Lady Geist · Ability 1 · 14s cooldown
Essence Bomb
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Essence Bomb is Lady Geist's ability 1 on a 14-second cooldown with 30% health cost, 90 damage, 0.65s arming duration. Sacrifice some of your health to launch a bomb that deals damage after a brief arm time. Self damage type is Spirit and can be mitigated.
Upgrades: 1 AP — -5s Cooldown; 2 AP — +2m Radius and +50.0 Damage.; 5 AP — Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 30.0% of the original damage per second, for 6s..
In the most played Lady Geist skill order (55.8% win rate over 13K games), Essence Bomb takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Lady Geist build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Essence Bomb stats
Cooldown
14s
Health Cost
30%
Damage
90
Arming Duration
0.65s
Ability points
Essence Bomb upgrades
- 1 AP
-5s Cooldown
- 2 AP
+2m Radius and +50.0 Damage.
+50 Damage · +2m Radius
- 5 AP
Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 30.0% of the original damage per second, for 6s.
+6s Toxic Mess Duration
Most played Lady Geist skill order
When to level Essence Bomb
In the most played Lady Geist skill order (55.8% win rate over 13K games), Essence Bomb takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Essence Bomb patch history
Minor Update - 09-16-2026 · September 16, 2026
- – Essence Bomb T3 damage increased from 26% to 30%
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Essence Bomb self damage changed from 30 + 1.8 scaling to 30% of the damage (base is 90 + 1.2 scaling)
- – Essence Bomb radius reduced from 9m to 7m
- – Essence Bomb cooldown reduced from 14.5s to 14s
- – Essence Bomb T1 increased from -4s to -5s
- – Essence Bomb T2 also increases radius by +2m
Other Lady Geist abilities
Heal
Abilities like Essence Bomb
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Essence Bomb?＋
Essence Bomb has a 14-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades. One of its upgrades lowers it further — see the upgrade list above.
What are the Essence Bomb upgrades?＋
1 AP: -5s Cooldown 2 AP: +2m Radius and +50.0 Damage. 5 AP: Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 30.0% of the original damage per second, for 6s.
When should you level Essence Bomb?＋
In the most played Lady Geist skill order (55.8% win rate over 13K games), Essence Bomb takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Which hero has Essence Bomb?＋
Essence Bomb is Lady Geist's ability 1. Lady Geist is a mystic whose other abilities are Life Drain, Malice, Soul Exchange.