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How to play Vindicta

Best build by measured win rate · patch 09-29-2026 · updated Oct 14 · Vindicta wins 50.1% overall

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The Vindicta build

Each tier lists the items Vindicta players win with most often, out of 347,725 Vindicta games. Win % is how often Vindicta wins when the item is bought; the green or red number is how far that is above or below the rest of the same tier. Popularity is the share of Vindicta games the item was bought in; Bought at is the average time. Only items bought in at least 1,500 games and by at least 5% of Vindicta players count, so a lucky streak can’t make the list.

Lane · Tier 1 · 800 souls

Early mid game · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls

Mid game · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls

Late game · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls

Situational / optional

Fewer Vindicta players buy these, usually against particular enemies, but those who do win clearly more than the rest of the same tier. Each still has at least 1,500 games behind it.

Popular, but behind the rest of their tier

Not wrong to buy, and sometimes the right answer to a specific enemy. On average, Vindicta players who buy these win less than those who buy something else at that point.

How this build is chosen

Source: deadlock-api.com item results for Vindicta, City Never Sleeps matches since 2026-09-30, refreshed daily. Items are compared with the rest of their own tier, because late items always show higher raw win rates (only players who are ahead can afford them). Ranking uses the low end of each item’s 95% confidence range, so more games beat a lucky few. It shows what winning Vindicta players buy; it can’t prove the item caused the win. For what to change against a specific enemy team, use the matchup tool.

How Vindicta plays

Strengths

  • Best-in-class escape and repositioning via 13-23s of free Flight Flight 13s Duration42s Cooldown Vindicta lifts off and flies freely for an extended duration. Damage +10 spirit damage per bullet while airborne (T3 adds +10 more with improved… Mobility 13s of free flight on a 42s cooldown; Defensive Being airborne dodges most ground-targeted abilities and puts her out of… 1 +50% base ammo capacity during Flight 2 +10s duration (13s base up to 23s) 5 hero kills refresh Flight's duration;
  • Genuine long-range execute threat with Assassinate Assassinate 55s Cooldown Scopes in for a long-range rifle shot. Damage 90 base spirit plus up to 90 bonus against targets under 50% health (T2 adds… Mobility none — she is scoped and stationary during the charge 1 -15s cooldown (55s base) 2 +80 maximum bonus damage 5 +4% weapon damage per kill (from +6% to +10%) plus two charges
  • Native anti-heal and dual resist shred on Crow Familiar Crow Familiar 32s Cooldown Sends out a crow that strikes a target for impact damage, strips some of their bullet and spirit resistance, and applies a bleed that ticks for a percentage of the target's current health. Damage 40 spirit impact; bleed of 2.2% of current health per second (T2 adds +0.5%)… 1 applies -35% healing reduction 2 +0.5% bleed damage per second and -16s cooldown (32s base down to 16s) 5 +2s debuff duration and an additional -8% bullet and spirit resist , so she hurts both squishies and tanks
  • Permanent weapon damage stacking makes her scale harder than almost anyone if she gets ahead

In lane

  • Rifle range and headshot bonus let her win the last-hit and deny war against short-range laners without ever entering their threat radius
  • Crow Familiar Crow Familiar 32s Cooldown Sends out a crow that strikes a target for impact damage, strips some of their bullet and spirit resistance, and applies a bleed that ticks for a percentage of the target's current health. Damage 40 spirit impact; bleed of 2.2% of current health per second (T2 adds +0.5%)… 1 applies -35% healing reduction 2 +0.5% bleed damage per second and -16s cooldown (32s base down to 16s) 5 +2s debuff duration and an additional -8% bullet and spirit resist 's current-health bleed plus T1 anti-heal shuts off the enemy laner's Healing Rite Healing Rite 800 souls Tier 1ArmorPress +70s Cooldown +0.2s Cast Delay +20s Regen Duration regen loop
  • Flight Flight 13s Duration42s Cooldown Vindicta lifts off and flies freely for an extended duration. Damage +10 spirit damage per bullet while airborne (T3 adds +10 more with improved… Mobility 13s of free flight on a 42s cooldown; Defensive Being airborne dodges most ground-targeted abilities and puts her out of… 1 +50% base ammo capacity during Flight 2 +10s duration (13s base up to 23s) 5 hero kills refresh Flight's duration; gives a completely unpunishable escape from the standard 2-man lane gank, which most laners cannot match

