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McGinnis
Controls the battle with combat turrets

Precise placement is everything for McGinnis, whether she's creating a killzone or splitting the enemy team. She can help keep her team running making them hard to dislodge when entrenched.

McGinnis
Controls the battle with combat turrets

Precise placement is everything for McGinnis, whether she's creating a killzone or splitting the enemy team. She can help keep her team running making them hard to dislodge when entrenched.

Description

Build by: Elendilli Twitch.tv/Elendilli
This build focuses on maxing ultimate which deals infinity damage (Midboss pit is our best place to use it). Turrets are secondary to ult but turrets still scale really well into mid/late game so they are super annoying for enemies. Maxing Turrets 1st is generally not a good idea. Learn how to pilot ult with movement tech for maximum advantage.

Item Build

Early Mid

Buy Left to Right. Buy Compress CD when ult is on cooldown. Enduring Speed is core. Max ULT 1st.

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Monster Rounds

PUSH WAVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

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Extra Spirit

Buy first and our healing becomes very high and good for ult build later. So good sustain in lane from heal and good later for ult.

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Extra Charge

In lane use them to shove wave. YOu can now spawn turrets to push the wave unlike before because we have so many charges from the T2 upgrade. Spam turrets if you are near max charges for info on map.

Deadlock Item

II

Improved Spirit

Even more heal from Healing Specter with Improved Spirit. Sets up for Boundless purchase later into the game.

Deadlock Item

II

Mystic Slow

Slows down enemies hit by wall and turrets even more allowing your ally or your ultimate to deal more consistent damage. Builds into Lightning scroll later.

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Imbue [E]

Mystic Expansion

Imbued on ultimate by default to make the AoE gigantic. Remember to buy Compress CDR on ult if it's on cooldown before this.

Deadlock Item

II

Enchanter's Emblem

S tier item this patch because spirit damage is META. This provides offensive and defensive bonuses the best of both worlds + CDR.

Deadlock Item

II

Imbue [E]

Compress Cooldown

Make sure your ult is on cooldown before you buy it (so it can be immediately useful as opposed to buying it while ult is not on CD).

Deadlock Item

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Enduring Speed

Our best item for mobility during ultimate. A must buy item if doing ult build. Remember, you can climb stuff then mantle boost during ult which bypasses the ult self slow.

Spirit lane / Gun lane

Mid Late

Buy LIGHTNING SCROLL ONLY if they have channelled abilities, if not SKIP it for BOUNDLESS - VERY IMPORTANT.

Deadlock Item

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Mystic Vulnerability

Buy early to apply your third debuff when spirit damage is applied via mainly ultimate, but turrets and wall can too. Your teammates also benefit from this reduction on enemies.

Deadlock Item

IV

Lightning Scroll

Buy ONLY if enemies have channeled spells like Dynamo Ult, Haze ult, Mo&K Ult, Seven Ult (before he ults) etc..

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Boundless Spirit

Buy this item if you skipped Lightning Scroll because there aren't many channelled ults or buy after Lightning Scroll for more ultimate dmg. Boundless+Vuln is better than Escalating Exposure

Deadlock Item

III

Stamina Mastery

Allows you to air dash move across the map & scale buildings or maneuver your ult against close range enemies with more air dashes, jumps etc... BEST ITEM EVER.

Deadlock Item

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Imbue [E]

Duration Extender

Extremely efficient duration for its cost on the turrets. Allows you to have a significant amount of turrets at one time. Remember to spread' em if enemy has AoE but also your Heal AoE is GIGANTIC.

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Duration

Buy when you want your turrets to last very long duration especially useful for base defense or midboss setup. More efficient to just have Duration Extender, but if you want to upgrade buy this.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Unstoppable

Buy when enemies keep stunning you out of your ult. ALWAYS use unstoppable before ulting. Sometimes use METAL SKIN before ulting too. Pairs well w/ sup duration.

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III

Greater Expansion

Buy when you want turrets to have very high ability range to attack from very far distances. Also applies to heal and ult AoE.

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Active

Refresher

Buy when you have placed all your turrets/heal and YOU are about to end the game. Place another batch of turrets and another ultimate. Good for base defense or sieges after using up all cooldowns

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Escalating Exposure

BOUNDLESS + VULN IS BETTER thats why this item is so far back. Buy this super late game for turrets more than ult since boundless + vuln is BETTER always.

