Deadlock Vitality items: What are they, how to use, and best Vitality items

The Deadlock Vitality items are crucial for a player's survival throughout a match. There are three types of items in Deadlock: Weapon, Vitality, and Spirit. Of these, Vitality is the only one that focuses on improving the hero's statistics. Depending on the game phase and type of character, picking the right items is the key to winning.

On that note, here's everything you need to know about the Deadlock Vitality items.

Note: This article is subjective and based on the writer's opinions. The values and items mentioned in this guide are valid as of the major patch dated September 12, 2024. Things are likely to change with the title's official public release.

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Everything about the Deadlock Vitality items

1) What are Vitality items?

All Deadlock Vitality items (Image via Valve)

Vitality is one of the three categories in The Curiosity Shop. Items in this category are designed to boost your survivability by enhancing key stats like Maximum Health, Health Regeneration, Bullet Resistance, and Stamina Cooldown of your character. Additionally, there are special Active items that grant extra abilities, adding more depth to your gameplay.

The price of such items ranges from 500 to 6,300 Souls at the shop. Here's how to buy them:

• Head on to The Curiosity Shop at the spawn or your Guardian's location.
• Press "E" to interact and enter the shop.
• Click the "Vitality" tab from the top.
• Hover on the items to see what they do and click to purchase them.

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2) How to use?

Most Deadlock Vitality items do not require a key bind to function. Only those with an "Active" tag with their name have to be assigned one of the following buttons to be used: Z, X, C, V.

While all the items have a base effect, depending on the type of item, some of them also have passive and situational effects.

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3) Best Vitality items

Here are the best Deadlock Vitality items that work well with all characters in the game:

• Enduring Spirit: +75 Bonus Health, +8% Spirit Lifesteal, +4 Spirit Power.
• Extra Health: +160 Bonus Health, +5% Weapon Damage.
• Healing Rite (Active): +45 bonus health. Upon activation, 370 Total Health Regen, +2m/s Sprint Speed (17s Duration for a 30m Cast Range).
• Bullet Lifesteal: +28% Bullet Lifesteal, +75 Bonus Health.
• Enduring Speed: +1.4m/s Move Speed, +2m/s Sprint Speed, +75 Bonus Health, +1.5 Health Regen, +40% Movement Slow Resist.
• Spirit Armor: +20% Spirit Resist, +5 Spirit Power.
• Spirit Lifesteal: +23% Spirit Lifesteal, +75 Bonus Health.
• Health Nova (Active): +10% Weapon Damage, +100 Bonus Health, +4 Spirit Power. Upon activation, 260 Total HP Regen (2s Duration).
• Restorative Locket (Active): +8% Spirit Resist, +5 Spirit Power. Upon activation, Consume all stacks to heal the ally. If used at max stacks, replenishes a stamina point on the target.
• Debuff Remover (Active): +125 Bonus Health, +20% Weapon Damage. Upon activation, +3m/s Movement Speed (3s Duration).
• Inhibitor: +25% Weapon Damage, +175 Bonus Health. Passively, gives 25% Movement Slow, and -35% Damage Penalty.
• Leech: +35% Spirit Lifesteal, +35% Bullet Lifesteal, +175 Bonus Health, +12 Spirit Power, +15% Weapon Damage.
• Phantom Strike (Active): +15% Bullet Resist, +30% Weapon Damage. Upon activation, Teleport to an enemy target, applying Disarm, Slow, and dealing damage, 50% Movement Slow, and 150 Damage (3s Duration).

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So, these are the best Deadlock Vitality items. It is recommended to sell your early items and collect Souls to afford expensive items during late games. Moreover, try not to buy a lot of Active items, as you will have too many keys to press, which will make gameplay too complicated.

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