Kelvin’s main threat#
Kelvin is a support: keeps allies alive and makes them stronger, while still contributing damage.
The kit is spirit-leaning, so spirit resistance and spirit shields do the most to blunt it.
Abilities to play around#
Ability 1
Frost Grenade
Throws a grenade that bursts into a freezing cloud, healing allies and dealing spirit damage to enemies, who are also slowed.
Play around it Healing or sustain — buy healing reduction (Healbane, Toxic Bullets or Decay) so it’s worth less, and focus burst damage rather than chip damage.
Play around it Slows — Enduring Speed and Debuff Reducer help you walk out of it.
Ability 2
Ice Path
Creates a floating trail of ice that speeds up Kelvin and his allies; enemies can walk on it too. Kelvin resists slows while on it.
Play around it Slows — Enduring Speed and Debuff Reducer help you walk out of it.
Ability 3
Arctic Beam
Fires a freezing beam that damages targets and increasingly slows their movement and fire rate the longer it is held on them.
Play around it Slows — Enduring Speed and Debuff Reducer help you walk out of it.
Ultimate
Frozen Shelter
Encloses a targeted hero in an impenetrable ice dome that rapidly heals allies inside and slows enemies. Objectives inside become invulnerable.
Play around it Healing or sustain — buy healing reduction (Healbane, Toxic Bullets or Decay) so it’s worth less, and focus burst damage rather than chip damage.
Play around it Defensive window — stop shooting into it, reposition, and burst when it ends.
Counter items, with reasons#
Specific answers to this kit
General answers
General answers are our editorial reading of the kit. Counter items only help if you’re the one being hit — buy for the threat you actually face.
How to beat Kelvin#
- Slowing Hex disables Ice Path.
- Unstoppable suppresses Kelvin's crowd control.
- Dispel Magic removes his freezing effects.
- Armor Piercing Rounds and Venator's Ira Domini can penetrate the Frozen Shelter wall.
Mistakes to avoid
- Ignoring them — an untouched support makes every enemy harder to kill.
- Fighting long, drawn-out battles against their healing.
Want to see the hero from the other side? Read the Kelvin guide, or open the counter-pick helper to plan against a whole enemy team.