The Doorman build guide

Crazy Soup's Man of Doors

by Crazy SoupVersion 30Updated Aug 27, 2026Guide #703812

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Author's notes

Rank #1 Doorman Asia (build format might be bugged) Gun-based in the early game into Bell build late. Currently based on Lomein & ABL's builds, but with too many extra annotated items

Item categories

1Lane to Early Game
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
  Makes your shots much easier to land and builds into opening rounds
2. 2
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
  Strong item with good stats.
3. 3
  Mystic Burst
  a little extra damage
4. 4
2optional
Author's category · 6 items · Healing Items (One is usually needed) & Early-game Utility
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  Always good 90% of the time. Buy this if you need the consistent sustain during laning
2. 2
  Healing Rite
  Extra Regen alternative that can be used on your teammates and builds into Rescue Beam
3. 3
  Restorative Shot
  Best vs enemies who force you to stay in lane and are easy to consistently hit, e.g Bebop, Kelvin, Mcginnis etc.
3Core Items
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Healbane
  Most heroes rely on healing one way or another and the heal on kill is good (Can be swapped with any T2 Green)
2. 2
  Mystic Expansion
  Increased doorway distance lets you get away with some shenanigans
3. 3
  Extra Charge
  Extra bell
4. 4
4Optional
Author's category · 4 items · Buy if needed
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  Important Counter-item. Builds into Vortex but can be bought much earlier if needed.
2. 2
  Heroic Aura
  Very strong support item. Doesn't stack so only buy if your team doesn't have it
3. 3
  Warp Stone
  Good movement option, especially if you need to ult or cart more mobile heroes.
5
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
6Survivabilityoptional
Author's category · 6 items · Alternatives
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  Built from Grit
  Good buy against multiple stuns / movement locks & can build into Indomitable late-game
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
  Built from Grit
  Spirit burst protection.
3. 3
  Guardian Ward
7Late game
Game stage · 8 items · Remember to buy other items depending on the situation
1. 1
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
  A minor damage boost. Component for Boundless.
2. 2
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
  Bells should now be legally classified as explosives. You can also clear trooper waves very fast now.
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
8Other Utilityoptional
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Knockdown
  The no flying allowed item. (Can bait dispel / Counterspell / Indomitable)
2. 2
  Silence Wave
  Overall good active. Can also force out Indomitable / Reactive Barrier
3. 3
  Disarming Hex
  Built from Rusted Barrel
  not a bad item with its low cooldown. will force enemies to buy & use Dispel Magic/Unstoppable
9optional
Author's category · 6 items · Misc. Upgrades / Alternatives
1. 1
  Extra Health
  Can be a decent early buy as a component for Fortitude.
2. 2
  Fortitude
  Built from Extra Health
  Good item for roaming & wave pushing. Really good alternative to Veil Walker
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
  Helps with clearing wave, very helpful vs Mcginnis, Rem & Graves too
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Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
11optional
Author's category · 10 items · Miscellanous Greens
1. 1
  Extra Stamina
2. 2
  Enchanter's Emblem
  Good T2 green vs spirit heavy comp
3. 3
  Restorative Locket
  Situationally good vs some characters. e.g Shiv, Geist, Apollo, Mirage, etc.
4. 4
12optional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Refresher
  If a guest says they would like a 2 night stay it'd be rude to refuse them, no? (do not buy)
2. 2
  Echo Shard
  Cooldown is too long to be effective. But if you're feeling a little whimsical you could try it on door.
13optional
Author's category · 10 items · maybe good but probably bad items testing area
1. 1
  Kinetic Dash
  Built from Extra Stamina
  Gun investment alternative. Can be better than Mystic Shot if you dash-jump often
2. 2
  Melee Charge
3. 3
  Spirit Rend
4. 4
142 points in Bell for early game damage, then 2 points in Door for the shield so you can try to invade enemy sinner's sacrifices. ⠀ After that you can honestly do anything so you can swap around the order of AP. Currently the Meta is Maxing Bell for the damage, then doors, as you're a doorman.
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.
15optional
Author's category · 1 items · components
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
  Can be bought and put on door early in certain situations. But you'll usually want to go straight to Superior Cooldown
16
Author's category · 0 items
No items listed.

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 5	Call Bell: 2 AP upgrade, step 6			Call Bell: 5 AP upgrade, step 9