Lady Geist builds, abilities and matchups

Deadlock Lady Geist abilities, item builds, game plan and matchups. Statistics cover 30 days as of 2026-10-25.

Lady Geist

Tier 2 Mystic · Early game · Spirit focus

Spirit damage dealer who spends her own health for heavy Spirit damage and survives with drain

Win rate51.0%
Pick rate24.4%
Under 28 min53.2%
Over 40 min49.8%
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Item builds last 30 days, 814,570 Lady Geist games · average win rate 51.0%

Rank 1 / 3This build 59,138 games (7.3% of Lady Geist games)Win rate 56.7%vs games of the same length +6.0%p

Ability Point Order most common order in this build · numbers are upgrade tiers

Max order 1. Essence Bomb → 2. Life Drain → 4. Soul Exchange → 3. Malice

Level12356812131520212328293136
1. Essence BombUnlock123
2. Life DrainUnlock123
3. MaliceUnlock123
4. Soul ExchangeUnlock123
Picked93%97%67%76%84%45%65%48%77%73%52%72%71%100%100%100%

Level: the earliest level that step can be taken (unlocks at levels 1·3·5·8, upgrades cost 1·2·5 points). Picked: of the games with the same order up to the step before, the share that took this ability.

Where it splits: Step 3 (level 3): 2. Life Drain 66.5% · 3. Malice 33.5% / Step 6 (level 8): 4. Soul Exchange 45.1% · 2. Life Drain 36.0% / Step 8 (level 13): 2. Life Drain 47.6% · 4. Soul Exchange 32.9% / Step 11 (level 21): 4. Soul Exchange 52.3% · 3. Malice 47.7% / Step 12 (level 23): 4. Soul Exchange 72.4% · 3. Malice 27.6% / Step 13 (level 28): 4. Soul Exchange 71.4% · 3. Malice 28.6%

Early0~10 min#1~5

Core · #1~5 in order · components included

Skip components you have · if short on slots, buy the upgrade directly

Mid10~25 min#6~14

Core · #6~14 in order · components included

Skip components you have · if short on slots, buy the upgrade directly

Situational

Late25 min~#15~24

Core · #15~24 in order · components included

Skip components you have · if short on slots, buy the upgrade directly

Situational

Final build, late core bought

9 base slots + 3 unlocked slots · icon numbers are the overall buy order

12 / 12 slots
Extra slot
Extra slot
Extra slot

Destroy Walkers to unlock the extra slots and hold all 12. Situational and counter items replace items in this set; they are not a 13th buy.

Temporary items to sell late
  • Berserker · before buying Infuser
7 upgrades that merge components
  • Sprint Boots → Enduring Speed
  • Extra Spirit → Improved Spirit
  • Mystic Burst → Tankbuster
  • Spirit Lifesteal → Leech
  • Mystic Vulnerability → Escalating Exposure
  • Improved Spirit → Boundless Spirit
  • Superior Cooldown → Transcendent Cooldown

Counters swap into the final build when needed

Not recommended often bought, but a poor fit for this build

Rank: games and win rate together. Builds are ordered by the lead over games of the same length times games ÷ (games + 30,000), so a build with few games gets less credit for its lead. Number under each icon: win rate difference against items at the same price. Games in this build where the item was bought are compared with games of the same length (5-min steps), then the average of items at the same price is taken away. Expensive items are bought more in games with Souls to spare (winning ones), so only items at the same price are compared. Click an item for its effects and full stats. Win rates shown are for the build group, not for holding all 12 items of the final build at once.

Build styles 1,500 real games (last 3 days, normal games of 20+ min) grouped into 3 styles by where the build went · grouped by: items bought by 20 min · the numbers beside an item are its average purchase time and the share of that style owning it · deadlock-api.com

New player pickSpirit-focused · Tankbuster

48% of games · win rate 55% · 715 gamesSpirit +19%p vs other styles

Weapon 2%Spirit 72%Vitality 26%
Mid (10~20 min)
  1. Radiant Regeneration13:24 · 91%
  2. Enduring Speed13:51 · 69%
  3. Tankbuster15:25 · 99%
  4. Improved Spirit16:57 · 46%
Late (20 min~)
  1. Superior Cooldown21:01 · 34%
  2. Mystic Reverb24:14 · 45%
  3. Spirit Resilience24:20 · 47%
  4. Leech24:46 · 45%
  5. Greater Expansion27:01 · 74%
  6. Escalating Exposure29:03 · 63%
  7. Boundless Spirit31:51 · 45%
  8. Transcendent Cooldown32:13 · 47%
  9. Spirit Burn32:16 · 49%

