Lane
5k≈ 6–9 minBuy
13%Mystic Shot1,600
12%Extra Health800
10%Extra Spirit800
17%Suppressor1,600Abilities
Builds
optimised by the simulator · generated 2026-10-23≥ 25% of offensive souls in each; vitality is free.
13%Mystic Shot1,60012%Extra Health80010%Extra Spirit80017%Suppressor1,600Early mid
12k≈ 13–16 minBuy next
19%Spirit Shredder1,600
11%Swift Striker1,600
24%Spirit Lifesteal1,600
60%ActiveRefresher6,400Sold:
Abilities
Mid game
20k≈ 20–24 minBuy next
8%Mystic Shot1,600
10%Battle Vest1,600
15%Enchanter's Emblem1,600
3%Extra Charge800
Upgrade9%Improved Spirit1,600
9%Mystic Vulnerability1,600Upgraded:
Abilities
Late game
32k≈ 30–35 minBuy next
16%ActiveBlood Tribute3,200
Upgrade13%Spirit Rend3,2006%Suppressor1,600
Upgrade12%Rapid Recharge3,200
Upgrade33%Escalating Exposure6,400Upgraded: Sold:
Sold: Abilities
Very late
45k≈ 40 min +Buy next
6%Mystic Shot1,600
13%Burst Fire3,200
Upgrade29%Boundless Spirit6,400
28%ActiveFocus Lens6,400Upgraded: Sold:
Sold: 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
Jar of Dead
4 charges
Passive: Collect death when anything dies nearby and store it in your Jar of Dead.
Active: Throw a jar to summon Deadheads that repeatedly deal
spirit damage to enemies.
Deadheads follow you instead if there's no nearby enemies, and prioritize the target of your weapon.
4
Deadheads
16
Damage
+0.25 × spirit power
- Search Range
- 7mscales with ability range
- Dash Range
- 15mscales with ability range
- Cast Delay
- 0.15s
- Charge Delay
- 13sscales with charge cooldown reduction
- 1Tier 1Collecting death heals 5 health per pickup
- 2Tier 2On Hit: Apply 24% Slow for 1s
- 5Tier 3+2 Deadheads
+4s Deadhead Lifetime
Partly simulated
• Assumes the jar is stocked with death (the duel has no deaths to collect): a jar every charge delay.
• Each deadhead hits once per target search (the average of its min and max search delay, sped up by fire rate) for its lifetime; ability accuracy covers deadheads that miss or get shot down.
• T1 heal on pickup and T2 slow 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
- ▲Health per boon increased from 33 to 35 2026-09-16
- ▲Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16 2026-07-09
- ▲Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps 2026-07-09
- ▼Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s 2026-07-09
- ▲Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s 2026-07-09
- •Essence Theft now procs from melee hits 2026-07-09
- ▲Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4 2026-07-09
- •Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed" 2026-07-09
- ▼Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration" 2026-07-09
- ▼Jar of Dead collection rate reduced by 20% (takes longer to gain a charge) 2026-06-12
- ▼Jar of Dead damage reduced from 17+0.27 to 16+0.25 2026-06-12
- ▲Jar of Dead bounty increased from 5+0.25/boon to 7+0.5/boon 2026-06-12
- ▼Grasping Hands T3 Immobilize duration reduced from +1s to +0.75s 2026-06-12
- ▼Jar of Dead damage reduced from 20 + 0.31/spirit to 17 + 0.27/spirit 2026-05-31
- ▼Ghouls damage reduced by 15% 2026-05-31
- ▲Ghouls bounty increased from 25+1/min to 35+2/min 2026-05-31
- ▲Sprint speed increased from 1.6 to 2.2 2026-05-22
- •Grasping Hands now spawns a ghoul in the base ability (T3 still increases it by 1) 2026-05-22
- •Updated dash ranges for Deadheads to be calculated from the center of Graves when they are following her 2026-05-22
- •Fixed Fire Rate buffs for Deadheads not being applied to their next attack, but only on subsequent attacks 2026-05-22
- •Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash through veils 2026-05-22
- •Fixed Deadheads being unable to dash to targets at the very end of your attack range when they are in follow mode 2026-05-22
- •Fixed Deadhead's damage taken from bullets being unaffected by fall-off 2026-05-22
- ▲Added 0.1s buffer duration for Deadheads losing line-of-sight before they stop following an enemy 2026-05-22
- •Fixed Deadheads becoming inactive if Graves dies while they are following her 2026-05-22
- ▼Jar of Dead spirit scaling reduced from 0.35 to 0.31 (they are better at dealing damage now) 2026-05-22
- ▲Increased speed & acceleration of Deadheads only when they are following Graves - doesn't affect in-combat 2026-05-22
- •Fixed certain projectiles (i.e Gray Talon's Bird) colliding with Deadheads 2026-05-22
- •Update Grave's melee to also set the dash target for Deadheads 2026-05-22
- ▼Bullet damage and growth reduced by -10% 2026-05-22
- •Grasping Hands is now set up to work through proper alternate cast methods and be more responsive 2026-03-06
- ▼Grasping Hands Immobilize duration reduced from 1.5s to 1.25s 2026-03-06
- ▲Grasping Hands cooldown reduced from 38s to 34s 2026-03-06
- ▲Grasping Hands T2 changed from "+0.75s Immobilize Duration" to "+90 Damage and +10m Wall Length" 2026-03-06
- ▲Grasping Hands T3 changed from "+15m Wall Length and -10s Cooldown" to "+1s Immobilize Duration and -12s Cooldown" 2026-03-06
- ▲Jar of Dead spirit scaling increased from 0.25 to 0.35 2026-03-06
- ▲Jar of Dead health per boon increased from 1 to 1.3 2026-03-06
- •Jar of Dead fixed colliding with the world sometimes 2026-03-06
- •Jar of Dead T2 now increases duration by +4s 2026-03-06
- ▼Grasping Hands deploy time reduced from 0.7s to 0.6s 2026-03-06
- •Grasping Hands T3 changed from "+1s Immobilize and -12s Cooldown" to "+1s Immobilize and +2 Ghouls Summoned" 2026-03-06
- •Essence Theft T3 fixed to latch onto targets nearby more readily 2026-03-06
- •Borrowed Decree now summons 2 Ghouls on cast 2026-03-06
- ▼Borrowed Decree T3 no longer summons 3 Ghouls on cast 2026-03-06
- ▲Borrowed Decree T3 increased from +5% Current Health to +6% 2026-03-06
Weapon
The Teacher- Bullet damage
- 3.6
- Fire rate
- 9.8 /s
- Magazine
- 40
- Reload
- 2.8 s
- Falloff
- 8–17 m
- Headshot
- ×1.65
- DPS
- 35.3 / 20.9
Base stats
- Health
- 730
- Health regen
- 1
- Move speed
- 7
- Sprint speed
- 2.2
- Stamina
- 2
- Light melee
- 50
- Heavy melee
- 116
- Headshot damage taken
- 1
Per boon
- Bullet damage
- +0.054
- Health
- +35
- 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
- The Teacher can't headshot and has no damage falloff (deadlock.wiki "Graves"); its build-up (Essence Theft) still uses the falloff range.
- It attaches to the target closest to the reticle; there are no match statistics for it, so accuracy defaults to the lock-on rate (assumption accuracy).
- Its "double damage every 13 consecutive shots" isn't in the data and is not modelled; nor is its max tether range.