Lane
5k≈ 6–9 minBuy
14%Mystic Shot1,600
24%ActiveCold Front1,600
25%Improved Spirit1,600Abilities
Assassin · Spreadshot
Apollo
FinesseMobilityA Cut Above
Builds
optimised by the simulator · generated 2026-10-23≥ 25% of offensive souls in each; vitality is free.
14%Mystic Shot1,60024%ActiveCold Front1,60025%Improved Spirit1,600Early mid
12k≈ 13–16 minBuy next
5%Extra Health800
13%Battle Vest1,600
17%Enchanter's Emblem1,600
14%Spirit Lifesteal1,600
19%Mystic Vulnerability1,600Abilities
Mid game
20k≈ 20–24 minBuy next
9%Spirit Shredder1,600
15%ActiveAlchemical Fire3,200
15%ActiveDecay3,200Sold:
Abilities
Late game
32k≈ 30–35 minBuy next
Upgrade8%Spirit Rend3,200
9%Torment Pulse3,200
Upgrade26%Escalating Exposure6,400
22%ActiveFocus Lens6,400Upgraded: Sold:
Sold: Abilities
Very late
45k≈ 40 min +Buy next
7%Toxic Bullets3,200
Upgrade22%ActiveArctic Blast6,400
Upgrade26%Boundless Spirit6,400Upgraded:
Abilities
Each phase lists what to buy since the previous one; the % on a card is how much of the build's score you lose without it. Lit pips under an ability are its upgrade tiers (green: new in this phase). Hover anything for details.
How builds are chosen
For each net worth, the optimiser searches items and ability upgrades that maximise the score: damage per second against the reference enemy × effective health^weight, averaged over short, standard and long fights, each both fresh and mid-match (long cooldowns still recovering from the previous fight). Each checkpoint starts from the previous one's items, so the builds read as a path.
Gun, spirit and hybrid differ only in where the offensive souls go. The fight assumptions (accuracy, distance, the target…) are on the Data page and adjustable in the simulator.
Abilities
Ability 1
Disengaging Sigil
12s
Draw a sigil sphere in front of you and then leap backwards as it explodes, damaging and slowing enemies caught in it.
85
Damage
+1.3 × spirit power
24%
Move Speed
- Slow Duration
- 4sscales with ability duration
- Radius
- 6.5mscales with ability range
- Cast Delay
- 0.5s
- 1Tier 1Gain +25% Fire Rate and +25% Bullet Speed for 8s
- 2Tier 2On Player Hit: +1 stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit
- 5Tier 3Can be Recast within 4s
Fully simulated
• From T3 the sigil is recast once for a second hit.
• The leap back (mobility), slow, T1 bullet speed and T2 stamina are not scored.
Values are base values with their scaling; the simulator shows them at a chosen net worth and build.
Growth without items
HealthGun DPS ×10Spirit power ×10
Value by net worth
Boons come with net worth; gun DPS is every bullet hitting at close range, no headshots. Items and investment bonuses come on top (see builds).
Patch history
- ▲Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% 2026-08-12
- ▼Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" 2026-08-12
- ▲Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s 2026-08-12
- •Fixed Itani Lo Sahn being canceled with movement abilities 2026-08-12
- ▲Riposte base stun duration increased from 0.6s to 0.8s 2026-07-28
- ▲Riposte T3 changed from +1.6s Stun Duration to +60% Bullet, Spirit and Melee Lifesteal against the target for 7s 2026-07-28
- ▲Riposte T1 increased from -7s Cooldown to -8s 2026-06-30
- ▲Riposte grace window to target after channel increased from +1s to +1.3s 2026-06-30
- ▲Riposte cast range increased from 25m to 35m 2026-06-30
- ▲Riposte targeting angle increased from 70 to 90 2026-06-30
- ▲Flawless Advance Heal on hero hit spirit scaling increased from 1 to 1.3 2026-06-30
- ▲Itani Lo Sahn T3 increased from +40% Bonus Damage to +50% 2026-06-30
- ▲Disengaging Sigil velocity increased by 50% 2026-06-12
- ▼Disengaging Sigil velocity's vertical:horizontal ratio changed from 1.5:1 to 1:1 2026-06-12
