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Recommended build, generated from match data

Snapshot settings: Phantom+ ranked, normal mode, Oct 5, 2026 (Oct 5, 2026 update) to Oct 8, 2026 · 855 matches on this playstyle of 2,612 · generated Oct 9, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC

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Customise this build (swaps and imbue targets)

Situational swaps

Toxic Bullets before Ricochet · Late · when: enemies heal a lot (lifesteal, healing items or healers)
Debuff Reducer instead of Battle Vest · Mid · when: enemies have several stuns, silences or roots
Metal Skin before Silencer · Late · when: most of the enemy team's damage is bullets
Spirit Resilience before Siphon Bullets · Late · when: most of the enemy team's damage is spirit damage

Pick a swap or an imbue target to see a customised version. The recommended build above stays unchanged.

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Published guides that Venator 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.

twitch.tv/oses

by oses/````````````````````Version 131Guide updated Sep 30, 2026Guide #538997

Matches started with it: 305
Won: 45.6%
Players: 242
In-game favourites: 37,563 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1/build
Author's category
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
3. 3
  Extra Health
4. 4
  Rapid Rounds
5. 5
  Swift Striker
  Built from Rapid Rounds
6. 6
  Titanic Magazine
7. 7
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
8. 8
  Battle Vest
9. 9
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
2
Author's category
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Weighted Shots
3. 3
  Fleetfoot
4. 4
3optional
Author's category
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
2. 2
  Spellslinger
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
4. 4
4can take insted of fortitute smthoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4

Skill order

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

Skill order published in twitch.tv/oses, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3							Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10			Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13

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

Cultist Sacrifice + Fortitude + Weighted Shots style

1Early
Restorative Shot
~1:03
2Early
Monster Rounds
~3:01
3Early
Extra Health
~4:33
4Early
Rapid Rounds
~5:31
5Early
Swift Striker
~6:56
from Rapid Rounds
6Early
Extended Magazine
~7:45
7Mid
Cultist Sacrifice
~9:17
from Monster Rounds
8Mid
Titanic Magazine
~9:21
from Extended Magazine
9Mid
Battle Vest
~11:42
10Mid
Fortitude
~12:49
from Extra Health
11Mid
Sprint Boots
~14:20
12Mid
Enduring Speed
~15:13
from Sprint Boots
13Mid
Slowing Bullets
~16:09
14Mid
Weighted Shots
~17:06
from Slowing Bullets
15Mid
Fleetfoot
~18:02
16Late
Siphon Bullets
~22:59
17Late
Silencer
~26:18
18Late
Ricochet
~28:50

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
  Restorative Shot
  94% bought · ~1:03 · most 0–2 min
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
  99% bought · ~3:01 · most 2–4 min
3. 3

Skill order

The most common choice at each point among these 855 players. The first four points match 797 of them; 314 used this exact full order.

Venator skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3							Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10			Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13

Final inventory target

About this recommendation

Sample: Venator, 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: 2,612 matches, 48.4% 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 Cultist Sacrifice, Fortitude, Weighted Shots. 855 matches built all three (33% of the sample); 49.2% 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 266 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 Venator matches by rank in this window: Acolyte 1,284 · Initiate 626 · Oracle 1,722 · Seeker 1,418 · Eternus 353 · Emissary 1,365 · Ritualist 1,255 · Mystic 1,176 · Sentinel 1,212 · Phantom 1,480 · Ascendant 779.
Snapshot generated Oct 9, 2026 from the Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 8, 2026).

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Hero: Venator (65)
Build source: generated, Phantom+ ranked sample
Build version: 2026-10-09T10:33:03.727Z
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Not claimed: that this is the best build, or that it wins more than alternatives. No win rate is computed for the assembled build.

Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap				Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 4								Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 12		Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

twitch.tv/oses

by oses/````````````````````Version 131Guide updated Sep 30, 2026Guide #538997

Matches started with it: 305
Won: 45.6%
Players: 242
In-game favourites: 37,563 (not match usage)

Items, as published

1/build
Author's category
1. 1
  Restorative Shot
2. 2
  Monster Rounds
3. 3
  Extra Health
4. 4
  Rapid Rounds
5. 5
  Swift Striker
  Built from Rapid Rounds
6. 6
  Titanic Magazine
7. 7
  Cultist Sacrifice
  Built from Monster Rounds
8. 8
  Battle Vest
9. 9
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
2
Author's category
1. 1
  Enduring Speed
2. 2
  Weighted Shots
3. 3
  Fleetfoot
4. 4
3optional
Author's category
1. 1
  Armor Piercer
2. 2
  Spellslinger
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
4. 4
4can take insted of fortitute smthoptional
Author's category
1. 1
  Warp Stone
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
3. 3
  Counterspell
4. 4

Skill order

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

Skill order published in twitch.tv/oses, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3							Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10			Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13

Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap				Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 4								Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 12		Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

Skill order

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

Skill order published in ftFades Chudator (SOLVED VENATOR), one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade		Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 2									Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 11	Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 12	Consecrating Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
GutshotGutshot	Gutshot: Ability unlocked, step 1				Gutshot: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Gutshot: 2 AP upgrade, step 6				Gutshot: 5 AP upgrade, step 10
Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap			Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 3											Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Ira DominiIra Domini				Ira Domini: Ability unlocked, step 4			Ira Domini: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Ira Domini: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Ira Domini: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

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

Not shown: 1 entries for other heroes' abilities and 48 entries after the order starts again.

Skill order

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

Skill order published in Parzelion's Venator Build, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3							Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Consecrating Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
GutshotGutshot	Gutshot: Ability unlocked, step 1	Gutshot: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Gutshot: 2 AP upgrade, step 5											Gutshot: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap				Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 4									Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 13	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Ira DominiIra Domini						Ira Domini: Ability unlocked, step 6	Ira Domini: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Ira Domini: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Ira Domini: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

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 Venator - Gun-Vampiric [57% WR] [tracklock.gg], one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3							Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10			Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13			Consecrating Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
GutshotGutshot	Gutshot: Ability unlocked, step 1	Gutshot: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Gutshot: 2 AP upgrade, step 5						Gutshot: 5 AP upgrade, step 11
Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap				Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 4								Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 12		Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 14	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
Ira DominiIra Domini						Ira Domini: Ability unlocked, step 6	Ira Domini: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Ira Domini: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Ira Domini: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

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 WAPPLE'S CATHOLIC DADDY BUILD, one row per ability in slot order
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade		Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 2								Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Consecrating Grenade: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
GutshotGutshot	Gutshot: Ability unlocked, step 1				Gutshot: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Gutshot: 2 AP upgrade, step 6							Gutshot: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap			Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 3											Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 16
Ira DominiIra Domini				Ira Domini: Ability unlocked, step 4			Ira Domini: 1 AP upgrade, step 7	Ira Domini: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Ira Domini: 5 AP upgrade, step 9

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

Not shown: 15 entries after the order starts again.

twitch.tv/oses

Items, as published

Skill order

ftFades Chudator (SOLVED VENATOR)

Items, as published

Parzelion's Venator Build

Items, as published

Venator - Gun-Vampiric [57% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

WAPPLE'S CATHOLIC DADDY BUILD

Items, as published

Venator builds

What to buy, in order

By stage

Skill order

Final inventory target

Upgrades and replacements

twitch.tv/oses

Items, as published

Skill order

ftFades Chudator (SOLVED VENATOR)

Items, as published

Parzelion's Venator Build

Items, as published

Venator - Gun-Vampiric [57% WR] [tracklock.gg]

Items, as published

WAPPLE'S CATHOLIC DADDY BUILD

Items, as published

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order

Skill order