Best Deadlock Hero Builds for October 2026

The best Deadlock build depends on the hero. Each build below is the one Ranked players buy most on that hero. The table gives the max priority and the opening item for the 12 heroes with full builds.

Hero	Max priority	Opening item	Ranked games
Mina	Rake	Extra Spirit	36,055
Graves	Grasping Hands	Restorative Shot	43,843
Seven	Power Surge	Monster Rounds	33,651
Haze	Fixation or Sleep Dagger	Extra Spirit	63,151
Silver	Lycan Curse	Restorative Shot	18,805
Victor	Pain Battery	Extra Regen	32,620
Wraith	Card Trick or Full Auto	Monster Rounds	49,028
Infernus	Afterburn	Rapid Rounds	46,370
Drifter	Rend	Close Quarters	39,159
Vindicta	Flight	High-Velocity Rounds	29,842
Billy	Bashdown	Melee Lifesteal	25,095
Paige	Bookwyrm or Plot Armor	High-Velocity Rounds	35,242

The opening item is the core item players buy earliest. Ranked games is the number of matches on that hero from 21 to 25 October.

These 3 heroes get the most build searches. Lane covers minutes 0 to 10, mid game runs from minute 10 to minute 20, and late game starts at minute 20. Items in each phase follow the order players buy them. The number next to an item is the share of Ranked games on that hero that buy it.

Mina build

Max Rake before your other abilities. Players do this in 90% of Ranked Mina games, and all 4 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Extra Spirit 99% Mystic Burst 99% Quicksilver Reload 98% Improved Spirit 97%
Mid game	Grit 49% Dispel Magic 70% Stamina Mastery 93% Tankbuster 96%
Late game	Compress Cooldown 41% Boundless Spirit 84% Superior Cooldown 52% Spirit Burn 69%

Spirit items lead this build with 9 of the 12. The rest are 3 vitality items.

Graves build

Max Grasping Hands before your other abilities. Players do this in 70% of Ranked Graves games, and 5 of the 6 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Restorative Shot 88% Extra Spirit 78% Mystic Shot 56% Extra Stamina 88%
Mid game	Tesla Bullets 61% Enchanter's Emblem 49% Improved Spirit 74% Torment Pulse 46%
Late game	Stamina Mastery 66% Toxic Bullets 73% Mystic Vulnerability 57% Capacitor 41%

Weapon items lead this build with 5 of the 12. The rest are 4 spirit items and 3 vitality items.

Seven build

Max Power Surge before your other abilities. Players do this in 70% of Ranked Seven games, and 5 of the 6 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Monster Rounds 76% Extra Spirit 61% Extra Charge 40%
Mid game	Cultist Sacrifice 58% Healbane 69% Mystic Vulnerability 88% Duration Extender 57%
Late game	Superior Duration 65% Escalating Exposure 84% Greater Expansion 43% Unstoppable 45%

Spirit items lead this build with 7 of the 11. The rest are 2 weapon items and 2 vitality items.

These 9 heroes round out the 12 full builds.

Haze build

Ranked Haze players split on which ability to max. 45% pick Fixation and 42% pick Sleep Dagger. 4 of the 5 top published builds max Sleep Dagger.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Extra Spirit 74% Rapid Rounds 90% Swift Striker 94% Active Reload 80%
Mid game	Bullet Resist Shredder 49% Surge of Power 64% Fortitude 57% Burst Fire 82%
Late game	Ricochet 73% Lucky Shot 30% Silencer 39%

Weapon items lead this build with 7 of the 11. The rest are 3 spirit items and 1 vitality item.

Silver build

Max Lycan Curse before your other abilities. Players do this in 69% of Ranked Silver games, and 3 of the 6 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Restorative Shot 79% Melee Lifesteal 92% Close Quarters 71% Stalker 88%
Mid game	Slowing Bullets 59% Hunter's Aura 80% Lifestrike 67% Weighted Shots 60%
Late game	Point Blank 38% Spirit Resilience 54% Berserker 59% Unstoppable 34%

Weapon items lead this build with 8 of the 12. The rest are 4 vitality items.

