Vindicta has the mobility to engage at her leisure, picking at her prey and bleeding them out slowly. Injured enemies at any distance should fear being picked off when she is on the map.
Vindicta has the mobility to engage at her leisure, picking at her prey and bleeding them out slowly. Injured enemies at any distance should fear being picked off when she is on the map.
Description
A very wordy build influenced by playing a lot of Vyper. Feedback is welcome.
Item Build
Foreword
Vyper's Lethal Venom is powerful enough that it seems like you should invest in it. In my opinion, this isn't worth it. Focusing entirely on your gun and letting the last Lethal Venom upgrade inflict itself automatically has worked substantially better in my experience. Note: items are listed in rough order of priority, but you kind of just have to play it by feel.
Lane
Vyper in lane can be tough. Focus on playing passively, stealing souls, and whittling people down. Don't hesitate to be more of a support early on. Once you have the extra stam from Slither lvl 2, you can get more aggressive. It's usually worth it to jump people if they're low just to Venom them, then escape.
500
Makes a big difference early on
1250
Self-explanatory
1250
Mobility and fire rate is dope.
500
Vyper is fragile as fuck and this helps our weapon damage along some more.
500
Slither level 2 gives you free stamina. Speed helps you resist movement slows, get away easier, & be harder to track sliding.
1250
Put on dagger. Hitting ppl is just a bonus here. The fire rate bonus and instant reload is the point.
1250
Critical for mid-to-late game. Won't help much early on. Prioritize over Healing Rite if you're carrying more in lane.
1250
You will be more or less forced to take this at some point. Take Enchanter's Barrier early on if you're getting stomped by spirit dmg
1750
Movement slow resist is rad
1250
Bullet resist nerfs you tremendously. Inflicting consistent spirit damage can be hard with this build, though.
Lane Optionals
Healing Rite is usually not truly optional. Upgrade it to Healing Nova if your lane partner is pulling more weight than you and needs healing.
500
Try to get Close Quarters first. Helps support your bud and clear waves very quickly.
500
Sell shortly after leaving lane.
1750
Sell shortly after leaving lane.
1750
Incredibly useful. Before you get insane damage in the mid-to-late game, you're going to struggle to finish people off. This helps.
1250
Good for high-sustain heros like Abrams, but the second Lethal Venom upgrade already gives a healing redunction.
1250
Helpful in lane & the early game. Once you get into longer team fights, Spirit Armor overshadows this.
Mid
Intensifying Magazine is the priority. After that, you just have to play it by feel.
3000
Incredibly critical. Probably the most important item in the build. Before this item, you're going to struggle with damage.
3500
This is deceptively useful. It is responsible for a big chunk of your damage, gives movement slow, & free stamina.
3000
Sell Swift Striker if you need to. This is a (nearly) strict upgrade.
3500
Prioritize this if you're constantly needing to leave or avoid team fights due to your low health. The regen helps enormously.
4250
Not a priority. Frees up a orange/flex slot. The other bonuses are rad, too, like movement slow resist.
3000
With Kinetic Dash/Arcane Surge & Quicksilver Reload, you have a 50% fire rate bonus.
3000
Bullet resist is the bane of your existence.
4250
Obligatory. Once nearly every death was caused by pure spirit damage, it's probably time to buy this.
4250
You'll just need this sometimes, unfortunately.
Optional Oranges. Take Escalating Resilience if you really need bullet resist.
1250
Speed is cool. Helps with sliding a little, which usually doesn't matter.
1250
Experimental. You tend to take a ton of damage as Vyper, since you need to get very close to really hurt people.
3000
I tend to use most of my flex slots on oranges and this acts as erzats bullet armor and helps with weapon damage.
3000
Extremely easy to proc with your fire rate. I take this to counter teams with lots of sustain or a dominant M&K or Abrams.
Optional Purps
3000
Helpful against your usual, hard-to-shoot suspects.
3000
6000
You're fragile and people love to ult you because you do a lot of damage.
You can get a burst of extremely high fire rate with Surge of Power, Kinetic Dash/Arcane Surge, and Quicksilver Reload. Use it to absolutely melt people when given the opportunity.
Late
Lucky Shot is usually enough to close out the game.
6000
With your late game gun kitted out, this just demolishes people
6000
Helpful if you have trouble getting close enough to really deal damage in the late game by giving you a burst of sustain.
6000
Games don't normally last long enough for this, but helps with your health. Easy to proc with your fire rate.
6000
Never actually bought this, but the movement slow and damage nerf makes sense.
6000
You're going to be using your ult a lot, hopefully, and this helps a lot with late-game resiliency.
7250
I usually don't bother buying this. Sell Bullet Lifesteal for it if you do.
Core
Have few or no flex slots? This is the most essential 4 items of each category.
3000
3000
3500
4250
1250
3000
Put on your dagger
3000
3500
1250
4250
1250
4250
Ability Point Order
Screwjab Dagger
Lethal Venom
Slither
Petrifying Bola
1
1
2
5
1
2
5
2
1
2
5