Reflector, an upgrade to Infuser

[zakkadletz]

A Tier 2 Vitality Active item that builds out of Infuser.

"Reflector"
+ 8 Spirit Power
+ 12% Ammo
+ 70 Bullet Shield Health

Active (8 Second Duration; 60 Second Cooldown)
Gain +20% Spirit Lifesteal and reflect the next instance of spirit damage back to its source.


Applies a visual shield effect on yourself and causes the next instance of spirit damage to be negated and reflected to the source of the damage calculated using your Spirit Power and Spirit Lifesteal instead of the sources.


This would be an item designed to give more options against heavy spirit burst heroes.
Useful against the most prevalent burst heroes without outright countering them because its a single instance reflect that could be baited out and broken by smaller spirit damage instances raising the skill floor of one dimensional heroes that rely on a single big spell.

 

[Dr.Fox]

would be awesome especially if it was able to deflect stuns when timed right (maybe even reflect knock up effects)

 

[Mr.Mindish]

It sounds cool and I'd like an item that helps defence against spirit burst damage, but a reflector seems a bit too powerful.

While you can bait out the shield and destroy it with a weaker spirit attack, some moves like Lash's Ground Strike require commitment from the user and can't be easily cancelled, making it easy to activate the reflector on reaction to specifically counter the specified burst attack.

The long cooldown balances it out and it'd be harder to pull off in a team fight, but being able to not only invalidate Talon, Shiv or Geist's ult, but also punish them with the reflector's own burst damage is a bit strong, especially for a T2 item.

 

[Dr.Fox]

It sounds cool and I'd like an item that helps defence against spirit burst damage, but a reflector seems a bit too powerful.

While you can bait out the shield and destroy it with a weaker spirit attack, some moves like Lash's Ground Strike require commitment from the user and can't be easily cancelled, making it easy to activate the reflector on reaction to specifically counter the specified burst attack.

The long cooldown balances it out and it'd be harder to pull off in a team fight, but being able to not only invalidate Talon, Shiv or Geist's ult, but also punish them with the reflector's own burst damage is a bit strong, especially for a T2 item.

well if it was made to just reflect the damage you would still take it

 

[Mr.Mindish]

well if it was made to just reflect the damage you would still take it

True, though it could just grant 70% spirit resist for the hit instead of full invulnerability or something along those lines.
I think you did a good job balancing it, I'm just not sure how fun it'd be to fight.