Victor build

Max Pain Battery before your other abilities. Players do this in 52% of Ranked Victor games, and 4 of the 6 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Extra Regen 95% Extra Spirit 88% Improved Spirit 76%
Mid game	Healing Booster 94% Spirit Lifesteal 93% Enduring Speed 87% Mystic Vulnerability 87%
Late game	Infuser 83% Escalating Exposure 79% Greater Expansion 66% Superior Cooldown 45%

Spirit items lead this build with 6 of the 11. The rest are 5 vitality items.

Wraith build

Ranked Wraith players split on which ability to max. 63% pick Card Trick and 35% pick Full Auto. 3 of the 5 top published builds max Full Auto.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Monster Rounds 86% Extra Regen 41% Quicksilver Reload 99% Rapid Rounds 86%
Mid game	Tesla Bullets 80% Swift Striker 79% Surge of Power 81% Dispel Magic 57%
Late game	Ricochet 74% Spirit Lifesteal 52% Capacitor 43% Mercurial Magnum 73%

Weapon items lead this build with 6 of the 12. The rest are 3 vitality items and 3 spirit items.

Infernus build

Max Afterburn before your other abilities. Players do this in 64% of Ranked Infernus games, and 4 of the 6 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Rapid Rounds 85% Extended Magazine 82% Improved Spirit 95% Swift Striker 74%
Mid game	Titanic Magazine 83% Spirit Lifesteal 89% Duration Extender 77% Mystic Vulnerability 80%
Late game	Superior Duration 80% Escalating Exposure 67% Ricochet 51% Spiritual Overflow 48%

Weapon items lead this build with 6 of the 12. The rest are 5 spirit items and 1 vitality item.

Drifter build

Max Rend before your other abilities. Players do this in 74% of Ranked Drifter games, and 3 of the 5 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Close Quarters 51% Stalker 87% Sprint Boots 58% Trophy Collector 52%
Mid game	Rapid Rounds 41% Extra Health 43% Spirit Snatch 65% Fortitude 45%
Late game	Hunter's Aura 63% Burst Fire 42%

Weapon items lead this build with 5 of the 10. The rest are 4 vitality items and 1 spirit item.

Vindicta build

Max Flight before your other abilities. Players do this in 49% of Ranked Vindicta games, and 3 of the 5 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	High-Velocity Rounds 92% Opening Rounds 78% Extra Spirit 64% Extra Charge 96%
Mid game	Rapid Recharge 91% Long Range 84% Swift Striker 73% Sharpshooter 88%
Late game	Counterspell 64% Titanic Magazine 56% Burst Fire 74% Bullet Lifesteal 34%

Weapon items lead this build with 7 of the 12. The rest are 3 spirit items and 2 vitality items.

Billy build

Max Bashdown before your other abilities. Players do this in 82% of Ranked Billy games, and all 5 top published builds agree.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	Melee Lifesteal 95% Monster Rounds 64% Close Quarters 91% Stalker 71%
Mid game	Spirit Strike 68% Melee Charge 69% Lifestrike 82% Spirit Snatch 90%
Late game	Point Blank 51% Rapid Recharge 55% Spirit Resilience 53% Crushing Fists 58%

Weapon items lead this build with 6 of the 12. The rest are 3 vitality items and 3 spirit items.

Paige build

Ranked Paige players split on which ability to max. 47% pick Bookwyrm and 41% pick Plot Armor. The 4 top published builds split as well, with 2 on Plot Armor, 1 on Bookwyrm and 1 on Captivating Read.

Phase	Items in buy order
Lane	High-Velocity Rounds 77% Guardian Ward 73% Extra Charge 76% Trophy Collector 66%
Mid game	Extra Spirit 57% Mystic Expansion 84% Improved Spirit 54% Compress Cooldown 58%
Late game	Rapid Recharge 61% Superior Cooldown 67% Greater Expansion 69% Superior Duration 45%

Spirit items lead this build with 9 of the 12. The rest are 2 vitality items and 1 weapon item.

Each of the other 31 heroes gets a max priority and 3 core items. The share after each ability is how often Ranked players on that hero max it before the others.

