Drifter build guide
by SparkZVersion 27Updated Oct 4, 2026Guide #747410
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Build made to hard roam, go around the map and focus on disrupting enemies and stealing their sinners. This build will be updated over time and with major updates when they drop, hopefully.
1Pick one to survive.
Author's category · 2 items
Extra Regen
Better than Melee Lifesteal in some situations, primary use if you can't fight the enemy laners and are out poked.
Melee Lifesteal
Very good damage and sustain item, more useful if the enemy laners are close range characters.
2Early.
Author's category · 8 items · (L->R) Once you get the first four, you start roaming and killing people.
Mystic Burst
Buy this and start doing lots of damage early.
Trophy Collector
Go roam around and get them stacks up baby!
Spirit Strike
This huge if you can proc Stalker with Rend Melee damage.
3Mid.
Author's category · 3 items · (L->R) These will be our tools to get picks and start dealing damage.
Tankbuster
Built from Mystic Burst
This scales well late, don't sell it for as long as you can or need to.
Burst Fire
Fire rate is just really good, you need it to catch up.
Toxic Bullets
You can start reliably shutting down their healing with this, Burst Fire + this is the combo to shut down their survivability.
4Must buy one or both.
Author's category · 2 items
Counterspell
Really good if their ults are single hit.
Dispel Magic
If the enemies have alot of debuffs that stack on you.
5Late.
Author's category · 6 items · Kill them with these.
Spiritual Overflow
Fire rate is still the move, but i'd say buy other items to counter them.
Silencer
This is always good, if they can't escape you then you secure kills away from their team.
Inhibitor
A strong anti carry, replace this with toxic bullets.
6optional
Author's category · 1 items
Slowing Hex
Be mindful of using this, make sure you can secure a kill with it.
7Evil ass Categoryoptional
Author's category · 1 items
Cursed Relic
If you're winning hard and have high stacks, buy this and make their day more unfun.
8Extra survival items.optional
Author's category · 6 items · Your early to mid game survival
Spirit Shielding
Good to get early for the resist if you're behind.
Weapon Shielding
Good to get early for the resist if you're behind.
Fortitude
Being tankier with resists is nice, along with not needing to base often.
9Additional Survival.optional
Author's category · 7 items
Vampiric Burst
You don't ever really need this but it has good uses if you can't manage stamina and need ammo.
Juggernaut
You can buy this and replace it with TC in hyper late, useful for the speed and buffs it gives.
Spellbreaker
If you're too nuked by spirit burst.
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 6 | Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 8 |
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Stalker
This and mark are really good to annoy your enemies, helps with positioning for ganks due to the lower noise from footsteps.
Kinetic Dash
DO NOT SELL THIS (It's your main tool for movement, it's also our 4.8k gun spike)
Weakening Headshot
Spirit Snatch
Built from Spirit Strike
This is where you start nuking people, with T3 Rend. Big burst is good for us.
Veil Walker
Spam this to get around the map quick, make sure you don't get out of sealth early for the loss of speed.
Crippling Headshot
Built from Weakening Headshot
This is just good for super shred in late.
Ricochet
After you get all your debuffing items then you buy this, not for farm, not for anything else but spreading your debuffs around.
Lucky Shot
If you're winning this is good to just win more.
Spirit Resilience
Too much spirit damage to deal with.
Metal Skin
If their guns are lawnmowers that melt you.
Bullet Resilience
If rat king is in the game.
Plated Armor
Don't like when gun characters shoot you.
Armor Piercer
If the enemies have too many plated armors, highly situational however.
Indomitable
If they have a single catch character that focuses you.
Unstoppable
If their entire team is CC hell.
Stalker's MarkStalker's Mark | Stalker's Mark: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Stalker's Mark: 1 AP upgrade, step 7 | Stalker's Mark: 2 AP upgrade, step 9 | Stalker's Mark: 5 AP upgrade, step 13 |
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BloodscentBloodscent | Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 10 | Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 11 | Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 14 |
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Eternal NightEternal Night | Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 12 | Eternal Night: 2 AP upgrade, step 15 | Eternal Night: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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