Win Rate
W:L 0.6740.0%
213.6KW / 321.0KL
Pick Rate
0.2%
of vitality purchases
Matches
534.6K
tracked sample
Slot Rank
#54
of 54 vitality items
Unique Players
231.7K
distinct buyers
Active Movespeed Penalty
-1.5mm
Bullet Resist
12%
Cooldown
24s
Dash Distance
-20%
Duration
5.0s
When this item is typically bought
Avg Buy
30:35min
Game Progress
75%
Avg Sell
39:11min
Held For
~8:36min
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Pick share & win rate by purchase minute
Net worth at purchase · pick share & win rate
Performance across skill brackets
Patch-to-patch performance
Eternus mains of heroes that build this item
Most-favorited published builds featuring this item
Zieth Infernus
Infernus build · v24
SN|P3R : Molten Fury
Infernus build · v299
INFERNUUS 80% winrate twitch magven0m
Infernus build · v7
Twitch.tv/Averagejonas TANKBOP GANKBOP
Bebop build · v155
Renon's Eternus Infernus (Twitch.tv/renonfps)
Infernus build · v148
eido build
Drifter build · v4
Data-driven analysis
Metal Skin delivers 12% bullet resist, -1.5mm active movespeed penalty, and -20% dash distance. These bonuses determine which heroes and builds below actually benefit from the slot, and why the win rates on certain heroes skew so far above or below the item's average.
Metal Skin performs strongest on Graves (44.3% WR across 17,183 games), Victor (44.2% WR across 19,277 games), and Seven (44.1% WR across 21,977 games). These heroes convert the item's stat bonuses into real win rate gains, usually because their kit scales linearly with the stats the item provides. If you play one of these heroes, this item belongs in your core build.
In terms of raw pickup volume, Metal Skin shows up most on Bebop (33,119 games), Infernus (28,366 games), and Drifter (26,994 games). High pickup does not always mean high performance, so cross reference this list with the best heroes card above before blindly copying a build.
Metal Skin is a base tier purchase with no prerequisites, so you can buy it directly from the shop without stacking components first.
Metal Skin sits at a 40.0% win rate and has barely moved over the last few weeks, which means the item is at its steady state pick rate in the current patch.
Metal Skin peaks in the Eternus bracket at 45.9% and drops to 40.0% in Initiate. The 5.9 percentage point gap suggests the item rewards coordination or mechanical execution that only higher ranks consistently deliver.