The Doorman build guide

Doxi's Doorman Build V2 (Fully annotated!)

by antidoxiVersion 32Updated Sep 14, 2026Guide #403634

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Author's notes

Hey there, been a while hasn't it? Well I'm back at it again and I'm here to introduce my new playstyle for Doorman I've been experimenting as God's best midlane pusher/holder! We're grabbing our bell and gun, maxxing our doors, and running those objectives down!

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 7 items · L->R
1. 1
  Grit
  When you know you're about to get punished, activate it so nothing EVER happens!
2. 2
  Mystic Burst
  Good early game burst damage.
3. 3
  Extra Stamina
  Builds into Kinetic Dash, also having extra stamina/stamina recovery never hurts!
4. 4
2Pick one for health spikeoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Guardian Ward
  Built from Grit
  What?! A support item in MY bell build? How queer! I must inform Yoshi post-haste! (I guess we doin' support now, buy Divine Barrier instead of Cheat Death)
2. 2
  Reactive Barrier
  Built from Grit
  Good against CC characters like bebop, lash, or vindicta.
3. 3
3VIBE CHECK (Only buy one!)optional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Trophy Collector
  Buy this if you feel VERY confident about getting kills.
2. 2
  Healbane
  Buy if enemy healing is a problem, sell for spirit burn later.
3. 3
  Enduring Speed
  Can be useful if the enemy has a lot of slows which make it difficult for you to make it to your door alive.
4Mid game
Game stage · 8 items · L->R If out of slots then just buy upgrades in the same order.
1. 1
  Spirit Lifesteal
  Some sustain in fights while you spam bells onto them, also meets green spike and sets up for spiritual overflow later.
2. 2
  Compress Cooldown
  Let's throw more bells!
3. 3
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
5Situationaloptional
Author's category · 14 items
1. 1
  Sprint Boots
  Can buy early if you wipe lane or want to abuse out of combat regen.
2. 2
  Opening Rounds
  Buy me instead of Spirit rend if you can't hit headshots for shiiii-
3. 3
  Cold Front
  A good bit of burst damage that also helps you get the bonus damage/CDR on your ultimate.

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.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
Call BellCall Bell	Call Bell: Ability unlocked, step 1		Call Bell: 1 AP upgrade, step 3	Call Bell: 2 AP upgrade, step 4					Call Bell: 5 AP upgrade, step 9