Hybridicta fully annotated, UPDATED 30/09

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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_

Item categories

1. 1Early Core

   Author's category · 6 items · vin is better as a spirit burst character early on, stake 1AP got nerfed so play around long range. Crow + stake + full ammo is ~60 more dmg with long rangeb than opening rounds

   1. 1

      Long Range

      Literally the vindicta item if you wanna have gun damage

   2. 2

      Extra Spirit

      Just more damage, unskippable

   3. 3

      Improved Spirit

      Built from Extra Spirit

   4. 4

2. 2Early utiloptional

   Author's category · 5 items · Don't be afraid to buy one of these if lane opponents are too oppressive

   1. 1

      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...

   2. 2

      Rusted Barrel

      reduces bullet resist and fire rate, good against gunners in laning phase

   3. 3

      Battle Vest

3. 3Early movement speed

   Author's category · 3 items · Get ONE and look to roam for ult stacks

   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

4. 4Spirit Spikeoptional

   Author's category · 3 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

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

   3. 3

5. 5Other gun itemsoptional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Bullet Lifesteal

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

   2. 2

      Alchemical Fire

      If your team damage is gun heavy and if you are low on stacks, use alc and stake right after

   3. 3

      Recharging Rush

      If you really wanna spam ult, this can be great

6. 66.4k gun spike

   Author's category · 3 items · GUN THEM DOWN

   1. 1

      High-Velocity Rounds

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

   2. 2

      Sharpshooter

      Built from Long Range

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

   3. 3

      Swift Striker

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

7. 7Main 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

8. 8Mid Core

   Author's category · 2 items · main DPS and Burst

   1. 1

      Boundless Spirit

      Built from Improved Spirit

      With ult buffs, boundless is rly cost efficient, be aware that ur gun damage scales with spirit power as well !

   2. 2

      Burst Fire

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

9. 9Very 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

10. 10Late 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

       Vampiric Burst

11. 11debuff routeoptional

    Author's category · 2 items · Choose one

    1. 1

       Crippling Headshot

       Built from Weakening 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

12. 12debuff routeoptional

    Author's category · 3 items · L>R on prio, consider this route for a carry oriented vin

    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

       Siphon Bullets

       Only if they have a lot of HP stackers (mo, billy, etc...) and dont build without ricochet. Ur call !

13. 13Nuke/utility routeoptional

    Author's category · 5 items · L>R on prio, go this route for utility oriented vin, consider buying alchemical as well

    1. 1

       Escalating Exposure

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

    2. 2

       Lightning Scroll

       INSANE utility items, now even your bullets applies slow (flight spirit dmg) and ur ult stuns. insane against mc ginnis ult, seven ult, bebop ult... you can build this item even if you build full gun

    3. 3

14. 14Very late alternative optionsoptional

    Author's category · 12 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

15. 15Ability 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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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 82