Holliday · Ability 1 · 28s cooldown
Powder Keg
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Powder Keg is Holliday's ability 1 on a 28-second cooldown with 0.125s cast delay, 2 charges, 7.5s charge delay. Throw a barrel that explodes after a delay, dealing spirit damage, setting enemies on fire and applying knockup. The barrel can be detonated early by being shot, melee'd, or detonated by another barrel. The burn stacks, so overlapping barrels burn for their combined damage. Can be Alt-Cast to place the barrel in front of Holliday.
Upgrades: 1 AP — -10s Cooldown; 2 AP — +1 Charges; 5 AP — +40 Impact Damage +13.3333 Burn Damage per Second -5s Charge Time Improved Spirit Scaling.
In the most played Holliday skill order (54.4% win rate over 11K games), Powder Keg 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 Holliday build, or compare cooldowns on the all-abilities table.
Base values, before items
Powder Keg stats
Cooldown
28s
Cast Delay
0.125s
Charges
2
Charge Delay
7.5s
Impact Damage
40
Damage Per Second
13.3333
Burn Duration
3s
Arm Time
0.1s
Duration
0.4s
Ability points
Powder Keg upgrades
- 1 AP
-10s Cooldown
- 2 AP
+1 Charges
- 5 AP
+40 Impact Damage +13.3333 Burn Damage per Second -5s Charge Time Improved Spirit Scaling
+40 Impact Damage · +13.3333 Damage Per Second · -5s Charge Delay · +0.25 Impact Damage · +0.083333 Damage Per Second
Most played Holliday skill order
When to level Powder Keg
In the most played Holliday skill order (54.4% win rate over 11K games), Powder Keg takes its first point at step 1 and gets 4 of the first 12 points, making it the first ability players max.
Powder Keg patch history
Minor Update - 08-12-2026 · August 12, 2026
- – Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn (same overall damage, multiple instances stack)
Minor Update - 07-09-2026 · July 9, 2026
- – Powder Keg spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05
Minor Update - 06-30-2026 · June 30, 2026
- – Powder Keg velocity reduced slightly
- – Powder Keg charge delay increased from 7s to 7.5s
- – Powder Keg spirit scaling reduced from 1.4 to 1.2
- – Powder Keg T3 reduced from +100 Damage to +80
Minor Update - 06-11-2026 · June 12, 2026
- – Powder Keg now has an alt cast behavior to place the barrel at her feet
- – Powder Keg various improvements to the launch angles, velocities and feel of casting
- – Powder Keg now starts with 2 charges
- – Powder Keg Charge Time increased from 3.5s to 7s
- – Powder Keg spirit scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.4
- – Powder Keg T2 changed from "+58 Damage" to "+1 Charge"
- – Powder Keg T3 changed from "+2 Charges and +0.4s Displacement" to "+100 Damage, +0.5 Spirit Scaling and -5s Charge Time"
Other Holliday abilities
FAQ
What is the cooldown of Powder Keg?＋
Powder Keg has a 28-second base cooldown before cooldown items or upgrades. One of its upgrades lowers it further — see the upgrade list above.
What are the Powder Keg upgrades?＋
1 AP: -10s Cooldown 2 AP: +1 Charges 5 AP: +40 Impact Damage +13.3333 Burn Damage per Second -5s Charge Time Improved Spirit Scaling
When should you level Powder Keg?＋
In the most played Holliday skill order (54.4% win rate over 11K games), Powder Keg 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 Powder Keg?＋
Powder Keg is Holliday's ability 1. Holliday is a marksman whose other abilities are Bounce Pad, Crackshot, Spirit Lasso.