Weapon · Vitality mix · Kinetic Dash

28% of games · win rate 50.8% · 423 gamesWeapon +24%p vs other styles

Weapon 41%Spirit 26%Vitality 34%
Early (~10 min)
  1. Radiant Regeneration9:34 · 93%
Mid (10~20 min)
  1. Healing Booster12:12 · 66%
  2. Bullet Resist Shredder12:14 · 44%
  3. Kinetic Dash12:58 · 82%
  4. Cultist Sacrifice13:03 · 35%
  5. Recharging Rush17:03 · 39%
  6. Healbane17:52 · 32%
  7. Fleetfoot18:56 · 41%
  8. Spirit Resilience19:32 · 70%
Late (20 min~)
  1. Berserker20:04 · 85%
  2. Spellslinger26:35 · 68%
  3. Leech31:30 · 35%

Spirit-focused · Improved Spirit

24% of games · win rate 52.2% · 362 gamesSpirit +9%p vs other styles

Weapon 7%Spirit 62%Vitality 31%
Mid (10~20 min)
  1. Radiant Regeneration11:58 · 88%
  2. Improved Spirit14:07 · 38%
  3. Spirit Lifesteal14:31 · 33%
  4. Enduring Speed17:11 · 38%
Late (20 min~)
  1. Tankbuster23:10 · 59%
  2. Greater Expansion23:53 · 54%
  3. Spirit Resilience26:00 · 40%
  4. Leech28:20 · 37%
  5. Escalating Exposure29:41 · 49%
  6. Boundless Spirit31:53 · 43%
  7. Transcendent Cooldown33:27 · 32%

"New player pick" is the style with the highest win rate among those used in 15% or more of games. Win rates also reflect skill gaps, so within 2%p is about even. At first, buy the picked style in order; once comfortable, fit in counter items for the enemy comp.

Ability max order ability maxed first · last 30 days

1. Essence Bomb69%
2. Life Drain29%
4. Soul Exchange1%
3. Malice1%

Abilities

1. Essence Bomb Radius 7m

Sacrifice some of your health to launch a bomb that deals damage after a brief arm time.Self damage type is Spirit and can be mitigated.

Against it: It takes time to go off after landing, so leave the spot right away

2. Life Drain 18m

Create a tether that drains enemy health over time and heals you. Target must be in line of sight and within max range to drain. You can shoot and use other abilities during the drain, but your move speed is reduced. to give health to friendly Heroes.

Against it: Break line of sight or leave its range to cut the drain

3. Malice

Sacrifice some of your health to launch blood shards that apply a stack of Malice. Each stack slows the victim and increases the damage they take from you. The slow effect decreases over time.

Against it: Damage taken grows with each stack, so back off after several hits

4. Soul Exchange 5.5m

Swaps health levels with an enemy target. There is a minimum health percentage that enemies can be brought down to and a minimum amount of health received based on victims current health.

Against it: It swaps health, so stay away from Geist when her health is low

Gun
Lady Geist's gun

Single shot · Ammo 9 · 2.1 bullets/sec · DPS 44 · full damage to 17m, minimum from 48m

Playing against

  • When Life Drain connects, go behind a wall or move far away
  • Essence Bomb has a delay before it goes off, so move at once
  • Don't walk up to a low-health Geist while you're at full health

Counter items

HealbaneSpirit Shielding

Strengths

  • Essence Bomb pokes the wave and heroes together
  • Life Drain deals damage and restores health
  • Soul Exchange turns losing fights around

Weaknesses

  • Abilities cost health, so poke wears her down
  • Life Drain breaks out of sight or out of range
  • Very weak to healing reduction

Game plan

Laning

Poke with Essence Bomb and refill lost health with Life Drain.

Mid game

Weaken enemies with Malice, then burst them down with your team.

Late game

Steal the enemy carry's health with Soul Exchange to turn team fights.

Power spikes

Essence Bomb and Life Drain give her good early poke and healing. Once she has Soul Exchange, she can turn fights even at low health.

With them on your team

  • Keep enemies from breaking Geist's Life Drain
  • Follow up right after Geist uses Soul Exchange to finish the target

2026-10-25 · 30 days · deadlock-api.com, 랭크 기본 매치 · Deadlock API