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Lifeline

Cloak & Dagger

Strategist

Lifeline

Cloak & Dagger function as a hybrid Strategist built around reliable sustain, defensive utility, and tempo control. Their value comes from stabilizing fights with layered healing, protecting allies with Dark Teleportation, and punishing dives through Blind and Vulnerability. They fit teams that want safe backline sustain, brawl support, and strong anti-dive tools.

Hybrid SupportSustain SaviorSustained Healing Ultimate
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Hero Dimensions

Combat Profile

Base Health: 275Base Movement Speed: 6 m/sPrimary Fire: ProjectileUltimate Cost: 4500

Burst Damage

5 / 10

Ultimate Nullification

Sustained Damage

6 / 10

Sustained Damage

Effective Range

6 / 10

Projectile Primary FireBeam Primary Fire

Burst Healing

6 / 10

Sustained Healing

9 / 10

Primary Fire HealingHealing Over TimeArea of Effect Healing

Self Sustain

8 / 10

Self-Sustain

Effective Health Pool

5 / 10

Low Health Pool

Self Preservation

8 / 10

Invulnerability

7 / 10

Invulnerability

Ally Protection

8 / 10

Ally Protection

Threat Presence

5 / 10

Frontline DisruptionBackline DisruptionThreat Presence

Space Control

5 / 10

Enemy Debuff

8 / 10

Apply VulnerabilityBlindObscure

Interruption

3 / 10

Displacement

1 / 10

Movement Speed

5 / 10

Verticality

2 / 10

Phase

Rapid Relocation

4 / 10

Team Buff

8 / 10

Grant Target Increased Received HealingArea of Effect Increased Received HealingArea of Effect Speed Boost

Information Gathering

1 / 10

Invisibility

Team Enablement

9 / 10

Fight Winning

8 / 10

Sustained Healing Ultimate

Combo Potential

7 / 10

Area Denial Ultimate

Ultimate Economy

5 / 10

Objectives

  • Counter Ultimate
  • Coordinate Ultimates
  • Bait Ultimate
  • Bait Cooldowns
  • Disrupt Frontline
  • Disrupt Backline
  • Pocket Healing Vanguard
  • Pocket Healing Duelist
  • Pocket Healing Strategist
  • Peel Flanker
  • Peel Disruptor
  • Peel Skirmisher
  • Control Space
  • Deny Area
  • Hold Space
  • Focus Fire
  • Focus Flanker
  • Focus Skirmisher
  • Focus Disruptor
  • Protect Backline
  • Protect Supports
  • Enable Carry
  • Enable Dive
  • Enable Poke
  • Enable Brawl
  • Contest Objective
  • Stall Objective
  • Zone Objective
  • Apply Debuffs
  • Mark Priority Target

Strengths

  • Reliable healing with forgiving aim requirements
  • Strong anti-dive tools through Blind, Vulnerability, Phase, and Invisibility
  • Excellent sustain in clustered fights and objective brawls
  • Can save teammates from burst ultimates and hard commits with Dark Teleportation
  • Vulnerability helps teams confirm kills after defensive cooldowns are forced
  • Ultimate creates strong healing lanes for retakes, stalls, and overtime fights
  • Flexible stance swap allows healing, disruption, and self-preservation without changing heroes

Weaknesses

  • Low raw health and vulnerable when defensive cooldowns are down
  • Limited long-range healing compared to pure backline supports
  • Can struggle when teammates spread too far apart
  • No hard stun or displacement to fully stop divers alone
  • Ultimate value drops if teammates do not play inside the lanes
  • Vulnerable to sniper sightlines, burst poke, and vertical spam
  • High ultimate cost makes bad ultimate timing expensive
  • Requires cooldown discipline because Dark Teleportation is both escape and team-save utility

Synergies

Strong Against

Hard Counters

Soft Counters

Strong Maps

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Weak Maps

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Recommended Comps

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