Power spikes

  • Assassinate Assassinate 55s Cooldown Scopes in for a long-range rifle shot. Damage 90 base spirit plus up to 90 bonus against targets under 50% health (T2 adds… Mobility none — she is scoped and stationary during the charge 1 -15s cooldown (55s base) 2 +80 maximum bonus damage 5 +4% weapon damage per kill (from +6% to +10%) unlock — Turns any poked target under 50% health into a confirmed kill from outside all counterplay range
  • Crow Familiar Crow Familiar 32s Cooldown Sends out a crow that strikes a target for impact damage, strips some of their bullet and spirit resistance, and applies a bleed that ticks for a percentage of the target's current health. Damage 40 spirit impact; bleed of 2.2% of current health per second (T2 adds +0.5%)… 1 applies -35% healing reduction 2 +0.5% bleed damage per second and -16s cooldown (32s base down to 16s) 5 +2s debuff duration and an additional -8% bullet and spirit resist T1 — -35% healing reduction gives her native anti-heal and flips her matchups against sustain brawlers
  • Stake Stake 40s Cooldown Throws a stake that embeds where it lands. Crowd Control Tether for 1.75s (T3 adds +0.75s) restricting movement to a 9m leash, plus a… Damage 40 spirit base, scaling with Spirit Power; Mobility none for Vindicta 1 +45 damage 2 -22s cooldown (40s base down to 18s) 5 +0.75s tether duration and +2m capture radius T2 (-22s cooldown) — 18s Stake Stake 40s Cooldown Throws a stake that embeds where it lands. Crowd Control Tether for 1.75s (T3 adds +0.75s) restricting movement to a 9m leash, plus a… Damage 40 spirit base, scaling with Spirit Power; Mobility none for Vindicta 1 +45 damage 2 -22s cooldown (40s base down to 18s) 5 +0.75s tether duration and +2m capture radius means she can leash a target nearly every fight instead of once a minute
  • Late 35min+ — Accumulated +6-10% weapon damage per Assassinate Assassinate 55s Cooldown Scopes in for a long-range rifle shot. Damage 90 base spirit plus up to 90 bonus against targets under 50% health (T2 adds… Mobility none — she is scoped and stationary during the charge 1 -15s cooldown (55s base) 2 +80 maximum bonus damage 5 +4% weapon damage per kill (from +6% to +10%) kill, plus Flight Flight 13s Duration42s Cooldown Vindicta lifts off and flies freely for an extended duration. Damage +10 spirit damage per bullet while airborne (T3 adds +10 more with improved… Mobility 13s of free flight on a 42s cooldown; Defensive Being airborne dodges most ground-targeted abilities and puts her out of… 1 +50% base ammo capacity during Flight 2 +10s duration (13s base up to 23s) 5 hero kills refresh Flight's duration; T3 kill-refresh, makes a fed Vindicta the strongest single damage source on the map

Weak points to cover

  • Lowest effective durability in this group — 755 HP with zero defensive abilities
  • Hard-countered by Knockdown Knockdown 3,200 souls Tier 3TechPress +35s Cooldown +0.1s Cast Delay +2s Stun Delay +0.5s Stun Duration +75 Bonus Health +5% Ability Range +5% Radius , which removes her only escape
  • Assassinate Assassinate 55s Cooldown Scopes in for a long-range rifle shot. Damage 90 base spirit plus up to 90 bonus against targets under 50% health (T2 adds… Mobility none — she is scoped and stationary during the charge 1 -15s cooldown (55s base) 2 +80 maximum bonus damage 5 +4% weapon damage per kill (from +6% to +10%) requires a stationary one-second charge, which is trivially interruptible

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Vindicta’s hardest matchups

Best teammates

  • Rat King Rat King BruiserSupportClose rangeBullet damage Makes his whole team's guns better: stacking bullet-resist shred from Rat Swarm Durability high (2/3) Burst high (2/3) Mobility low (1/3) Healing low (1/3) 59.3% duo win
  • Haze Haze AssassinCarryClose rangeBullet damage Highest single-target sustained DPS in the roster once Fixation is stacked Durability low (1/3) Burst high (2/3) Mobility high (2/3) Healing high (2/3) 56.1% duo win
  • Graves Graves ControllerSummonerClose rangeHybrid damage Best-in-class unattended map pressure via Borrowed Decree Ghouls marching at objectives Durability low (1/3) Burst low (1/3) Mobility none (0/3) Healing low (1/3) 56.7% duo win

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