Kelvin build guide

Kelvin - THE CARRY MACHINE - deadlocked.gg

by deadlocked.ggVersion 443Updated Oct 9, 2026Guide #722326

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Author's notes

Kelvin build curated by the deadlocked.gg team — hover any item for a quick note on when and why to buy it. Full guide with phase budgets and live stats: deadlocked.gg/heroes/kelvin. Updated daily.

Item categories

1EARLY GAME
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Extra Charge
2. 2
  Extra Spirit
3. 3
  Extra Regen
4. 4
  Mystic Expansion
5. 5
2EARLY GAMEoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  Rush it if you're farming a lot of kills/assists
2. 2
  Healing Rite
  Buy it if you're getting bullied in lane and need to survive
3. 3
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
3MID GAME
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Mystic Vulnerability
  Core - Component of Escalating Exposure
2. 2
  Duration Extender
3. 3
  Rapid Recharge
  Built from Extra Charge
4. 4
4MID GAMEoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Mystic Slow
  Useful if you need to slow them down
2. 2
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
  If you're playing trophy collector, don't buy this item. If you still have Sprint Bust, buy it
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
  Vs spirit burst
5LATE GAME
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
  Core - Once you close Boundless Spirit and Escalating Exposure, you're unstoppable
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
3. 3
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
6LATE GAMEoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Leech
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
  Buy it instead of the infuser
2. 2
  Scourge
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
  big anti-heal
4. 4

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Frost GrenadeFrost Grenade	Frost Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1	Frost Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Frost Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 5					Frost Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 10