Socket (Briefcase Bruiser)

Author's notes

A balance between melee and spirit allows for an amazingly stupidly aweful build Keep in mind I have played 4 games of pocket as of making this

Item categories

1. 1Laning Phase

   Author's category · 8 items · L>R for spirit and gun spike

   1. 1

      Melee Lifesteal

      Remember to play it safe in laning phase, that guardian WILL end you

   2. 2

      Spirit Strike

      Its always nice to have a side of decent spirit damage

   3. 3

      Enchanter's Emblem

      Negates pockets bad spirit resist, can sell later but not recommended unless for more spirit resistance

   4. 4

      Close Quarters

   5. 5

      Melee Charge

      Bread and butter, and also good mobility

   6. 6

      Point Blank

      Built from Close Quarters

      Good melee resist more damage than weighted but less slow and range, our weapon spike

   7. 7

      Compress Cooldown

      Lowers your cloak or ult downtime, can replace with Cold Front if you want

   8. 8

      Lifestrike

      Built from Melee Lifesteal

      Can skip or sell later but its our default 4.8k spike

2. 2Laning Problems?optional

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Rebuttal

      Good to get since you're going melee anyway, but mostly for brawling lanes

   2. 2

      Grit

      Has some good upgrades

   3. 3

      Healing Rite

      If you are DYING

3. 3Core

   Author's category · 7 items · L>R for now, get phantom strike earlier if having trouble closing in

   1. 1

      Spirit Snatch

      Built from Spirit Strike

      +7% melee damage baybee, also our spirit spike, can sell later

   2. 2

      Mystic Regeneration

      for RR later

   3. 3

      Ballistic Enchantment

      Great if you hit it, makes barrage BIG for you in team fights

4. 4Alternate Itemsoptional

   Author's category · 5 items

   1. 1

      Stalker

      can replace melee charge if you dont like heavy melees, also procs RR

   2. 2

      Hunter's Aura

      replaces point blank if you want, dont get close quarters if getting this. good gun hero counter due to the fire rate penalty.

   3. 3

      Shadow Weave

      can also replace point blank if you like ganking, also just decently complimentary to the build, get in blow your abilities and get out.

5. 5Late game

   Game stage · 6 items · No order, get whats needed and sell whats not

   1. 1

      Phantom Strike

      Lets you jump people with shadow weave and close gaps easier

   2. 2

      Colossus

      Indomitable and Unstoppable are probably better, but this is much funnier and lets you HMC, can sell fleetfoot for this

   3. 3

      Crushing Fists

      Built from Melee Charge

      THE melee item, also the stun can set up your other abilities if you're worried about counterspell or something

6. 6THE METHOD

   Author's category · 0 items · Never take a fair fight unless you can make a difference and use ult, otherwise try to catch people out of position or retreating. The usual Pocket combo works fine, when initiating always try to start with barrage for amp. Don't get parried

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7. 7Counters for those that I hateoptional

   Author's category · 6 items · please counterbuy I beg you

   1. 1

      Healbane

      Ol' Reliable, get if up against big healers (Abrams, Victor, etc.)

   2. 2

      Knockdown

      For vindicta, talon, kelvin and seven, others too but mainly these

   3. 3

      Disarming Hex

      I am BEGGING you to get this if a gun character is rolling you

8. 8For spirit hybridoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · If they have no spirit resist or big healing these are good

   1. 1

      Arctic Blast

      Built from Cold Front

      Great out-of-satchel item, Also good in melee

   2. 2

      Spirit Burn

      Dont get without tankbuster

   3. 3

      Boundless Spirit

      What Big Spirit doesn't want you to know

9. 9Eat your veggiesoptional

   Author's category · 11 items · You want at least one or two by late game

   1. 1

      Majestic Leap

      Always a fun time

   2. 2

      Counterspell

      Good if you can parry

   3. 3

      Spirit Resilience

      If you REALLY need spirit resistance

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

BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3						Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 91	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 102	Barrage: 5 AP upgrade, step 11