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.
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.
A spirit/support build with a heavy focus on spamming turrets and providing support to your allies.
Latest Updates:
4-July: ARE WE BACK?? Made some surface-level adjustments to accommodate for new cooldown item and spirit item changes.
Monster Rounds first generally for faster wave clear, then either Extra Spirit for your specter or Extra Stamina for better mobility, then buy what you need for the situation.
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Monster Rounds
For counter pushing in lane
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Extra Stamina
I just really love sliding.
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Extra Charge
Be wary about early turret spam, as they always give souls now without the brief immortal period
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Extra Regen
Necessary for lane sustain now we don't have bullet resist. Also good for Healing Tempo prep
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Mystic Regeneration
This can activate Healing Tempo hehehe
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Healing Booster
Extra regen discount makes this a decent lane item
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Extra Health
Fortitude my beloved
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Imbue [E]
Mystic Expansion
Having to imbue makes this item very niche, but sniper turrets are pretty neat
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Headshot Booster
Is THIS the secret to keeping Infernus and other pokers off your back?? Need more data!
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Melee Lifesteal
Sometimes ya just gotta brawl it out.
Emblem first defensively, Compdown first offensively. Healbane vs high sustain targets, suppressor vs gunners, Mystic Slow preferable for turret/barrage debuff stacking.
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Enchanter's Emblem
Great lane finisher, sell later to make room for something situational
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Imbue [E]
Compress Cooldown
Imbue on turrets
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Mystic Slow
Hold 'em down, hold 'em down
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Healbane
If the enemy team has a lot of sustain (e.g. Abrams, Infernus, Mo & Krill), you'll want this and Inhibitor.
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Debuff Reducer
I just really hate infernus and abrams lol
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Rebuttal
UNO Reverse dat Viscoos
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Enduring Speed
Anti-Kelvin countering, upgrades into anti-gun countering
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Stamina Mastery
Escapism
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Backstabber
funni budget toxic bullets
Use turrets to establish a supporting fire backline for team fights, or to defend your objectives or siege their objectives. Get Transcendent if you're buying a lot of active items or want more turret spam power, otherwise Healing Tempo will be a strong boon for you, your turrets, your troopers, and your teammates.
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Rapid Recharge
Doesn't give cooldown, sadly, but still great combo with Healing Tempo and Boundless Spirit
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Superior Cooldown
Get this first to dispell the imbuing
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Radiant Regeneration
Toss out a turret to benefit from Healing Tempo
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Imbue [E]
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Echo Shard
It's so expensive it's hard to justify buying late game :(
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Boundless Spirit
Just a Spirit topper now, still good for Specter boosting
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Lightning Scroll
Since Wall tends to be maxxed last, buying this to put Stun on Barrage is very useful.
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Healing Tempo
This item is, honestly, overpowered regardless of what you're building.
After your first T4 purchase, figure out what role you need to play for your team and buy from these cats appropriately. I prefer Heroic Aura, Bullet Resilience, and Escalating Exposure myself, for tanky support.
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Juggernaut
This annd Bullet Resilience are all you're gonna need for bullet resist
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Greater Expansion
Get this to undo the imbuing earlier, very important for specter boosting
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Active
Heroic Aura
Passive applies to troopers, turrets, and ally heroes. Very useful.
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Active
Healing Nova
In case of specter deniers or just to push waves
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Spirit Shredder Bullets
Resist debuff instead of spirit amp makes this a great support item
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Mystic Vulnerability
We go hard on spirit damage this game
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Fortitude
CHERISH ALWAYS
A semi-arbitrary list of items to buy if you need to counter a specific hero. Check annotations for specifics.
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Active
Curse
Desperation buy
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Toxic Bullets
Need more healing reduction
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Knockdown
Interrupts powerful channelers or flyers
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Active
Ethereal Shift
Can be used to juke Lash ults, otherwise useful to supercharge your spirit at the start of an ult-heavy teamfight
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Silencer
Now that the spirit reduction doesn't have a cooldown, this is a great support gun item.
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Inhibitor
Get this to impede hyper carries
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Blood Tribute
A toggle to dramatically reduce debuffs
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Unstoppable
For Rejuv punching and Lash/other CC countering
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Plated Armor
To deter on-hit-effect-heavy gunners
Find me on the Deadlock discord, I'm a regular in #mcginnis. I also stream on twitch.tv/zippydasquirrel. Below are items I've been experimenting with lately.
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