Holliday build guide
by ImmajeanyusVersion 26Updated Oct 7, 2026Guide #656157
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1Early game
Game stage · 8 items · Usually L -> R order, your early is dogshit until 6.6k souls, then the game is playable, don't feed until then, her ganks are still good
Headshot Booster
Sprint Boots
Extra Charge
Engage with bounce pad -> barrel, bounce pad 2nd makes your ganks explosive.
Spirit Strike
2Early Situationalsoptional
Author's category · 4 items
Grit
Extra Regen
Solid regen option.
Restorative Shot
Best regen item before 3 minutes if you can constantly proc it (requires good aim).
3Mid game
Game stage · 6 items · AT 17K souls you get T3 bounce pad stun for free snatch procs
Headhunter
Built from Headshot Booster
Replace mystic shot with this if you want weapon spike. This + crackshot is insane burst, but you need good aim to proc it consistantly.
Dispel Magic
Buy against slowing hex and knockdown, or demonic dots like shiv, infernus, drifter, warden, vindicta etc.
Extra Stamina
4Mid Game Situationalsoptional
Author's category · 8 items
Counterspell
Amazing item, buy this often. Counters many damage and cc abilities, insane in mid boss pit and gives spirit power in the process.
Veil Walker
Sustain, faster roams and easier lassos. Buy after rapid recharge for green spike if you need sustain or are dying too quickly.
Slowing Hex
5Late Game Situationalsoptional
Author's category · 10 items
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
This or unstop if they have more than a few cc. Gets worse the longer the game goes.
Divine Barrier
Buy against a fed pocket.
Spirit Resilience
Good against heavy spirit teams.
6Late game
Game stage · 12 items · Buy stamina mastery earlier if u suck at movement
Stamina Mastery
Built from Extra Stamina
God tier movement item. Longer lasso pulls and airtime per bounce pad. Learn how to IAD to move around the map.
Superior Duration
Built from Duration Extender
Longer item durations + bounce pad and lasso stun, 14% damage increase on barrels.
7Other decent holliday itemsoptional
Author's category · 11 items
Cultist Sacrifice
Built from Monster Rounds
Replace mystic shot with this if you want weapon spike, good item overall, better when behind.
Shadow Weave
Built from Sprint Boots
Replace mystic shot and veilwalker with this if you want weapon spike. Worse than veilwalker, but gives firerate if you care about that
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.
| Powder Keg: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Powder Keg: 1 AP upgrade, step 5 | Powder Keg: 2 AP upgrade, step 6 | Powder Keg: 5 AP upgrade, step 7 |
Trophy Collector
Built from Sprint Boots
Good if you can stack it fast after spirit spike.
Rapid Recharge
Built from Extra Charge
Gives ability charges, charge cooldown and barrel damage, mandated item on this hero.
Mystic Burst
At this point you have T3 barrel so you can proc this now
Recharging Rush
This item will carry you in fights use it off cooldown.
Monster Rounds
Helps clear waves faster, good against rem, graves and mcginnis, kill guardians faster and gank people under towers easier.
2 -> 3 stramina = good
Spirit Snatch
Built from Spirit Strike
Duration Extender
11% barrel dmg increase.
Tankbuster
Built from Mystic Burst
More burst damage = good, everyone stacks spirit res late game.
Get this most games it counters a lane opponent or mutliple players on the enemy team its too good.
Knockdown
Good buy against teams with multiple flyers or heroes with channeled ults like Vindicta, Grey Talon, Lash, Seven, McGinnis, Bebop, Celeste and Ivy.
Restorative Locket
Item is good again after the buff, buy into ability spammers.
Healbane
Reactive Barrier
Built from Grit
Buy when there's one or 2 guys with hard cc that's killing you (Usually against Mo or Bebop).
Enchanter's Emblem
Always a good picked, can be slotted for another T2 green depending on the situation
Spellbreaker
Good against Grey Talon, Lash, Sinclair, Viscous etc
Unstoppable
Buy this when the team is spamming cc on you.
Crippling Headshot
Metal Skin
Good against heavy bullet teams. (Haze, Venator, Vyper etc)
Ethereal Shift
Amazing survivability option late game.
Cheat Death
Generally good past 45+ minutes.
Scourge
Op item, cook people with it during lasso or cast on a tanky teammate.
Cursed Relic
Buy when you can't carry the game and need to deal with a problematic enemy carry.
Compress Cooldown
More lassos = good.
Superior Cooldown
Built from Compress Cooldown
Late game you start to run out of charges, this helps with that.
Spirit Burn
Massive AOE burst + dot as well as -70% antiheal
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
Item cooldown = good.
Boundless Spirit
How many times do I have to say this? More damage = good.
Diviner's Kevlar
Holliday uses all of these stats well.
Escalating Exposure
Buildable now because of barrel change, gives you alot of damage and spirit resist.
Arctic Blast
Spiritual Overflow
Solid T4 for damage + lifesteal. Duration is nice as well.
Decay
Underrated Item.
Fortitude
Worse than Veilwalker IMO.
Silence Wave
Understated Item, can be good if it gets buffed
Spirit Shielding
Built from Grit
Item is for cucks.
Magic Carpet
Mystic Shot
Alchemical Fire
Superior duration + EE makes this item alot better, you cook people with it during a lasso combo or in a midboss fight
Opening Rounds
Warp Stone
Worse than stamina mastery for movement, but you can throw people across the map with lasso.
| Bounce Pad: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Bounce Pad: 1 AP upgrade, step 8 | Bounce Pad: 2 AP upgrade, step 11 | Bounce Pad: 5 AP upgrade, step 12 |
| Crackshot: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Crackshot: 1 AP upgrade, step 9 | Crackshot: 2 AP upgrade, step 10 | Crackshot: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
| Spirit Lasso: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Spirit Lasso: 1 AP upgrade, step 13 | Spirit Lasso: 2 AP upgrade, step 14 | Spirit Lasso: 5 AP upgrade, step 15 |
Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
Current patch: the Oct 5, 2026 update, Oct 5, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC to today · ranked and unranked · all match average ranks
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