Pocket build guide

Release the frogs

by feltVersion 6Updated Aug 20, 2026Guide #532678

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Author's notes

Our gun keeps getting nerfed but the 4.8k spike is still pretty worth guide and build explanation on youtube:feltcrowd0955

Item categories

1Lane
Author's category · 6 items · Usually L->R try and get cultist by 10 minutes at latest
1. 1
  Cold Front
  your 5th ability on pocket, really helps you poke and get kills
2. 2
  Mystic Burst
  don't buy until you have at least 1 level into the cloak, it won't get procced at base level
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
  extra gun clear, letting your abilities be for poke
4. 4
  Rapid Rounds
  more bullets good, especially with two points in cloak for extra damage
5. 5
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
  helps you farm faster and hit that 4.8k weapon spike, even with our gun nerfs get this for farming better
6. 6
  Swift Striker
  Built from Rapid Rounds
  hits the 4.8k gun spike and the tiny bit of move speed is nice
2Lane itemsoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  Even with adjustments this item is really good in lane, can buy this and something else from to get 4.8k green with warpstone
2. 2
  Healing Rite
  emotional support healing rite, really good buy on pocket as it lets you heal while you farm and rotate
3. 3
  Extra Health
  optional extra 800 green to help hit 4.8k with warpstone, usually only pick this up if lane is super bursty and living through burst is necessary
3just in caseoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Warp Stone
  Really liking this over majestic leap right now but you can still get leap if it feels better for initiating
2. 2
  Majestic Leap
  Even with the extra air control I'm less big on this on this patch but it is really good into certain team comps
4Midgame
Author's category · 4 items · finishing our spikes
1. 1
  Enchanter's Emblem
  my default choice if I don't need any other greens
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  items just good, lets you use cloak and suitcase to get out of like everything
3. 3
  Compress Cooldown
  necessary now since our ult CD got nerfed again
5other green optionsoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Healbane
  even with ult turning off healing nowadays its still useful against big healing comps to help reduce their overall effectiveness when you poke. sell for spirit burn if the game goes super long
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
  really good into comps that displace/silence/sleep you, venator bebop rem haze for examples
3. 3
  Trophy Collector
6Late game
Game stage · 7 items
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  more abilities, it's a pretty big power spike since theyve moved the cooldown you get from leveling abilities
2. 2
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
  people have less overall HP than they used to so I'm less big on this now, but it's still worth a buy in the late game if you have the slots
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
7counterbuildingoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Cursed Relic
  honestly probably never buying this but if your team won't someone has to
2. 2
  Disarming Hex
  wraith/haze/infernus/venator go away
8Late Game damageoptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
  I think the recent rework on this item makes it really strong but it's more worth to finish out your build first
2. 2
  Diviner's Kevlar
  item's perfect for pocket, helps us do more damage and finish fights off after we ult plus the barrier is chonky
3. 3
  Escalating Exposure
9safety itemsoptional
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Metal Skin
  most games i'd rather go disarming hex over this but in case you want it it's here
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
  make me less squishy to spirit
3. 3
  Counterspell
  anti lash/apollo/grey talon
10glocketoptional
Author's category · 3 items · not as good sadly
1. 1
  Crippling Headshot
  lots and lots of shred for your team, plus antiheal
2. 2
  Spellslinger
  not hard to keep buff rolling and gives a ton of fire rate and reload speed
3. 3
  Point Blank
  the slow on the bullets is what makes this an attractive option, you're already good at chasing down this makes you almost impossible to escape

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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
BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3										Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 14