Drifter build guide
by TTV/AngadxoVersion 25Updated Oct 6, 2026Guide #748244
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Top 100 Na | Check out my twitch! corrupt Tankbuster or any t4 you have slam point in ult whenever u need to chase
1Early game
Game stage · 6 items
Melee Lifesteal
good if you can get close to proc, not good vs people playing far back like vin/talon or people you dont want to get close to like abrams
Mystic Burst
Stalker
thermonuclear rend in lane
Spirit Strike
Trophy Collector
skip if having a bad game for locket or grit into guardian ward into divine barrier around spirit burn, put on teammates mostly
Rusted Barrel
2Early optionsoptional
Author's category · 5 items
Healbane
if you dont want trophy get this most games unless u need rez or vs pocket
Enchanter's Emblem
Restorative Locket
best item in the game again, should buy most games
3Mid game
Game stage · 5 items
Spirit Snatch
Built from Spirit Strike
good in general but worse than tank buster
Veil Walker
Hunter's Aura
can build fleetfoort melee charge to go into rend dmg if someone else is buying this, abrams or calico for example
4Mid optionsoptional
Author's category · 6 items
Slowing Hex
I buy this in like 80% of my games after veil walker
Disarming Hex
Built from Rusted Barrel
easy upgrade from rusted
Melee Charge
with fleetfoot for rend build
5Spirit rend route
Author's category · 6 items · Currently this does more damage and is easier to play
Superior Duration
longer silence on rend and silencer + stalkers mark + ult great drifter item
Warp Stone
SUPER GOOD FOR REND AND ESCAPE, I buy pretty often after tankbuster for survivability
Transcendent Cooldown
I buy whenever slot locked
6Gun carry routeoptional
Author's category · 5 items · only if super fed
Spiritual Overflow
Silencer
Siphon Bullets
7Good items for specific casesoptional
Author's category · 22 items · b
Mystic Expansion
can buy extra spirit in this slot but 2 meter range feels way better
Bullet Resist Shredder
shred always good
Superior Cooldown
feels super good to buy this
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 9 |
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Grit
Guardian Ward
Built from Grit
i buy this over trophy nowadays
Tankbuster
Built from Mystic Burst
this is rends biggest power spike, can buy this before gun spike honestly
Spirit Burn
Fleetfoot
gun spike option
Counterspell
if you dont know how or when to use this I recommend just quiting the game guppy
Divine Barrier
Built from Guardian Ward
Ethereal Shift
Escalating Exposure
not sure if this or boundless is better, boundless gives about 100 dmg on rend + 1% bleed but escalating allows u to mark then insta kill someone plus spirit res
Boundless Spirit
Inhibitor
Vampiric Burst
Silence Wave
good util
Cursed Relic
if ur low dmg just buy
Mercurial Magnum
if you want to build more hybrid
Refresher
super super super late. extra blind is super cancer for enemy team
Kinetic Dash
Fire rate
Swift Striker
Fire rate
Spirit Shredder
good option for rend and good debuff that your whole team can use
Shadow Weave
skip hunters and veil and buy shadow weave and fortitude
Spirit Rend
Built from Spirit Shredder
multiple people can apply this
Burst Fire
fire rate, I buy this a lot
Toxic Bullets
high hp pools/high healing, I only ever buy when someone else has hunters
Weighted Shots
vs lots of debuff
Armor Piercer
when they have plated armor giga late
Metal Skin
defensive vs haze vyper ven
Spirit Resilience
heavy spirit late game
Fortitude
if u buy this, skip hunters for shadowweave
Plated Armor
on hits/
Spellbreaker
Unstoppable
midboss puncher
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 8 | Stalker's Mark: 5 AP upgrade, step 11 |
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BloodscentBloodscent | Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 10 | Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 12 | Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 13 |
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Eternal NightEternal Night | Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 14 | 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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