Lady Geist vs Violet
Written for the Lady Geist player. Playing Violet? See Violet vs Lady Geist →
Violet is announced but not out yet. New heroes release Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:00 pm Pacific, in an order set by player vote; the next slot is Friday 16 October.
This page becomes the full matchup guide on release day: the measured win rate, who is favoured, how to win, a phase-by-phase plan and the abilities to watch. Everything known about Violet so far →
Your side: Lady Geist in lane
Lane strengths
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Essence Bomb Essence Bomb She pays a chunk of her own health to hurl a bomb that arms briefly before detonating for area damage. Damage about 90 at base spirit power; Defensive actively negative — the self-damage is spirit damage, though it can be… 1 +2m radius and +50 damage 2 leaves a toxic ground effect dealing roughly 30% of the damage per second for about 6… clears waves and pokes the enemy laner from safety -
Life Drain Life Drain Opens a tether onto an enemy that siphons their health over time and converts it into healing for her. Damage about 24 damage per second at base spirit power (deadlock.one) Mobility reduces her own movement speed while draining Defensive her only real sustain tool; 1 +2 charges and increased spirit scaling converts any successful trade into a full health reset, so she wins attrition lanes -
Malice Malice Spends more of her own health to fire blood shards that each apply a stack of Malice. Crowd Control stacking movement slow that decays over time Damage about 23 per shard at base spirit power; Defensive the slow helps her disengage, but the health cost partly offsets that 1 about +25.2 damage and +4 blood shards 2 about +8% additional damage amplification keeps an opponent from disengaging cleanly after a bad trade
Lane weaknesses
- 9-round magazine with a 2.59s reload makes her gun trades very punishable in the dead window
- Both Essence Bomb Essence Bomb She pays a chunk of her own health to hurl a bomb that arms briefly before detonating for area damage. Damage about 90 at base spirit power; Defensive actively negative — the self-damage is spirit damage, though it can be… 1 +2m radius and +50 damage 2 leaves a toxic ground effect dealing roughly 30% of the damage per second for about 6… and Malice Malice Spends more of her own health to fire blood shards that each apply a stack of Malice. Crowd Control stacking movement slow that decays over time Damage about 23 per shard at base spirit power; Defensive the slow helps her disengage, but the health cost partly offsets that 1 about +25.2 damage and +4 blood shards 2 about +8% additional damage amplification cost her health, so an aggressive laner can punish her right after a cast
- No dash and no mobility ability at all — she cannot escape a coordinated gank
Power spikes
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Soul Exchange Soul Exchange Swaps her current health level with an enemy target. Crowd Control tier 2 silences enemies within about 25m for 3 seconds Damage no conventional damage; Defensive the single largest effective heal in the group when used at low health on a… 1 silences enemies within about 25m for 3 seconds 2 about +60 Spirit Power, +40% fire rate and +50% spirit resist for 8 seconds after the… unlock — Makes her low-health dives into a resource instead of a liability - Life Drain Life Drain Opens a tether onto an enemy that siphons their health over time and converts it into healing for her. Damage about 24 damage per second at base spirit power (deadlock.one) Mobility reduces her own movement speed while draining Defensive her only real sustain tool; 1 +2 charges and increased spirit scaling tier 3 — +2 charges plus the raised spirit scaling turns her sustain from a single commitment into a repeatable engine
- Essence Bomb Essence Bomb She pays a chunk of her own health to hurl a bomb that arms briefly before detonating for area damage. Damage about 90 at base spirit power; Defensive actively negative — the self-damage is spirit damage, though it can be… 1 +2m radius and +50 damage 2 leaves a toxic ground effect dealing roughly 30% of the damage per second for about 6… tier 3 — The toxic ground pool converts her burst into area denial for objective fights
What Valve has shown of Violet
Abilities not shown yet. Valve's words for Violet: ambitious, nimble, creative. A painter. Likely a zoning or terrain-painting kit; nothing confirmed yet.
Other new heroes against Lady Geist
- Lady Geist vs Nurse Harrow from 16 Oct