Violet builds, abilities and matchups

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

Violet

Tier 3 Mystic · Balanced · Spirit focus

Caster who binds enemies with brush and ink and grows by collecting sketches

Win rate50.5%
Pick rate21.0%
Under 28 min50.7%
Over 40 min51.7%
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Item builds last 30 days, 945,766 Violet games · average win rate 51.0%

Rank 1 / 2This build 82,278 games (8.7% of Violet games)Win rate 56.3%vs games of the same length +5.1%p

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

Max order 1. Living Ink → 3. Still Life → 4. Abstract Landscape → 2. Flow State

Level1234578131416171924293136
1. Living InkUnlock123
2. Flow StateUnlock123
3. Still LifeUnlock123
4. Abstract LandscapeUnlock123
Picked57%96%98%62%99%46%100%81%65%96%100%100%97%98%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 1 (level 1): 3. Still Life 57.0% · 1. Living Ink 42.4% / Step 4 (level 4): 1. Living Ink 62.2% · 2. Flow State 37.5% / Step 6 (level 7): 1. Living Ink 46.1% · 3. Still Life 43.7%

Early0~10 min#1~4

Core · #1~4 in order · components included

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

Mid10~25 min#5~10

Core · #5~10 in order · components included

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

Situational

Late25 min~#11~19

Core · #11~19 in order · components included

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

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.

1 upgrades that merge components
  • Extra Spirit → Improved Spirit

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

Spirit-focused · Spirit Shielding

39% of games · win rate 53.5% · 581 games

Weapon 8%Spirit 68%Vitality 24%
Mid (10~20 min)
  1. Spirit Shielding11:46 · 83%
  2. Mystic Shot11:48 · 77%
  3. Radiant Regeneration12:06 · 96%
  4. Healing Booster13:32 · 86%
  5. Rapid Recharge15:45 · 97%
  6. Improved Spirit18:30 · 36%
Late (20 min~)
  1. Stamina Mastery22:15 · 32%
  2. Torment Pulse23:24 · 45%
  3. Superior Cooldown25:03 · 41%
  4. Tankbuster25:16 · 71%
  5. Boundless Spirit29:40 · 56%

New player pickSpirit-focused · Rapid Recharge

32% of games · win rate 54.3% · 477 games

Weapon 11%Spirit 66%Vitality 23%
Mid (10~20 min)
  1. Healbane11:34 · 34%
  2. Healing Booster12:01 · 33%
  3. Radiant Regeneration14:21 · 81%
  4. Rapid Recharge14:43 · 98%
  5. Enchanter's Emblem16:55 · 31%
Late (20 min~)
  1. Tankbuster22:53 · 60%
  2. Superior Cooldown25:23 · 33%
  3. Spiritual Overflow27:29 · 33%
  4. Boundless Spirit28:40 · 64%
  5. Escalating Exposure33:02 · 35%
  6. Spirit Burn33:21 · 32%

Spirit-focused · Superior Duration

29% of games · win rate 48% · 442 games

Weapon 8%Spirit 68%Vitality 24%
Early (~10 min)
  1. Healing Booster8:44 · 62%
Mid (10~20 min)
  1. Radiant Regeneration11:00 · 93%
  2. Enchanter's Emblem12:51 · 33%
  3. Superior Duration18:44 · 37%
Late (20 min~)
  1. Tankbuster21:25 · 69%
  2. Surge of Power21:44 · 39%
  3. Rapid Recharge24:43 · 76%
  4. Superior Cooldown27:43 · 36%
  5. Boundless Spirit31:04 · 53%
  6. Escalating Exposure33:01 · 31%

"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

3. Still Life54%
1. Living Ink42%
4. Abstract Landscape3%
2. Flow State1%

Abilities

1. Living Ink 25m

Against it: Keep head-on fights with Violet short

2. Flow State Radius 15m

Drag a brush that continues to travel forward, leaving a trail that grants bonus slide distance for allies and a fading slow and spirit damage to enemies it passes through, increased the further it travels. Re-activate the ability to flick the brush forward, ending the ability early but dealing spirit damage in a larger area.

Against it: Step out of the brush trail to avoid the slow

3. Still Life 25m

Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them. If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up. For each collected sketch, you permanently gain stats based on the hero.

Against it: Hide behind a wall to break line of sight and stop the sketch

4. Abstract Landscape Radius 18m

Create a circular display of ink that blocks vision and grants allies Spirit.Enemies inside are revealed, and leaving causes them to take spirit damage and suffer from Silence and slow, destroying the ink in the process.

Against it: Use the abilities you need before leaving the ink

Gun
Violet's gun

Single shot · Ammo 15 · 1.5 bullets/sec · DPS 46 · full damage to 20m, minimum from 64m

Playing against

  • When Still Life is on you, hide behind cover to break her line of sight
  • Pressure Violet so she can't pick up dropped sketches
  • Leaving the ink silences you, so use key abilities before you leave

Counter items

Debuff ReducerSpirit Resilience

Strengths

  • Grows permanently stronger as she collects sketches
  • Brush trail slows enemies and helps allies
  • Ultimate traps enemies and silences them when they leave

Weaknesses

  • Still Life needs her to keep looking at the target
  • Slow growth if she can't collect sketches
  • Little mobility, weak to ambushes

Game plan

Laning

Target enemy heroes with Still Life to collect sketches and poke with the brush.

Mid game

Grab sketches in every fight to keep raising your stats.

Late game

Trap enemies with Abstract Landscape and win fights with the ally Spirit buff.

Power spikes

Her stats rise permanently the more sketches she collects with Still Life. Abstract Landscape lets her cover a fight area in ink and silence enemies.

With them on your team

  • Slide on the brush trail to travel farther
  • Enemies inside the ink are revealed, so focus them together

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