Mina · Ability 3
Love Bites
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HeroMina →What does Love Bites do in Deadlock?
Love Bites is Mina's ability 3 with 4 spirit damage per bullet, 10s cooldown per target, 18.4% buildup per shot. 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.
Upgrades: 1 AP — On Proc: +24% Slow for 3s; 2 AP — +3.0 Spirit Damage per Bullet & +45.0 Bonus Damage; 5 AP — -5 Cooldown On Proc: +25% Fire Rate for 5s.
In the most played Mina skill order (52.0% win rate over 33K games), Love Bites takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the second ability players max.
Full numbers below; for items and lane matchups see the Mina build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Love Bites stats
Spirit Damage Per Bullet
4
Cooldown per Target
10s
Buildup Per Shot
18.4%
Buildup Decay Time
5s
Bonus Damage
45
Ability points
Love Bites upgrades
- 1 AP
On Proc: +24% Slow for 3s
+3s Slow Duration · +24% Move Speed
- 2 AP
+3.0 Spirit Damage per Bullet & +45.0 Bonus Damage
+3 Spirit Damage Per Bullet · +45 Bonus Damage
- 5 AP
-5 Cooldown On Proc: +25% Fire Rate for 5s
-5s Cooldown per Target · +25% Fire Rate · +5s Buff Duration
Most played Mina skill order
When to level Love Bites
In the most played Mina skill order (52.0% win rate over 33K games), Love Bites takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the second ability players max.
Love Bites patch history
Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026 · May 22, 2026
- – Love Bites T3 increased from -4s Cooldown to -5s
- – Love Bites no longer applies the flat on hit damage to abilities (was doing 20% of its value on Nox Nostra)
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 · March 6, 2026
- – Love Bites Cooldown increased from 8s to 10s
- – Love Bites damage reduced from 6 to 4
- – Love Bites damage spirit scaling increased from 0.06 to 0.09
- – Love Bites bonus damage reduced from 55 to 45
- – Love Bites bonus damage spirit scaling increased from 1.6 to 1.85
- – Love Bites T1 changed from "On Proc: +4 m/s Move Speed for 3s" to "On Proc: 30% Slow for 3s"
- – Love Bites T2 Damage/Bonus reduced from 3.6/50 to 3/45
- – Love Bites T3 changed from "On Proc: -1 Stamina and 30% slow for 3s" to "-4s Cooldown and On Proc +25% Fire Rate for 5s"
11-21-2025 Update · November 21, 2025
- – Love Bites cooldown increased from 7s to 8s
- – Love Bites T3 from -1 Stamina to -2
Other Mina abilities
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Love Bites?＋
Love Bites has no fixed cooldown listed in the game data (it is a passive, toggle or charge-based ability).
What are the Love Bites upgrades?＋
1 AP: On Proc: +24% Slow for 3s 2 AP: +3.0 Spirit Damage per Bullet & +45.0 Bonus Damage 5 AP: -5 Cooldown On Proc: +25% Fire Rate for 5s
When should you level Love Bites?＋
In the most played Mina skill order (52.0% win rate over 33K games), Love Bites takes its first point at step 1 and gets 3 of the first 12 points, making it the second ability players max.
Which hero has Love Bites?＋
Love Bites is Mina's ability 3. Mina is a marksman whose other abilities are Rake, Sanguine Retreat, Nox Nostra.