Mirage · Ability 1 · 35s cooldown
Fire Scarabs
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Fire Scarabs is Mirage's ability 1 on a 35-second cooldown with 0.05s cast delay, 2 charges, 1s charge delay. Infest an enemy with fire scarabs, stealing life from them and causing them to deal reduced damage.
Upgrades: 1 AP — +7 Health Steal Per Sec; 2 AP — +1 Charge +2s Duration; 5 AP — -15% Damage Penalty Increased Spirit scaling.
In the most played Mirage skill order (55.1% win rate over 3.4K games), Fire Scarabs 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 Mirage build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Fire Scarabs stats
Cooldown
35s
Cast Delay
0.05s
Charges
2
Charge Delay
1s
Health Steal Per Sec
8
Steal Duration
5s
Max Stacks
100
Ability points
Fire Scarabs upgrades
- 1 AP
+7 Health Steal Per Sec
- 2 AP
+1 Charge +2s Duration
+1 Charges · +2s Steal Duration
- 5 AP
-15% Damage Penalty Increased Spirit scaling
-15% Damage Penalty · +0.13 Health Steal Per Sec
Most played Mirage skill order
When to level Fire Scarabs
In the most played Mirage skill order (55.1% win rate over 3.4K games), Fire Scarabs takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Fire Scarabs patch history
Minor Update - 07-28-2026 · July 28, 2026
- – Fire Scarabs duration reduced from 7s to 5s
- – Fire Scarabs T2 reduced from +2 Charges to +1 Charge
- – Fire Scarabs T2 now also increases duration by 2s
Minor Update - 07-09-2026 · July 9, 2026
- – Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026 · April 30, 2026
- – Fire Scarabs duration reduced from 8s to 7s
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Fire Scarabs no longer have a limited duration to launch each one. Functions as a normal charged ability.
- – Fire Scarabs collision and model size increased a bit
- – Fire Scarabs base charges reduced from 4 to 2
- – Fire Scarabs spirit scaling reduced from 1.0 to 0.8
- – Fire Scarabs now immediately steal the health from the target
- – Fire Scarabs Max Health steal increased from 45 to 70
- – Fire Scarabs changed from -8% Bullet Resist to +10% Damage Amp on that target from any damage you deal
- – Fire Scarabs cooldown increased from 40s to 45s
- – Fire Scarabs T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+50 Max Health Steal"
- – Fire Scarabs T2 changed from "-8% Bullet Resist" to "+2 Charges"
- – Fire Scarabs T3 changed from "+63 Max Health Steal" to "+10% Damage Amp and +1.2 Spirit Scaling"
- – Fire Scarabs no longer has a reduced effect against non-heroes
- – Fire Scarabs cooldown reduced from 45s to 35s
- – Fire Scarabs no longer does max health steal
- – Fire Scarabs now drains life from the enemy, dealing DPS to the enemy and healing you for 8s.
- – Fire Scarabs no longer applies +10% Damage Amp
- – Fire Scarabs now reduces enemy damage output by 20% (and +15% in T3)
Other Mirage abilities
Heal
Abilities like Fire Scarabs
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Fire Scarabs?＋
Fire Scarabs has a 35-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades.
What are the Fire Scarabs upgrades?＋
1 AP: +7 Health Steal Per Sec 2 AP: +1 Charge +2s Duration 5 AP: -15% Damage Penalty Increased Spirit scaling
When should you level Fire Scarabs?＋
In the most played Mirage skill order (55.1% win rate over 3.4K games), Fire Scarabs 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 Fire Scarabs?＋
Fire Scarabs is Mirage's ability 1. Mirage is a assassin whose other abilities are Dust Devil, Djinn's Mark, Traveler.