Death Slam Lash

Author's notes

How to play Death Slam Lash: - Poke with gun and trade some health and heal with Flog - Grapple resets air jumps and dashes, use stamina wisely. - To make the most of Ground Strike, position yourself high. - Check enemy items to potential counters to your ult combo. 4.8k optimized, fully annotated, Queue Build Ready.

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 7 items · L-R | Rush QSR for Flog sustain if possible. Flog can keep you full hp.

   1. 1

      Headshot Booster

      Good synergy with both Mystic Shot and Recharging Rush. Sell or Upgrade later.

   2. 2

      Mystic Burst

      Use Flog when this is off cooldown to heal more.

   3. 3

      Extra Spirit

   4. 4

2. 2Gunoptional

   Author's category · 2 items · Buy 1 or Both

   1. 1

      Mystic Shot

      More spirit, more damage. Harder to use. For agressive, veteran players.

   2. 2

      Headhunter

      Built from Headshot Booster

      Good burst damage on headshots. Easiest to use.

3. 3Roaming Kitoptional

   Author's category · 2 items

   1. 1

      Healing Rite

      Scales with Spirit, can heal yourself while taking Sinners or roaming.

   2. 2

      Trophy Collector

      Scales so good into lategame but quite useless in early game. Buy whatever you like

4. 4Core Items

   Author's category · 5 items · L - R | Buy Utility, etc in between if needed

   1. 1

      Stamina Mastery

      Built from Extra Stamina

   2. 2

      Compress Cooldown

      Only your ult has long cooldown.

   3. 3

      Greater Expansion

      Makes it easier to play Lash. Your ult range is very valuable

5. 5Situationalsoptional

   Author's category · 4 items · Buy 1 for 4.8k | Skippable

   1. 1

      Healbane

      Good vs healers and lifesteal like Rem, Abrams, Lady Geist, etc.

   2. 2

      Restorative Locket

      Restores stamina, you can use this after grapple to air dash higher. Easy to stack vs Lady Geist, Shiv, etc.

   3. 3

      Enchanter's Emblem

      Good vs Spirit. And you can heal back above %65 hp with Flog.

6. 6Utilityoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · Situational gamechangers

   1. 1

      Counterspell

      Good against Celeste Barrier Silence, Warden Shackle, Doorman Ult, Billy Ult, etc.

   2. 2

      Dispel Magic

      Cleanse debuffs like Knockdown, Slowing Hex, Infernus Afterburn, Warden Shackle, etc.

   3. 3

      Metal Skin

      If enemy gunners are oneshotting you like Silver, Haze, Warden, etc. Not great vs onhit effects.

7. 7Extra Utilityoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · Active items

   1. 1

      Arctic Blast

      Scales with Spirit, gives you more burst damage.

   2. 2

      Refresher

      Double ult combo if you need it

   3. 3

      Unstoppable

      Built from Debuff Reducer

      You can use this during ult to not get cancelled.

8. 8Extra Spiritoptional

   Author's category · 7 items · Don't go over Spirit Investment limit.

   1. 1

      Silence Wave

      Great vs Lady Geist ult, Pocket escape, or other annoying characters.

   2. 2

      Tankbuster

      Built from Mystic Burst

      Use Flog when this is off cooldown to heal more.

   3. 3

      Surge of Power

      Built from Extra Spirit

9. 9Extra Gunoptional

   Author's category · 4 items · On-hit effects

   1. 1

      Siphon Bullets

      Good for killing tanks with %max hp damage.

   2. 2

      Spiritual Overflow

      More spirit lifesteal, fire-rate and spirit power

   3. 3

      Crippling Headshot

      You already do headshots with Headhunter. Anti-heal and resistance shredder.

10. 10Extra Defenseoptional

    Author's category · 8 items · Diviner's Kevlar and Witchmail are great.

    1. 1

       Diviner's Kevlar

       Your ult combo gains the full benefits from the Kevlar.

    2. 2

       Cheat Death

       Get-out-of-jail-free card

    3. 3

       Witchmail

       More spirit, more CDR. Good vs Viktor AoE or Torment Pulse, etc.

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

Ground StrikeGround Strike			Ground Strike: Ability unlocked, step 3					Ground Strike: 1 AP upgrade, step 81			Ground Strike: 2 AP upgrade, step 112