Drifter build guide
by NonFrIntVersion 3Updated Sep 19, 2026Guide #739533
Search this name in the in-game build browser. Several guides can share a name, so check the author and update date.
Match statistics · filters applied except game mode
As written by the author · latest version · not affected by filters
Rip & Tear
1Early game
Game stage · 8 items
Melee Lifesteal
Don't recommend to upgrade it. Lifestrike is intended to be Heavy melee item, we are not the target audience
Close Quarters
Stalker
You can sell later
Spirit Strike
Trophy Collector
For Active lane. There can be any "Early Game" item
Shadow Weave
Lifestrike
Built from Melee Lifesteal
Requires Serious melee damage
Melee Charge
2Early gameoptional
Game stage · 14 items
Cultist Sacrifice
Healing Rite
Rebuttal
3Mid gameoptional
Game stage · 14 items
Weighted Shots
Toxic Bullets
Hunter's Aura
4Mid-late Game
Author's category · 8 items
Improved Spirit
Spirit Snatch
Built from Spirit Strike
Point Blank
Built from Close Quarters
5Survivability and counter itemsoptional
Author's category · 22 items
Spirit Rend
Frenzy
Armor Piercer
6Late-Ultra Late Gameoptional
Author's category · 11 items
Silencer
Glass Cannon
Lucky Shot
7Honorable Mentionoptional
Author's category · 11 items
Fleetfoot
Slowing Bullets
Ballistic Enchantment
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.
RendRend | Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 5 | Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 7 | Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 8 |
|---|
Extra Regen
Enduring Speed
Weapon Shielding
Battle Vest
Enchanter's Emblem
Spirit Shielding
Reactive Barrier
Healbane
Rusted Barrel
Golden Goose Egg
For Passive lane
Slowing Hex
Stamina Mastery
Metal Skin
Bullet Resilience
Spirit Resilience
Counterspell
Warp Stone
Veil Walker
Knockdown
Disarming Hex
Built from Rusted Barrel
Decay
Tankbuster
when enemies have heavy HP or sprit resist
Superior Cooldown
Crushing Fists
Built from Melee Charge
Spirit Burn
Superior Duration
Boundless Spirit
Built from Improved Spirit
Fortitude
Dispel Magic
Plated Armor
Juggernaut
Built from Enduring Speed
Colossus
Inhibitor
Unstoppable
Indomitable
Built from Reactive Barrier
Witchmail
Spellbreaker
Phantom Strike
Divine Barrier
Silence Wave
Cursed Relic
Ethereal Shift
Magic Carpet
Scourge
Vortex Web
Built from Slowing Hex
Arctic Blast
Vampiric Burst
Leech
Siphon Bullets
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
Focus Lens
Echo Shard
Mystic Reverb
Escalating Exposure
Blood Tribute
Debuff Reducer
Mystic Expansion
When we can miss close range
Mystic Burst
Bullet Resist Shredder
Surge of Power
Greater Expansion
Built from Mystic Expansion
Torment Pulse
Stalker's MarkStalker's Mark | Stalker's Mark: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Stalker's Mark: 1 AP upgrade, step 6 | Stalker's Mark: 2 AP upgrade, step 14 | Stalker's Mark: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
|---|
BloodscentBloodscent | Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 9 | Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 12 | Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 13 |
|---|
Eternal NightEternal Night | Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 10 | Eternal Night: 2 AP upgrade, step 11 | Eternal Night: 5 AP upgrade, step 15 |
|---|
Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
No analysed Drifter matches started with this guide selected for these filters.
Current patch: the Oct 5, 2026 update, Oct 5, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC to today · ranked and unranked · all match average ranks
Counts matches where this guide was selected at the start, from the API's analysed matches. It doesn't measure whether players followed it. Statistics are grouped by guide ID and may include earlier versions.