#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Lane

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High-Velocity Rounds

Can go Monster Rounds before this if its a hard lane. SELL FIRST WHEN SLOTLOCKED

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Monster Rounds

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Imbue

Quicksilver Reload

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Active

Cultist Sacrifice

Try to time so you get this item at around 8 minutes. Try to use on enemy T3 jungle camps if possible.

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Extra Stamina

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Kinetic Dash

CAN SELL LATE GAME, USUALLY OVER 50K SOULS

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Active

Fleetfoot

Hits 7.2k Gun investment with High-Velocity. Powerspike

Lane Extra

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Active

Healing Rite

Very op item

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Reactive Barrier

Against Abrams, Bebop ETC

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Rebuttal

Prio this in Billy lane

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Close Quarters

Into Abrams, Billy, Viscous, Calico ETC.

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Mid

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Sprint Boots

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Enduring Speed

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Spirit Resilience

OP ITEM, RECENT CHANGE WAS A BUFF

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Imbue

Mercurial Magnum

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Extra Spirit

DO NOT SELL WHEN SLOTLOCKED. Big powerspike

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Hollow Point

Can be swapped out with items in Situational Gun.

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Bullet Lifesteal

Mid Defensives

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Active

Metal Skin

Very good against: Haze, Silver, Venator

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Counterspell

Lash, Wraith, Pocket

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Active

Dispel Magic

#Citadel_HeroBuilds_Late

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Active

Vampiric Burst

OP Vitality item, Makes you tanky and gives nice offensive stats.

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Improved Spirit

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Boundless Spirit

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Superior Duration

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Spellslinger

Super Duper OP item for Warden. Try not to sell Mystic Burst for this, just go Vampiric Burst if slotlocked.

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Frenzy

VERY UNDERRATED ITEM. CAN SELL KINETIC DASH FOR THIS EXTREMELY LATE.

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Juggernaut

BUY THIS WHEN SLOTLOCKED / SELL EMBLEM AFTER YOU BUY THIS TO OPEN UP A SLOT AND BUY SOMETHING LIKE INHIBITOR

Situational Gun

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Berserker

CAN SELL CULTIST FOR THIS LATE, GOOD AGAINST TANKY COMPS THAT DEAL BULLET DAMAGE LIKE: ABRAMS, BILLY AND SILVER

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Toxic Bullets

VERY GOOD IN THIS META, SKIP HOLLOW POINT FOR THIS OR SELL CULTIST FOR THIS LATE. GOOD AGAINST: TANKY COMPS WHICH IS PRETTY META RIGHT NOW.

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Weighted Shots

Can be bought instead of Hollow Point incase of a LOT of spirit dmg and or you need debuff resist.

Extra Spirit

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Active

Slowing Hex

Against Calico, Mina, Infernus

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Active

Knockdown

Extra Vitality

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Spellbreaker

CAN SKIP SPIRIT RESILIENCE AND GO FOR THIS IF YOU NEED THE ANTI BURST AND DEBUFF RESIST, SPIRIT RESILIENCE IS OVERPOWERED SO I USUALLY DONT BUY THIS.

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Active

Colossus

ENEMY HAS LITTLE CC AND A LOT OF DMG

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Inhibitor

OP ITEM, VERY LATE LUXURY THO

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Active

Unstoppable

GOOD IF YOU ARE BEING CC'D A LOT LATEGAME

Extra Gun

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Silencer

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Lucky Shot

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Crippling Headshot

OP ITEM, HIGHEST WINRATE AND WORKS EXTREMELY WELL FOR HYBRID BUILDS.

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Ricochet

VERY GREEDY BUY. FOR FUN. NOT IDEAL.

Do. Not. Buy. This.

Radiant Regeneration from Deadlock is often considered a bad item because it looks stronger on paper than it actually is in real matches. While passive health regeneration sounds useful, the item simply doesn’t keep up with the pace and damage output of the game.First, the regeneration is too slow to matter during fights. In Deadlock, most engagements are decided quickly by burst damage, crowd control, and positioning. Radiant Regeneration only provides value over time, which means it helps after a fight, not during one. If you’re being focused, the healing is negligible and won’t save you.Second, the item has poor cost efficiency. The resources you spend on Radiant Regeneration could be used on items that give immediate impact—such as damage, mobility, shields, or lifesteal. Those alternatives help you win fights, secure objectives, and snowball advantages, whereas Radiant Regeneration just helps you recover slowly if nothing else is happening.Another issue is that it encourages passive play. Instead of rewarding aggressive or skillful decisions, the item promotes backing off and waiting for health to come back. In a fast, momentum-based game like Deadlock, this can put you behind in pressure and map control.Finally, Radiant Regeneration scales poorly into the late game. As enemy damage increases, flat regeneration becomes less and less relevant. By that stage, items that provide survivability through shields, resistances, or active effects are far more valuable.Overall, Radiant Regeneration is a trap item: it feels safe and comfortable, especially for newer players, but it rarely contributes to winning fights or games. In most situations, investing in more proactive and impactful items is the better choice.

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Radiant Regeneration