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Deadlock Stats

Popular builds · Current patch · All modes · All ranks. Guide usage can't be filtered by game mode, so “match mode” applies to ranked and unranked only.

Published guides that Pocket players started matches with in this period, most used first, with copies and near-identical guides removed. Usage comes from the API's analysed matches and counts the guide selected at match start; it doesn't show whether players followed it. Game mode can't be filtered for this data.

Dew

by dewVersion 124Guide updated Oct 3, 2026Guide #207750

Matches started with it: 120
Won: 40.0%
Players: 109
In-game favourites: 0 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage · rough L-R, get cultist around 8-10 min;
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Mystic Burst
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
4. 4
  Battle Vest
5. 5
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
6. 6
  Swift Striker
2Early Situationalsoptional
Author's category · can cold front + tier 1 cd instead for spirit spike
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Enchanter's Emblem
3. 3
  Mystic Vulnerability
4. 4
3Mid game
Game stage · rough L-R, green invest first if behind; need flex slots
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
4. 4
4Late game
Game stage · rough L-R, shouldn't die at this point
1. 1
  Ethereal Shift
2. 2
  Spiritual Overflow
3. 3
  Cheat Death
4. 4
5Late Situationalsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
2. 2
  Leech
3. 3
  Plated Armor
4. 4
6Mid Situationaloptional
Author's category · Can slot these in
1. 1
  Spirit Sap
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
3. 3
  Restorative Locket
4. 4
7Late Situationals #2optional
Author's category
1. 1
  Unstoppable
  Built from Debuff Reducer
  can rush earlier (20-25k nw) if mo enemy team or hatecrimed
2. 2
  Cursed Relic
  utility for someone strong
3. 3
  Diviner's Kevlar
  good if you spec gold into ult bot

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Dew, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3							Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Barrage: 5 AP upgrade, step 12

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 2 copies and 2 near-identical guides hidden, 3 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

What to buy, in order

Spirit Burn + Cultist Sacrifice + Tankbuster style

1Early
Mystic Burst
~3:53
2Early
Monster Rounds
~4:32
3Early
Cold Front
~5:16
4Early
Cultist Sacrifice
~8:58
from Monster Rounds
5Mid
Rapid Rounds
~9:45
6Mid
Swift Striker
~10:28
from Rapid Rounds
7Mid
Dispel Magic
~16:02
8Mid
Majestic Leap
~16:24
9Mid
Compress Cooldown
~16:54
Imbue: Flying Cloak
10Mid
Tankbuster
~17:59
from Mystic Burst
11Mid
Mystic Expansion
~19:08
Imbue: Affliction
12Late
Superior Cooldown
~21:16
from Compress Cooldown
13Late
Spirit Burn
~22:46
14Late
Duration Extender
~22:50
Imbue: Flying Cloak
15Late
Superior Duration
~24:47
from Duration Extender
16Late
Greater Expansion
~28:35
from Mystic Expansion
1730+
Transcendent Cooldown
~31:32
from Superior Cooldown

Times are when players on this build typically bought each item (observed guidance, not deadlines). Dashed steps are late continuations: this style's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game. Stage details below show how many of this group bought each item, optional items and situational swaps.

By stage

“Bought” percentages say how many players in this group bought the item; they are not win rates. Swaps are our advice from each item's current game text, not measured matchup results.

1Early
0–9 min
1. 1
  Mystic Burst
  100% bought · ~3:53 · most 2–6 min
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
  97% bought · ~4:32 · most 2–8 min
3. 3

Skill order

The most common choice at each point among these 1,213 players. The first four points match 752 of them; 115 used this exact full order.

Pocket skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage					Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 5					Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 11

Final inventory target

About this recommendation

Sample: Pocket, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, from Oct 5, 2026 (Oct 5, 2026 update) to Oct 8, 2026, never more than 14 days: 1,750 matches, 47.1% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Spirit Burn, Cultist Sacrifice, Tankbuster. 1,213 matches built all three (69% of the sample); 51.4% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build, which no one may have followed item for item.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 464 matches that reached 35:00. If that leaves fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order and times are the group's medians.
Inventory: checked after every purchase with game recipes, observed sales and the observed limits of 12 items and 4 active items.
Ranked Pocket matches by rank in this window: Phantom 1,032 · Sentinel 716 · Seeker 874 · Ascendant 513 · Ritualist 871 · Emissary 945 · Oracle 1,188 · Mystic 776 · Eternus 205 · Initiate 323 · Acolyte 772.
Snapshot generated Oct 9, 2026 from the Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 8, 2026).

