Vindicta · Ability 3 · 32s cooldown
Crow Familiar
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Crow Familiar is Vindicta's ability 3 on a 32-second cooldown with 2.2% DPS bleed damage, 40 impact damage, 5s debuff duration. Your crow familiar deals impact damage, reduces their bullet resist and applies a bleed that deals damage based on the target's current health.
Upgrades: 1 AP — Reduces Incoming Healing by -35%; 2 AP — +0.5% Bleed Damage -16.0s Cooldown; 5 AP — +2s Duration -8% Bullet Resist -8% Spirit Resist.
In the most played Vindicta skill order (57.5% win rate over 4.9K games), Crow Familiar takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Vindicta build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Crow Familiar stats
Cooldown
32s
Bleed Damage
2.2% DPS
Impact Damage
40
Debuff Duration
5s
Ability points
Crow Familiar upgrades
- 1 AP
Reduces Incoming Healing by -35%
-35% Incoming Healing · -35% Incoming Healing
- 2 AP
+0.5% Bleed Damage -16.0s Cooldown
-16s Cooldown · +0.5% DPS Bleed Damage
- 5 AP
+2s Duration -8% Bullet Resist -8% Spirit Resist
-8% Bullet Resist · -8% Spirit Resist · +2s Debuff Duration
Most played Vindicta skill order
When to level Crow Familiar
In the most played Vindicta skill order (57.5% win rate over 4.9K games), Crow Familiar takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Crow Familiar patch history
Minor Update - 06-30-2026 · June 30, 2026
- – Crow Familiar T2 increased from -12s Cooldown to -16s
- – Crow Familiar collision radius between each crow increased slightly
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Crow Familiar now releases a swarm of crows in a cone forward, hitting all enemies along the path
- – Crow Familiar debuff duration no longer scales with spirit power
- – Crow Familiar debuff duration increased from 4s to 5s
- – Crow Familiar bleed damage reduced from 2.7% to 2.2%
- – Crow Familiar damage increased from 37 to 40
- – Crow Familiar T1 changed from "Ricochet up to 2 times" to "Reduces healing by -35%"
- – Crow Familiar T2 now also increase bleed damage by +0.5%
- – Crow Familiar T3 now also increases debuff duration by 2s
12-06-2024 Update · December 6, 2024
- – Crow Familiar projectile speed increased from 3500 to 4750.
11-07-2024 Update · November 8, 2024
- – Crow Familiar tick rate changed from every 0.5s to every 1s.
Other Vindicta abilities
Heal
Abilities like Crow Familiar
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Crow Familiar?＋
Crow Familiar has a 32-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades. One of its upgrades lowers it further — see the upgrade list above.
What are the Crow Familiar upgrades?＋
1 AP: Reduces Incoming Healing by -35% 2 AP: +0.5% Bleed Damage -16.0s Cooldown 5 AP: +2s Duration -8% Bullet Resist -8% Spirit Resist
When should you level Crow Familiar?＋
In the most played Vindicta skill order (57.5% win rate over 4.9K games), Crow Familiar takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Which hero has Crow Familiar?＋
Crow Familiar is Vindicta's ability 3. Vindicta is a marksman whose other abilities are Stake, Flight, Assassinate.