Hybridicta fully annotated, UPDATED 06/08

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Fully annotated Vindicta Hybrid build designed to exploit her power spikes while covering her weaknesses. Requires a high-tempo playstyle post-laning phase to maximize Assassinate stacks. Feedback/Questions? Discord: nothan_(there's an underscore after "nothan" idk if you can see it)

Item categories

1. 1Early Core

   Author's category · 6 items · vin is better as a spirit burst character early on, opening rounds is bad after like 15-20 mins, so try to play around mystic burst

   1. 1

      Mystic Burst

      sell first, 150 dmg with 1AP stake upgrade

   2. 2

      High-Velocity Rounds

      Upgrades to sharpshooter, good to contest minion orbs with bullet velocity

   3. 3

      Quicksilver Reload

      free reload, fire rate and damage, fire rate is OP investment once you get stacks

   4. 4

2. 2if u go boundlessoptional

   Author's category · 1 items · get early stacks

   1. 1

      Improved Spirit

      Built from Extra Spirit

      just statistically bad if u dont go boundless

3. 3Early utiloptional

   Author's category · 3 items · Don't be afraid to buy one of these if lane opponents are too oppressive

   1. 1

      Extra Regen

      getting harrassed too much (shyv, mirage, etc...)

   2. 2

      Enchanter's Emblem

      if spirit burst laners/roamers too scary early on, I consider this against laners such as yamato and geist, or apollo, lash...

   3. 3

      Rusted Barrel

4. 4Spirit Nuke

   Author's category · 2 items · CHOOSE ONE ONLY

   1. 1

      Surge of Power

      Built from Extra Spirit

      MORE damage on ult and fire rate ??? INSANE, btw even if they are full HP you can just quick/instant scope them to have bonus MS and fire rate to chase them down then execute them with ult !

   2. 2

      Tankbuster

      Built from Mystic Burst

      Only if you prefer raw damage and the enemy team invested in T2 spirit res items early on

5. 5Early movement speed

   Author's category · 3 items · Get ONE and look for defensive items now

   1. 1

      Trophy Collector

      ROAM TO GET SNIPE STACKS AND SETUP WITH STAKE

   2. 2

      Enduring Speed

      Get it if you need slow resist and more chase potential in flight

   3. 3

      Fleetfoot

      Strong item, even better with kinetic dash if being in flight is too dangerous early on, but u dont get vitality investment

6. 6Other gun itemsoptional

   Author's category · 6 items

   1. 1

      Bullet Lifesteal

      if you need a bit of lifesteal (mandatory before blood tribute if you build it)

   2. 2

      Opening Rounds

      Built from High-Velocity Rounds

      As stated in the early core section, this item is bad now after 15-20 mins

   3. 3

      Recharging Rush

7. 74.8k gun spike

   Author's category · 3 items · GUN THEM DOWN

   1. 1

      Swift Striker

      nice fire rate and sprint speed, can be sold in very late game

   2. 2

      Long Range

      Literally the vindicta item if you wanna have gun damage

   3. 3

      Sharpshooter

      Built from Long Range

      Big gun dmg and you have value out of this in 95% of scenarios legit

8. 8Main defensive/counteroptional

   Author's category · 5 items · When opponents will try to counter you or you will need to counter them

   1. 1

      Counterspell

      Basically helps you stay in flight. Mandatory if knockdown in one of your enemy builds. Also super versatile ! counters drifter ult, yamato power slash, lash ult, etc...

   2. 2

      Dispel Magic

      against DOTs and debuffs (mina, mirage, infernus, etc...)

   3. 3

      Healbane

9. 9DPS

   Author's category · 2 items · CHOOSE ONE, you can get both after vampiric burst

   1. 1

      Burst Fire

      Fire rate item, it's OP, and MS, you will be sonic in flight, this OR blood tribute, not both

   2. 2

      Blood Tribute

      rush bullet lifesteal BEFORE you buy blood tribute, you will just kill yourself otherwise. Only buy one mid game, but u can build this with burst fire later if you really want to be a machine gun

10. 10Very situational mid counter itemsoptional

    Author's category · 11 items · Creative, very situational section

    1. 1

       Spirit Shielding

       Against spirit nuke, better at keeping you alive mid game than EE

    2. 2

       Weapon Shielding

       Against gun

    3. 3

       Disarming Hex

       Built from Rusted Barrel

11. 11Late Core

    Author's category · 4 items · Core late, you can get vampiric first if you are against assassins (out-heal after counterspell)

    1. 1

       Spiritual Overflow

       well rounded also makes ur non ult abilities last longer

    2. 2

       Mercurial Magnum

       Built from Quicksilver Reload

       crow or ult imbue, you do insane mixed damage with flight and imbue reload now

    3. 3

       Titanic Magazine

12. 12AOE debuff routeoptional

    Author's category · 2 items · Choose one

    1. 1

       Crippling Headshot

       Buy if one or more ennemies are unkillable. Mixed resistance debuff, insane since u do mixed damage, gets more prio against very tanky targets

    2. 2

       Inhibitor

       Reduces their damage, buy if one or more ennemies makes you/your team very killable

13. 13AOE debuff routeoptional

    Author's category · 3 items · If teamfights are moshpits

    1. 1

       Silencer

       Insane gun investment for anti-spirit or just to counter important abilities like geist ult

    2. 2

       Ricochet

       AOE debuff (the bullet ricochet range is increased by flight !)

    3. 3

       Lucky Shot

       Insane item if you have a lot of ult stacks (more than 7 stacks), this is where you just DESTROY THEM (can be bought before silencer if you have a lot of ult stacks)

14. 14Nuke/utility routeoptional

    Author's category · 3 items

    1. 1

       Escalating Exposure

       if you need anti spirit resist, also significantly increases ur dmg

    2. 2

       Boundless Spirit

       Built from Improved Spirit

       BIG SPIRIT SCALING, be aware that ur gun damage scales with spirit power as well !

    3. 3

       Lightning Scroll

15. 15Very late alternative optionsoptional

    Author's category · 8 items · If in need of some other items

    1. 1

       Spellbreaker

       too much burst, and u can't counterspell everything

    2. 2

       Unstoppable

       too much cc and u can pop off during those 5 seconds of liberty

    3. 3

       Indomitable

       Built from Reactive Barrier

16. 16Ability Points Tips

    Author's category · 0 items · With the recent Boon changes, you'll want to grab the 1 AP and 2 AP upgrades on Tether first. Paired with Mystic Burst, this gives you a really strong laning phase. After that, get the 1 AP and 2 AP upgrades on your Ult so you can play aggressively, stomp your lane, and start roaming to farm as many stacks as possible. By this point, you should have enough souls and stacks for decent weapon damage and fire rate. Next, grab the first two upgrades for Flight to extend your DPS window, followed by the first two upgrades on Crows for the cooldown reduction. Finally, buy the 5 AP upgrades in this exact order: Flight (duration resets on kill), Assassinate (more weapon dmg), Crows (more spirit resist reduction), and Tether (longer duration and bigger AOE).

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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

StakeStake		Stake: Ability unlocked, step 2	Stake: 1 AP upgrade, step 31		Stake: 2 AP upgrade, step 52