OP Abilities

The overpowered ability pool — what it contains, examples, and how to enable it.

The OP (Overpowered) ability pool is a separate collection of abilities that are too strong for regular play. They are hidden by default and only become selectable when the OP ability option is turned on in the game lobby.

What makes an ability OP?

OP abilities typically have one or more of the following traits:

• Massively amplified versions of standard abilities (e.g., dragon_knight_dragon_blood_OP vs. dragon_knight_dragon_blood).
• Abilities with no theoretical stat cap that would grow without limit in a normal game.
• Mechanics that are fun in a single-player or sandbox context but break multiplayer balance.
• Standard abilities that Valve deemed too powerful for the hero rotation, now available in an explicitly unrestricted bracket.

How to enable OP abilities

In the game lobby, open the Advanced Options panel and enable the OP Abilities toggle. Once enabled, all OP sub-brackets become visible in the skill picker alongside the normal pool.

OP ability categories

OP abilities are organised into several sub-groups inside the superop bracket:

Sub-group	Contents
singlePlayer_actives	Overpowered actives — Berserker’s Call OP, Rupture OP, Dark Rift OP, and similar
singlePlayer_passive	Overpowered passives — Dragon Blood OP, Goblins Greed OP, Reactive Armor OP, Essence Aura OP variants
singlePlayer_passive_2	Additional OP passives — Aether Range OP, Octarine Vampirism OP, Angel Arena Razor Power OP
singlePlayer_passive_3	CD-reduction OP abilities — Jingtong OP, Zhanhun OP, Master Magic OP, Metamorphosis OP
singlePlayer_passive_4	Unique OP passives — Jinada OP, Warpath OP, Psi Blades OP, Atrophy Aura OP, Meepo Divided We Stand
basic_abilities (OP)	Stronger versions of stat bonus abilities — Mana Bonus OP, Health Bonus OP, Spell Amp OP, etc.
survivor_op	OP Survivor stack abilities
spell_lab_souls_op	OP Souls abilities
memes_reborn_op	OP fruit abilities — Banana, Blazer, Coconut, Grapefruit
mega_ultimates	Mega-tier ultimates — see below

Mega ultimates

Mega ultimates are extreme single-player abilities with map-wide or game-ending effects:

Ability	Effect
Mega Black Hole	A vastly enlarged Black Hole that pulls in all units across a huge area
Mega Chronosphere	Freezes the entire map
Mega Eclipse	Global Eclipse strike coverage
Mega Freezing Field	Enormous Freezing Field radius
Mega Omni Slash	Multi-target Omnislash
Floor is Lava	Continuous AoE ground damage across the map
Mega Call Down	Global Gyrocopter missile barrage
Mega Flare	Global Flare damage
Mega Suicide	…

Examples added via CHANGELOG

The following abilities have been explicitly called out in patch notes as being added to or reclassified in the OP pool:

Ability	Patch
Heat Seeking Missile OP	11.3
Mass Serpent Wards OP	11.3
Duel OP	11.3
Moonlight Shadow OP	11.3
Chronosphere OP	11.3
Tempest Double	10.9 (reclassified as OP)
Arcane Art OP	11.1

Restrictions still apply

Even within the OP pool, troll combo rules remain active. Several OP abilities carry ReduxBans flags that prevent them from being picked alongside their normal counterparts (e.g., aether_range_lod_OP bans aether_range_lod). Cooldown reduction OP abilities are also part of the cooldown-reduction banned group.