Hero	Max priority	Core items
Abrams	Shoulder Charge 84%	Melee Charge, Stalker, Hunter's Aura
Apollo	Flawless Advance 87%	Tankbuster, Boundless Spirit, Superior Cooldown
Baba	Threadsap 61%	Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse, Healing Booster
Bebop	Exploding Uppercut 59%	Spirit Snatch, Trophy Collector, Enduring Speed
Calico	Return to Shadows 83%	Stalker, Spirit Snatch, Cold Front
Celeste	Light Eater 74%	Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse, Healing Booster
Deadman Danny	Chimera Mk1 64%	Improved Spirit, Tankbuster, Reactive Barrier
Dynamo	Kinetic Pulse 76%	Superior Cooldown, Greater Expansion, Rapid Recharge
Grey Talon	Charged Shot 47%	Improved Spirit, Tankbuster, Rapid Recharge
Holliday	Powder Keg 91%	Rapid Recharge, Stamina Mastery, Recharging Rush
Ivy	Kudzu Connection 51%	Titanic Magazine, Tesla Bullets, Capacitor
Kelvin	Arctic Beam 49%	Improved Spirit, Rapid Recharge, Healing Booster
Lady Geist	Essence Bomb 68%	Radiant Regeneration, Tankbuster, Improved Spirit
Lash	Ground Strike 69%	Tankbuster, Improved Spirit, Stamina Mastery
McGinnis	Mini Turret 39%	Mystic Vulnerability, Rapid Recharge, Escalating Exposure
Mirage	Djinn's Mark 75%	Toxic Bullets, Ricochet, Mystic Vulnerability
Mo & Krill	Burrow 80%	Torment Pulse, Tankbuster, Trophy Collector
Paradox	Kinetic Carbine 80%	Sharpshooter, Tankbuster, Express Shot
Pocket	Flying Cloak 63%	Tankbuster, Superior Cooldown, Spirit Burn
Rat King	Scrap Grenade 43%	Fortitude, Enduring Speed, Berserker
Rem	Pillow Toss 44%	Healing Booster, Improved Spirit, Rapid Recharge
Shiv	Serrated Knives 92%	Radiant Regeneration, Healbane, Dispel Magic
Sinclair	Vexing Bolt 68%	Improved Spirit, Greater Expansion, Rapid Recharge
Solomon	Rook Battery 54%	Improved Spirit, Superior Cooldown, Greater Expansion
The Doorman	Call Bell 50%	Rapid Recharge, Tankbuster, Greater Expansion
Venator	Ira Domini 88%	Battle Vest, Fortitude, Swift Striker
Violet	Living Ink 56%	Radiant Regeneration, Rapid Recharge, Improved Spirit
Viscous	Splatter 49%	Tankbuster, Spirit Snatch, Greater Expansion
Vyper	Slither 67%	Burst Fire, Quicksilver Reload, Mercurial Magnum
Warden	Alchemical Flask 81%	Quicksilver Reload, Titanic Magazine, Opening Rounds
Yamato	Flying Slash 60%	Stalker, Radiant Regeneration, Healing Booster

Nurse Harrow has no row yet. She joined on 20 October, and her Ranked games split 3 ways on which ability to max.

City Never Sleeps went live on 29 September 2026. The patch then added 6 new heroes.

• Rat King on 2 October
• Baba on 6 October
• Solomon on 9 October
• Deadman Danny on 13 October
• Violet on 16 October
• Nurse Harrow on 20 October

The data covers Ranked matches played from 21 to 25 October. That window starts the day after the last new hero arrived.

An item goes into a build only when 2 checks agree.

• At least 40% of Ranked games on that hero buy it. Items bought after minute 20 need 30%.
• The most played published build for that hero lists it. That build was updated after 29 September.

The max priority follows the same rule. It must lead in Ranked games and in the top published builds. When the 2 disagree, the build shows both shares.

Beta Season 1 ends on Thursday 5 November 2026 at 2 PM Pacific time, which is 22:00 UTC.

See which heroes are strongest right now in the Deadlock tier list.

The full ladder and its rank distribution are in Deadlock ranks.