Any kill
Feeding time… Using Rend

Every Drifter voice line

Every boon

Growth per level

Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:

Health: +41
Bullet damage: +0.49
Melee damage: +1.58
Spirit power: +1.1

Quick answers

Drifter questions

What type of hero is Drifter?: Drifter is a assassin. Mobile heroes who pick off isolated targets and burst them down. Complexity: challenging.
What are Drifter's abilities?: Rend, Stalker's Mark and Bloodscent, plus the ultimate Eternal Night. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.
How much health does Drifter have?: Drifter starts with 755 health and gains 41 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).
Is Drifter good for beginners?: Drifter is rated challenging. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.
What should I buy first on Drifter?: Most Drifter players open with Melee Lifesteal, Stalker and Mystic Burst. See the full Drifter build for mid and late game items.

Case history

Drifter lore

An ancient vampire roaming across America, the nameless monstrosity known as The Drifter has been preying on the living for generations. Unlike most vampires, Drifter doesn’t value finery or titles and has naked contempt for vampiric laws and tradition. This refusal to toe the line has made him a marked man all over the North American Baronies; but while Viscounts and Elders cry for his execution, Drifter continues to do what he pleases...