Deadlock Holliday Build Guide

Holliday is among the six heroes added to Deadlock in October 2024 and one that has a lot of versatility in how you build throughout the game. In this Holliday build, we are seeking to get the most value out of her lethal Crackshot in the early game, but the main thrust of the build is in scaling her Powder Keg barrels through Spirit.

Holliday has the luxury of having both a very powerful weapon with boosted headshot damage and a strong AoE Spirit explosion in her Powder Keg ability. These two things can make for a balanced one-two punch throughout a game and are the main features of this build.

Holliday's strengths and weaknesses in Deadlock

1. Strengths

• High damage and moderate weapon range.
• Easy to understand.
• One of the best primary abilities.

2. Weaknesses

• Low health pool.
• Ultimate's duration is much less.
• The landing accuracy of the Bounce Pad is low.

The Holliday build scales early with Crackshot and late with Powder Keg. We have not found her ultimate to be overly strong, so we don't upgrade it until the late game.

• Powder Keg: Place a barrel that explodes when shot, or on landing after launched via melee attack or bounce pad. Has a minimum arm time before it can explode.

• Bounce Pad: Drop a bounce pad in the world that sends you and other heroes flying. You will stomp down on landing, dealing damage to any nearby enemies.

• Crackshot: Headshots deal bonus Weapon damage and applies a Fading Slow. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off.

• Spirit Lasso: Grab an enemy with your lasso and drag them along behind you. The enemy is stunned and Astro is slowed slightly during the lasso. Lasso duration is paused for 2s during the first usage of a bounce pad.

1. Best early-game items

• Close Quarters: +85 Bullet Shield Health, +25% Weapon Damage within a 15m range.
• Headshot Booster: +5% Fire Rate, +40 Bullet Shield Health.
• High-Velocity Mag: +30% Bullet Velocity, +12% Weapon Damage, +50 Bullet Shield Health.
• Long Range: +20% Ammo, +140 Bullet Shield, +40 Weapon Damage beyond 15m range.
• Point Blank: +15% Bullet Resist, +1 Stamina. Within 15m range, +45% Weapon Damage and +25% Movement Slow effect for 2s
• Extra Stamina: +1 Stamina, +14% Stamina Recovery, +7% Fire Rate.
• Sharpshooter: +20% Ammo, +15% Weapon Fall-off Range, +30% Weapon Zoom, +175 Bullet Shield.

2. Best mid-game items

• Mystic Shot: +12% Weapon Damage, +4 Spirit Power.
• Slowing Bullets: +16% Weapon Damage, +5 Spirit Power, Opponents get a 25% Movement Slow effect for 1.3s.
• Bullet Lifesteal: +28% Bullet Lifesteal, +75 Bonus Health.
• Combat Barrier: +325 Bullet Shield Health, +25% Weapon Damage while shielded, +6% Fire Rate while shielded.
• Bullet Resist Shredder: +100 Bonus Health, +5% Bullet Resist. While dealing Spirit Damage, enemies get -12% Bullet Resist.
• Improved Cooldown: +16% Cooldown Reduction, +1.5 Health Regen.
• Superior Stamina: +3 Stamina, +20% Stamina Recovery, +30% Air Jump/Dash Distance, +7% Fire Rate, +8 Spirit Power.
• Headhunter: +50 Bullet Velocity, +15% Weapon Damage, +150 Bullet Shield. Hitting a headshot gives you +140 Bonus Damage, +8% Heal and +2m/s Move Speed for 3s.
• Pristine Emblem: +25% Weapon Damage, +12 Spirit Power, +12 Spirit Resist.

3. Best end-game items

• Superior Cooldown: +32% Imbued Ability Cooldown Reduction, +24% Non-Imbued Ability Cooldown Reduction, +4 Health Regen.
• Inhibitor: +25% Weapon Damage, +175 Bonus Health.
• Glass Cannon: +70% Weapon Damage, +10% Fire Rate, +1 m/s Move Speed, -15% Max Health, +10% Weapon Damage per kill (stacks up to 5 times).
• Lucky Shot: +30% Ammo. There is a 35% chance that your bullet will give 80% Bonus Damage and 30% Movement Slow to the enemy.
• Crippling Headshot: +20% Weapon Damage, +10% Bullet Lifesteal, +10% Spirit Lifesteal. Headshot grants 24% Bullet Resist Reduction and Spirit Resist Reduction for 5s.

• Do not solo push at low health, you could lose your Lane control. Rather, focus on steadily pushing with NPCs.
• Explore the indoor areas for small yet effective perks and extra Souls by breaking the crates and Gold Urns.
• Make space for end-game items by selling early items.