Love Bites
Love Bites is Mina's third ability in Deadlock (slot 3), a passive ability. Your bullets apply additional spirit damage. Dealing damage with your abilities builds up to a vicious bite, dealing a burst of bonus spirit damage. Love Bites has a unique cooldown per target.
Open the most-bought Mina build
The 4 items bought most in each phase of 146,777 Mina matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Love Bites in matches
Mina players unlocked Love Bites first in 94.4% of matches (139,326 of 147,579), second in 3.8% of matches (5,598 of 147,579) and third in 1.6% of matches (2,366 of 147,579), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and not a recommendation. Each share is the Mina matches in which Love Bites was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Mina match counted; a step under 500 matches is not listed.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Love Bites stats
Love Bites
Your bullets apply additional spirit damage. Dealing damage with your abilities builds up to a vicious bite, dealing a burst of bonus spirit damage.
Love Bites has a unique cooldown per target.
On Proc:
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +3s Slow Duration -24% Move Speed | On Proc: +24% Slow for 3s |
| 2 | +3 Spirit Damage Per Bullet +45 Bonus Damage | +3 Spirit Damage per Bullet & +45 Bonus Damage |
| 3 | -5s Cooldown per Target +25% Fire Rate +5s Buff Duration | -5 Cooldown On Proc: +25% Fire Rate for 5s |
Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.
Love Bites change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6742 | No player-facing change in 37 builds (October 2 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 1, 2026build 6731 | Love Bites' description was reworded. Love Bites' description now reads: "Your bullets apply additional spirit damage. Dealing damage with your abilities builds up to a vicious bite, dealing a burst of bonus spirit damage. Love Bites has a unique cooldown per target." | Changed |
| September 30, 2026build 6726from build 6701 | No player-facing change in 5 builds (September 25 to September 30, 2026). | Unchanged |
| September 17, 2026build 6698 | Love Bites' tier 1 upgrade changed from +3s Slow Duration and -30% Move Speed to +3s Slow Duration and -24% Move Speed. | Changed |
| August 22, 2026build 6684from build 6642 | No player-facing change in 11 builds (July 28 to August 22, 2026). | Unchanged |
| July 25, 2026build 6640 | First recorded in Deadlock. | Baseline |
Love Bites FAQ
What does Love Bites do?
Your bullets apply additional spirit damage. Dealing damage with your abilities builds up to a vicious bite, dealing a burst of bonus spirit damage. Love Bites has a unique cooldown per target. Its tooltip lists 4 Spirit Damage Per Bullet (+0.09 x Spirit) and 45 Bonus Damage (+1.85 x Spirit).
How does Love Bites scale with spirit power?
Spirit Damage Per Bullet starts at 4 and gains 0.09 per point of Spirit and Bonus Damage starts at 45 and gains 1.85 per point of Spirit, the coefficients the game file writes on the values.
What do Love Bites' upgrades do?
Tier 1: On Proc: +24% Slow for 3s. Tier 2: +3 Spirit Damage per Bullet &, +45 Bonus Damage. Tier 3: -5 Cooldown, On Proc: +25% Fire Rate for 5s.
Which hero has Love Bites?
Love Bites is Mina's third ability (slot 3).
Was Love Bites changed in the latest patch?
No. Love Bites is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 1, 2026 patch.