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Published guides that Drifter 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.

DRIFTER- DPS GUN

by ...Version 1811Guide updated Oct 8, 2026Guide #641585

Matches started with it: 255
Won: 50.6%
Players: 236
In-game favourites: 10,534 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Lane (L-R)
Author's category · you can flank other lanes for kills and more stacks
1. 1
  Close Quarters
  more damage in close range-melee resist
2. 2
  Stalker
  sell if no slot
3. 3
  Rapid Rounds
  fire rate
4. 4
  Extra Stamina
5. 5
  Kinetic Dash
  Built from Extra Stamina
  more fire rate-ammo (4.8 gun spike)
6. 6
  Sprint Boots
7. 7
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  try to get more kills or assists for both ur passive stack and this
8. 8
  Extra Health
  good situational
2Lane optionaloptional
Author's category · slowing hex op rn
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  more melee damage on rend-heal
2. 2
  Extra Regen
  hard lane
3. 3
  Rebuttal
  vs melee characters
4. 4
3Mid (focus on your stacks)
Author's category · usually L-R but you can use ur mind
1. 1
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  more heal and regen (4.8 heal spike)
2. 2
  Point Blank
  Built from Close Quarters
  more damage in close range-melee resist-slow
3. 3
  Swift Striker
  Built from Rapid Rounds
  cheap fire rate
4Mid optionaloptional
Author's category · sometimes you gotta take 1 or 2 of these
1. 1
  Weighted Shots
  only take if you need debuff resist instead of hollow point
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  anti heal (instead of hollow point)
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
  usually disple better than this but if they are +5 spirit take this
5Late (situation)
Author's category · use your mind here
1. 1
  Lucky Shot
  core damage and more ammo
2. 2
  Glass Cannon
  get it first if you are ahead
3. 3
  Silencer
  vs heavy spirit characters
4. 4
6Late optionaloptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Plated Armor
  best gun counter
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
  best spirit counter and debuff resist
3. 3
  Indomitable
  vs ult lash-mo krill-doorman-rem-holiday-victor-infernus-wraith-grey talon-vyper-paige-abrams-billy-paradox
7other optionsoptional
Author's category · some options that can replaced with other items like taking opening rounds instead of stalker or taking viel walker instead of fortitude
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
  vs 3+ plated armor
2. 2
  Spiritual Overflow
  fire rate-spirit power
3. 3
  Shadow Weave
  Built from Sprint Boots

Skill order

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

Skill order published in DRIFTER- DPS GUN, one row per ability in slot order
RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1				Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 5		Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 7

Among the 12 most-used guides with at least 10 analysed matches: 3 copies and 0 near-identical guides hidden, 4 beyond the top 5. “Core items” counts items in the author's non-optional categories.

What to buy, in order

Lifestrike + Hunter's Aura + Spirit Snatch style

1Early
Melee Lifesteal
~1:04
2Early
Stalker
~4:21
3Early
Spirit Strike
~5:37
4Early
Close Quarters
~6:44
5Early
Extra Health
~8:08
6Mid
Bullet Resist Shredder
~9:58
7Mid
Spirit Snatch
~11:49
from Spirit Strike
8Mid
Sprint Boots
~15:05
9Mid
Hunter's Aura
~15:55
10Mid
Lifestrike
~17:40
from Melee Lifesteal
11Mid
Melee Charge
~18:53
12Late
Crushing Fists
~23:40
from Melee Charge
13Late
Superior Duration
~28:08
continuation

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
  Melee Lifesteal
  100% bought · ~1:04 · most 0–2 min
2. 2
  Stalker
  99% bought · ~4:21 · most 3–6 min
3. 3

Skill order

The most common choice at each point among these 726 players. The first four points match 535 of them; 172 used this exact full order.

Drifter skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1	Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 2						Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

Final inventory target

About this recommendation

Sample: Drifter, 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: 2,648 matches, 50.5% 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 Lifestrike, Hunter's Aura, Spirit Snatch. 726 matches built all three (27% of the sample); 56.2% 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 268 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 Drifter matches by rank in this window: Seeker 1,814 · Eternus 294 · Acolyte 1,571 · Phantom 1,592 · Emissary 1,442 · Oracle 1,723 · Ascendant 762 · Sentinel 1,314 · Mystic 1,363 · Ritualist 1,361 · Initiate 819.
Snapshot generated Oct 9, 2026 from the Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 8, 2026).