- •Disengaging Sigil now allows input to alter the direction apollo launches himself (A/D biases to the left/right and W/S affect how much backwards motion is applied 2026-06-12
- ▼Disengaging Sigil T1 changed from "+30 Damage" to "Gain +25% Fire Rate and Bullet Speed for 8s" 2026-06-12
- ▼Disengaging Sigil T2 changed from "Gain +30% Fire Rate and +50% Bullet Speed for 10s" to "On Player Hit: +1 Stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit" 2026-06-12
- ▲Disengaging Sigil T3 changed from "On Player Hit: +2 stamina restored and reset Air Jump/Dash limit" to "Recast within 4s" 2026-06-12
- •Flawless Advance now allows Apollo to parry during it 2026-06-12
- ▲Disengaging Sigil T2 increased from +20% Fire Rate to +30% 2026-05-31
- ▲Flawless Advance T1 heal from 30+0.75 to 35+1.0 2026-05-31
- ▲Flawless Advance T2 increased from -10s Cooldown to -12s 2026-05-31
- ▲Itani Lo Sahn damage increased from 190 to 200 2026-05-31
- ▲Itani Lo Sahn spirit scaling increased from 2.3 to 2.6 2026-05-31
- ▲Improved the hero's hitboxes (easier to hit) 2026-05-22
- ▼Base regen reduced from 2 to 1 2026-05-22
- ▼Riposte no longer automatically dashes. It now grants you a sub ability immediately to target the hero you want to jump to for a brief duration (can target the enemy before the parry to buffer it). Cast range is 25m. 2026-05-22
- ▼Riposte no longer triggers on damage auras (things like Flame Dash) 2026-05-22
- ▼Riposte no longer triggers off of objective damage 2026-05-22
- ▼Flawless Advance hitbox reduced by 10% 2026-05-22
- ▼Disengaging Sigil base damage reduced from 100 to 85 2026-04-30
- •Fixed Riposte not leaving the ground when started on the ground 2026-03-06
- ▼Riposte no longer triggers from trooper or neutral damage 2026-03-06
- ▼Flawless Advance T2 no longer increases Apollo's lunge speed 2026-03-06
- •Flawless Advance now gets interrupted by stun and sleep 2026-03-06
- ▼Itani Lo Sahn base damage reduced from 225 to 190 and spirit scaling increased from 1.6 to 2.3 2026-03-06
- ▼Itani Lo Sahn's hit width no longer scales with radius increases 2026-03-06
- •Flawless Advance T3 now also increases Apollo's attacking lunge speed 2026-03-06
- ▲Bullet damage increased from 17 to 18.5 2026-03-06
- ▲Riposte T2 melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -30% 2026-03-06
- ▲Riposte T3 increased from +1.2s Stun to +1.6s 2026-03-06
Weapon
Pride of Ixia- Bullet damage
- 18.5
- Fire rate
- 2.63 /s
- Magazine
- 15
- Reload
- 2.5 s
- Falloff
- 25–25 m
- Headshot
- ×1.65
- DPS
- 48.7 / 33.8
Base stats
- Health
- 770
- Health regen
- 1
- Move speed
- 7.2
- Sprint speed
- 1.6
- Stamina
- 3
- Light melee
- 63
- Heavy melee
- 116
- Headshot damage taken
- 1
Per boon
- Bullet damage
- +0.825
- Alt-fire bullet damage
- +0.5
- Health
- +45
- Melee damage
- +1.58
- Spirit power
- +1.1
35 boons in all, the last at 49.2k souls.
Investment bonuses
| Souls | Weapon dmg | Base health | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 | +9% | +9% | +7 |
| 1.6k | +12% | +12% | +11 |
| 2.4k | +15% | +15% | +15 |
| 3.2k | +18% | +20% | +19 |
| 4.8k | +46% | +38% | +38 |
| 6.4k | +54% | +42% | +45 |
| 8k | +62% | +46% | +52 |
| 11.2k | +74% | +50% | +59 |
| 16k | +86% | +54% | +66 |
| 22.4k | +100% | +60% | +75 |
| 28.8k | +115% | +66% | +100 |
Souls spent in a category (each owned item's full price) unlock the highest tier reached. The biggest step is at 4.8k; after it each tier adds less per soul (weapon: +17.5% per 1k souls up to it, +5% per 1k to the next), so piling souls into one category has diminishing returns. Builds and tier lists include it.
Model notes
- Pride of Ixia has no damage falloff (deadlock.wiki; its data has a zero-width falloff band) and deals no damage beyond its max range; its alt-fire is not modelled.