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Superior Cooldown

Gives CDR on all abilities which is super important when u need CDR on ULT and TURRETS too.

Turret Items / Utility (Not required, optional items)

You can mantle during ult (zip too). Sliding (crouch) removes ult self-slow penalty

Deadlock Item

III

Rapid Recharge

We have 2 charges on T2 turrets now so this isn't exactly required all the time now. It will take a long time to place x5 turrets while it coolsdown and you get another so x6 etc..

Deadlock Item

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Healbane

Buy this when nobody on your team has Healbane and you desperately need anti-heal. Turrets and ult even wall can apply this.

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III

Active

Alchemical Fire

OUR WAVE/LANE/TROOPER CLEAR IS SOOOO BAD that this item will do it for us. And we can use it before ulting for our teammates + high burn damage.

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Active

Healing Nova

If you have Healing Tempo you can give your allies AND TURRETS the TEMPO buff without using Healing Specter.

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Active

Heroic Aura

Fire rate for turrets. Indespensible for turrets during MIDBOSS or BASE DEFENSE. Remember to spread turrets the AoE for Heroic is decently big.

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Healing Booster

Good. From 2% heal to 2.4% heal.

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Healing Tempo

Buy this to ultra buff turret fire rate especially in areas like Midboss or other areas where you have setup turrets. Healing Nova can also apply Tempo to turrets instead of your Specter.

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IV

Imbue [E]

Active

Echo Shard

Buy this for x2 wall to block and summon x4 turrets. Super annoying. The reason we don't use on turrets or heal is cuz wall is best value this patch.

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IV

Transcendent Cooldown

Superior Cooldown does the job just fine. The only time you consider TransCD is when you need item cooldowns.

Situational

Cultist for 4800 gun (optional). Healbane for cheap anti-heal for turrets, Metal Skin for bullet-heavy enemies.

Deadlock Item

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Intensifying Magazine

Buy if you think that you can get away with gun in the lane. Your goal when you buy this is you will shoot the enemy a lot with your gun + take guardian faster after 5 min.

Deadlock Item

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Active Reload

Reload with lifesteal. Buy this sometimes along with Intensifying Mag to play gun in lane to have more lane presence (and objective damage).

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Active

Cultist Sacrifice

Buy this for wave clear and not for the Ablity Range. Very good item I buy it cuz I often heavy melee + shoot the waves often and still takes forever to kill. This solves clear1 better than Alch Fire.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Metal Skin

Buy this against Heroes like Vyper or Haze ult. With Transcendent Cooldown, Metal Skin is 14 cd which is very low. Superior Duration increases makes this go from 5s to 6.4s (HUGE DIFF).

Deadlock Item

III

Spirit Resilience

We usually don't need this item unless the enemy team has 5 or more spirit Heroes.

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III

Active

Warp Stone

Warp stone is very good for scaling buildings or getting out of bad situations. Can go further depending on ability range items as well.

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III

Veil Walker

its a secret

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Cheat Death

Buy when you need to cast all your spells before dying. Cheat death duration can also be increased with duration items to ensure you cast ALL your spells before dying (or escape!).

Deadlock Item

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Juggernaut

Good if you have too much money and no slots.

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Active

Golden Goose Egg

Buy after shoving the wave (dont always buy 1st think ok). Basically USE/HATCH at minute 10:01 for MAXIMUM value (buffs upgrade at 10:00). Generally you pop this around ~10-20 for your next 6400 item.

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Active

Slowing Hex

Buy against enemies like Wraith or Dynamo or Stamina abusers like Celeste to prevent them from escaping which essentially forces them to make Magic Dispel.

Deadlock Item

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Arcane Surge

Arcane Surge before using Ult and Heal (if maxed, otherwise don't bother) and late game for turrets, especially effective during base defense or base sieges.

Deadlock Item

IV

Spirit Burn

Buy when you need severe anti-heal and they have no sign of debuff remover. You can't reliaby target whoever you want with spirit burn unless you ult.

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Active

Vortex Web

Vortex enemies, press unstoppable if you grabbed a few, ult them.

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Active

Cursed Relic

Hatecrime someone.

Ability Point Order

Mini Turret

Medicinal Specter

Spectral Wall

Heavy Barrage

1

1

2

5

1

1

2

5

2

5

2

5

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