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Hero: Drifter (64)
Build source: generated, Phantom+ ranked sample
Build version: 2026-10-09T10:33:01.962Z
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DRIFTER- DPS GUN

by ...Version 1811Guide updated Oct 8, 2026Guide #641585

Matches started with it: 255
Won: 50.6%
Players: 236
In-game favourites: 10,534 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Lane (L-R)
Author's category · you can flank other lanes for kills and more stacks
1. 1
  Close Quarters
  more damage in close range-melee resist
2. 2
  Stalker
  sell if no slot
3. 3
  Rapid Rounds
  fire rate
4. 4
  Extra Stamina
5. 5
  Kinetic Dash
  Built from Extra Stamina
  more fire rate-ammo (4.8 gun spike)
6. 6
  Sprint Boots
7. 7
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  try to get more kills or assists for both ur passive stack and this
8. 8
  Extra Health
  good situational
2Lane optionaloptional
Author's category · slowing hex op rn
1. 1
  Melee Lifesteal
  more melee damage on rend-heal
2. 2
  Extra Regen
  hard lane
3. 3
  Rebuttal
  vs melee characters
4. 4
3Mid (focus on your stacks)
Author's category · usually L-R but you can use ur mind
1. 1
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  more heal and regen (4.8 heal spike)
2. 2
  Point Blank
  Built from Close Quarters
  more damage in close range-melee resist-slow
3. 3
  Swift Striker
  Built from Rapid Rounds
  cheap fire rate
4Mid optionaloptional
Author's category · sometimes you gotta take 1 or 2 of these
1. 1
  Weighted Shots
  only take if you need debuff resist instead of hollow point
2. 2
  Toxic Bullets
  anti heal (instead of hollow point)
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
  usually disple better than this but if they are +5 spirit take this
5Late (situation)
Author's category · use your mind here
1. 1
  Lucky Shot
  core damage and more ammo
2. 2
  Glass Cannon
  get it first if you are ahead
3. 3
  Silencer
  vs heavy spirit characters
4. 4
6Late optionaloptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Plated Armor
  best gun counter
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
  best spirit counter and debuff resist
3. 3
  Indomitable
  vs ult lash-mo krill-doorman-rem-holiday-victor-infernus-wraith-grey talon-vyper-paige-abrams-billy-paradox
7other optionsoptional
Author's category · some options that can replaced with other items like taking opening rounds instead of stalker or taking viel walker instead of fortitude
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
  vs 3+ plated armor
2. 2
  Spiritual Overflow
  fire rate-spirit power
3. 3
  Shadow Weave
  Built from Sprint Boots

Skill order

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

Skill order published in DRIFTER- DPS GUN, one row per ability in slot order
RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1				Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 5		Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 7

Skill order

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

Skill order published in SPIRIT/GUN HYBRID DRIFTER [Lockbuilds], one row per ability in slot order
RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1				Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 5		Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 7	Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 8
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 10	Stalker's Mark: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
BloodscentBloodscent			Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 3						Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 9				Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 13			Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Eternal NightEternal Night				Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 4								Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 12		Eternal Night: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Eternal Night: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

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 ABL (TWITCH ABLKZ), one row per ability in slot order
RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1				Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 5			Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 9								Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 17
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 7				Stalker's Mark: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
BloodscentBloodscent			Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 3							Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 10		Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 12				Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Eternal NightEternal Night				Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 4									Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Eternal Night: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Eternal Night: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

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

Not shown: 59 entries after the order starts again.

Skill order

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

Skill order published in Drifter - Gun-Vampiric [62% WR] [tracklock.gg], one row per ability in slot order
RendRend			Rend: Ability unlocked, step 3											Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Stalker's MarkStalker's Mark	Stalker's Mark: Ability unlocked, step 1	Stalker's Mark: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Stalker's Mark: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Stalker's Mark: 5 AP upgrade, step 7
BloodscentBloodscent				Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 4				Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 8	Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 9				Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Eternal NightEternal Night						Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 6				Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Eternal Night: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Eternal Night: 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 LORE ACCURATE DRIFTER (GUN EDITION), one row per ability in slot order
RendRend	Rend: Ability unlocked, step 1				Rend: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Rend: 2 AP upgrade, step 6								Rend: 5 AP upgrade, step 14
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 13
BloodscentBloodscent			Bloodscent: Ability unlocked, step 3						Bloodscent: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Bloodscent: 2 AP upgrade, step 10						Bloodscent: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Eternal NightEternal Night				Eternal Night: Ability unlocked, step 4							Eternal Night: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Eternal Night: 2 AP upgrade, step 12			Eternal Night: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

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

DRIFTER- DPS GUN

Items, as published

Skill order

SPIRIT/GUN HYBRID DRIFTER [Lockbuilds]

Items, as published

ABL (TWITCH ABLKZ)

Items, as published

Drifter - Gun-Vampiric [62% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

LORE ACCURATE DRIFTER (GUN EDITION)

Items, as published

Drifter builds

What to buy, in order

By stage

Skill order

Final inventory target

Upgrades and replacements

DRIFTER- DPS GUN

Items, as published

Skill order

SPIRIT/GUN HYBRID DRIFTER [Lockbuilds]

Items, as published

ABL (TWITCH ABLKZ)

Items, as published

Drifter - Gun-Vampiric [62% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

LORE ACCURATE DRIFTER (GUN EDITION)

Items, as published

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order