Deadlock Lady Geist build guide

The Deadlock Lady Geist build guide is what veterans might be looking for in Valve’s new shooter. Lady Geist is definitely high-risk high-reward, and with the proper build, you can dominate high MMR gameplay with ease. Lady Geist’s character design suits her name. She has a witch-like appearance with white hair, fancy clothes, and emerald jewelry. She has a mystical green right hand, probably from casting spells, and she wields a revolver in the other.

Lady Geist is for the high MMR players out there. As a new Deadlock player, you might not value her kit and might often pay a big penalty for misuse of her abilities. However, with the proper knowledge of her mechanics and a good Deadlock Lady Geist build, you can certainly dominate your opponents.

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How to play Lady Geist in Deadlock

Deadlock Lady Geist gameplay (Image via Valve)

Lady Geist in Deadlock is all about damage and life steal at the cost of health. Essence bomb and Life Drain achieve these effects directly. Malice is more of a support ability whereas Soul Exchange goes all out with the health swap concept. To learn more about the best Deadlock Lady Geist build, you must first know her abilities.

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Deadlock Lady Geist build: Abilities explained

• Essence Bomb - She sacrifices a portion of her health to throw a bomb that deals damage after 0.5s. (Cooldown is 10.4s)
• Life Drain - Lady Geist creates a tether to drain enemy health and heal herself. The target must be in her line of sight and within 30m range. She can still shoot and use other abilities during the drain but her movement speed is reduced by half. (Cooldown is 42s)
• Malice - She sacrifices some of her health to launch a blood shard that applies a stack of Malice (5 maximum stacks). Each stack slows down the enemy and applies a damage amplifier. (Cooldown is 6.2s)
• Soul Exchange - She swaps her health level with an enemy Hero. (Cooldown is 169s)

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Deadlock Lady Geist build: Items explained

Items for Deadlock Lady Geist build (Image via Valve)

Multiple items in The Curiosity Shop can improve your Deadlock Lady Geist build. Pick them according to your need and their cost in the early, mid, and late games to maximize her potential and get your preferred Deadlock Lady Geist build.

1) Early game

The basic items to buy for Deadlock Lady Geist build during the early game:

• Headshot Booster: +5% Fire rate, +40 Bullet Shield Health, Passive - Deal bonus Weapon Damage (+40) with headshots. Passive has a cooldown of 7.4s.
• High-Velocity Mag: +30% Bullet Velocity, +12% Weapon Damage, +50 Bullet Shield Health.
• Extra Regen: +2.8 Health Regen, +8% Ammo, +25 Bonus Health.
• Enduring Spirit: +75 Bonus Health, +8% Spirit Lifesteal, +4 Spirit Power.
• Extra Stamina: +1 Stamina, +10% Stamina Recovery, +7% Fire Rate.
• Sprint Boots: +2m/s Sprint Speed, +1 Health Regen, +4% Weapon Damage.
• Mystic Reach: +16% Ability Range, +6% Spirit Resist
• Mystic Burst: +40 Spirit Shield Health, +6% Weapon Damage, 35 bonus Spirit Damage for abilities dealing 80 or more damage in a single hit (Passive - cooldown of 6.2s).

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2) Mid game

The basic items to buy for Deadlock Lady Geist build during the mid game:

• Mystic Shot: +12% Weapon Damage, +4 Spirit Power, Passive - Your next bullet deals bonus Spirit Damage (+69). Passive has a cooldown of 5.2s.
• Soul Shredder Bullets: +7% Weapon Damage, Passive - Your bullets apply a debuff that amplifies your Spirit Damage (10%) and grants you Spirit Lifesteal (+20%). Debuff lasts for 6s.
• Healbane: +75 Bonus Health, Passive - Your Spirit Damage applies (-40%) healing reduction and you get a large heal (350) if an enemy Hero dies under this effect.
• Spirit Lifesteal: +23% Spirit Lifesteal, +75 Bonus Health
• Enduring Speed: +1.4m/s Move Speed, +2m/s Sprint Speed, +75 Bonus Health, +1.5 Health Regen, Passive - Reduces the effect of enemy Movement slow by 40%.
• Improved Cooldown: +16% Cooldown reduction, +1.5 Health Regen.
• Mystic Vulnerability: +6% Spirit Resist, Passive - When the target takes Spirit damage they receive (-12%) Spirit Resist for 6s.
• Suppressor: +50 Bonus health, +2.5 Health Regen, +4 Spirit Sower, Passive - When you deal Spirit damage, you also apply Fire rate slow (25%) for 2s.
• Headhunter: +50% Bullet Velocity, +15% Weapon damage, +150 Bullet Shield Health, (+140 Bonus Headshot Damage, 8% Heal per Headshot, +2m/s Move Speed for 3s with a 6s cooldown - Passive).
• Warp Stone (Active): +20% Weapon Damage, +8 Spirit Power. Upon activation, 11m teleport range, +30% Bullet Resist (for 5s) - cooldown of 16s.
• Improved Spirit Armor: +45% Spirit Resist, +8 Spirit Power.
• Improved Burst: +100 Spirit Shield Health, +8% Weapon Damage, Passive - Abilities deal bonus Spirit Damage (9% max health bonus damage) if they deal 125 or more damage in a single hit. (Cooldown of Passive is 5s)
• Improved Reach: +35% Imbued ability range, +25% Non-imbued ability range, +12% Spirit Resist, +8 Spirit Power.
• Mystic Slow: +100 Bonus Health, +3 Health Regen, +6 Spirit Power, Passive - When a target takes Spirit Damage, they get reduced Movement speed (30%) and Fire rate (40%) for 2s.
• Superior Cooldown: +32% Imbued ability cooldown reduction, +24% Non-Imbued ability cooldown reduction, +4 Health Regen.

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3) Late game

The basic items to buy for Deadlock Lady Geist build during the late game:

• Frenzy: +12 Ammo, +30% Weapon Damage, +200 Bonus Health, Passive - When below 40% Health, gain 4m/s Movement Speed, +40% Fire rate, and +45% Spirit Resist.
• Spiritual Overflow: +20% Fire rate, +15% Cooldown reduction, +10% Spirit Lifesteal, Passive - Gain bonus Spirit power (+45 and 27% buildup per shot) by charging up with your bullets on enemy Heroes. Duration is 18s.
• Leech: +35% Spirit Lifesteal, +35% Bullet Lifesteal, +175 Bonus Health, +12 Spirit Power, +15% Weapon Damage
• Unstoppable (Active): +150 Bonus Health, +15% Spirit Resist, +1m/s Move Speed, +12 Spirit Power. Once activated, suppress negative status effects and become immune to Stun, Silence, Sleep, Root, and Disarm for 6s. The cooldown time is 64s.
• Escalating Exposure: +15% Spirit Resist, +125 Bonus Health, -15% Spirit Resist on Spirit Damage, Passive - Dealing Spirit Damage applies a stacking spirit amplifier (+6% per stack) that increases your Spirit Damage for 15s (0.7s max frequency per target).
• Mystic Reverb: +15% Spirit Lifesteal, +15% Spirit Resist, +15% Ability range, Passive - Imbue an ability to apply slow in a radius (18.4m) around the target (50% Movement slow) and deal an additional percentage (40%) of the damage dealt to enemies around the target after a short delay (3s) (Cooldown of Passive is 6.2s).

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Lady Geist is an incredible Hero when played correctly. Moreover, with the proper use of items during the early, mid, and late game, you can create your preferred Deadlock Lady Geist build and achieve high-frag games in top-tier lobbies.

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