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Enchanter's SatchelEnchanter's Satchel			Enchanter's Satchel: Ability unlocked, step 3	Enchanter's Satchel: 1 AP upgrade, step 4		Enchanter's Satchel: 2 AP upgrade, step 6							Enchanter's Satchel: 5 AP upgrade, step 13

Dew

by dewVersion 124Guide updated Oct 3, 2026Guide #207750

Matches started with it: 120
Won: 40.0%
Players: 109
In-game favourites: 0 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Early game
Game stage · rough L-R, get cultist around 8-10 min;
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Mystic Burst
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
4. 4
  Battle Vest
5. 5
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
6. 6
  Swift Striker
2Early Situationalsoptional
Author's category · can cold front + tier 1 cd instead for spirit spike
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Enchanter's Emblem
3. 3
  Mystic Vulnerability
4. 4
3Mid game
Game stage · rough L-R, green invest first if behind; need flex slots
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
2. 2
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
4. 4
4Late game
Game stage · rough L-R, shouldn't die at this point
1. 1
  Ethereal Shift
2. 2
  Spiritual Overflow
3. 3
  Cheat Death
4. 4
5Late Situationalsoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
2. 2
  Leech
3. 3
  Plated Armor
4. 4
6Mid Situationaloptional
Author's category · Can slot these in
1. 1
  Spirit Sap
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
3. 3
  Restorative Locket
4. 4
7Late Situationals #2optional
Author's category
1. 1
  Unstoppable
  Built from Debuff Reducer
  can rush earlier (20-25k nw) if mo enemy team or hatecrimed
2. 2
  Cursed Relic
  utility for someone strong
3. 3
  Diviner's Kevlar
  good if you spec gold into ult bot

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Dew, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3							Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Barrage: 5 AP upgrade, step 12

Enchanter's SatchelEnchanter's Satchel		Enchanter's Satchel: Ability unlocked, step 2				Enchanter's Satchel: 1 AP upgrade, step 6	Enchanter's Satchel: 2 AP upgrade, step 7						Enchanter's Satchel: 5 AP upgrade, step 13

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Natan's Pocket Infinite Damage Glitch Edition, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3					Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 9	Barrage: 5 AP upgrade, step 10
Flying CloakFlying Cloak	Flying Cloak: Ability unlocked, step 1				Flying Cloak: 1 AP upgrade, step 5						Flying Cloak: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Flying Cloak: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
Enchanter's SatchelEnchanter's Satchel		Enchanter's Satchel: Ability unlocked, step 2				Enchanter's Satchel: 1 AP upgrade, step 6	Enchanter's Satchel: 2 AP upgrade, step 7									Enchanter's Satchel: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
AfflictionAffliction				Affliction: Ability unlocked, step 4									Affliction: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Affliction: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Affliction: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Not shown: 1 entries for other heroes' abilities.

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in SPECIAL DELIVERY – spirit Pocket carry - deadlocked.gg, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage					Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 5									Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Barrage: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Flying CloakFlying Cloak	Flying Cloak: Ability unlocked, step 1	Flying Cloak: 1 AP upgrade, step 2						Flying Cloak: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Flying Cloak: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Enchanter's SatchelEnchanter's Satchel			Enchanter's Satchel: Ability unlocked, step 3	Enchanter's Satchel: 1 AP upgrade, step 4		Enchanter's Satchel: 2 AP upgrade, step 6							Enchanter's Satchel: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
AfflictionAffliction							Affliction: Ability unlocked, step 7			Affliction: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Affliction: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Affliction: 5 AP upgrade, step 12

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in cosmetical, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3
Flying CloakFlying Cloak	Flying Cloak: Ability unlocked, step 1				Flying Cloak: 1 AP upgrade, step 5			Flying Cloak: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Flying Cloak: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Enchanter's SatchelEnchanter's Satchel		Enchanter's Satchel: Ability unlocked, step 2				Enchanter's Satchel: 1 AP upgrade, step 6	Enchanter's Satchel: 2 AP upgrade, step 7
AfflictionAffliction				Affliction: Ability unlocked, step 4						Affliction: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Affliction: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Affliction: 5 AP upgrade, step 12

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Hybrid Tempo - Gami - CITY NEVER SLEEPS, one row per ability in slot order
BarrageBarrage			Barrage: Ability unlocked, step 3			Barrage: 1 AP upgrade, step 6			Barrage: 2 AP upgrade, step 9	Barrage: 5 AP upgrade, step 10
Flying CloakFlying Cloak	Flying Cloak: Ability unlocked, step 1				Flying Cloak: 1 AP upgrade, step 5		Flying Cloak: 2 AP upgrade, step 7	Flying Cloak: 5 AP upgrade, step 8
Enchanter's SatchelEnchanter's Satchel		Enchanter's Satchel: Ability unlocked, step 2												Enchanter's Satchel: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Enchanter's Satchel: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Enchanter's Satchel: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
AfflictionAffliction				Affliction: Ability unlocked, step 4							Affliction: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Affliction: 2 AP upgrade, step 12	Affliction: 5 AP upgrade, step 13

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

Dew

Items, as published

Skill order

Natan's Pocket Infinite Damage Glitch Edition

Items, as published

SPECIAL DELIVERY – spirit Pocket carry - deadlocked.gg

Items, as published

cosmetical

Items, as published

Hybrid Tempo - Gami - CITY NEVER SLEEPS

Items, as published

What to buy, in order

By stage

Skill order

Final inventory target

Pocket builds

Upgrades and replacements

Dew

Items, as published

Skill order

Natan's Pocket Infinite Damage Glitch Edition

Items, as published

SPECIAL DELIVERY – spirit Pocket carry - deadlocked.gg

Items, as published

cosmetical

Items, as published

Hybrid Tempo - Gami - CITY NEVER SLEEPS

Items, as published

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order