II

Imbue

Quicksilver Reload

Gives a ton of extra flask damage and helps with gun dps.

I

High-Velocity Rounds

Makes it so much easier to use his gun. Skip if you're comfortable with his default gun speed.

I

Rapid Rounds

Upgrade to Swift Striker.

I

Extended Magazine

Upgrade to Titanic Magazine.

II

Titanic Magazine

Big consistency item.

III

Burst Fire

Gives a ton of fire rate and movement speed when fighting people.

II

Bullet Lifesteal

Gotta heal up somehow! Upgrade to Leech or Vampiric Burst.

I

Active

Healing Rite

If you need healing on lane. Sell later.

II

Reactive Barrier

If there's a ton of CC in the early game. Sell later.

I

Monster Rounds

If the lane is tough and you need extra NPC damage. Sell later.

II

Active

Slowing Hex

Use this before Binding Word.

II

Slowing Bullets

Shoot enemies to trap them in Binding Word.

IV

Active

Curse

The bread and butter of the build. This prevents enemies from using Debuff Remover or other defensive tools on your Binding Word.

II

Imbue

Compress Cooldown

Makes Binding Word more frequent. Upgrade to Superior Cooldown.

II

Imbue

Duration Extender

Makes Binding Word more potent. Upgrade to Superior Duration.

III

Superior Duration

This buffs the duration of Curse!? WTF!?!?!?

III

Superior Cooldown

Huge item on Warden.

IV

Lightning Scroll

Excellent item on Warden for extra CC.

IV

Imbue

Mercurial Magnum

We're scaling a decent amount of spirit power and this upgrades from QSR. Very nice.

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

More consistency on Curse. Need I say more?

IV

Active

Vortex Web

Can be helpful for keeping enemies near the Binding Word. Has a longer cooldown than Slowing Hex though.

III

Berserker

If you're able to sustain a lot of damage, this is a huge DPS increase.

III

Point Blank

Get close to the bound targets and shred them.

IV

Armor Piercing Rounds

Helps hit shots easier and deletes enemy armor.

IV

Active

Vampiric Burst

If gun damage is all you care about, this is a premium sustain item.

IV

Leech

If you're doing more hybrid damage with frequent ults, this is amazing.

III

Bullet Resilience

For gun damage.

III

Spirit Resilience

For spirit damage.

III

Counterspell

For telegraphed attacks.

II

Debuff Reducer

Upgrade to Debuff Remover or Unstoppable.

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Get this for damaging ailments and Seven's stun.

IV

Active

Unstoppable

Get this if you're getting CC'd out of your ultimate.

III

Active

Majestic Leap

Get this to engage more with your ult.

II

Enduring Speed

Get this if you feel too slow.

IV

Juggernaut

Get this if you have ES and want to stop gun builds.