Violet vs McGinnis

How to beat McGinnis

• Melee the Spectral Wall Spectral Wall 50m Range6s Duration50s Cooldown Projects a barrier of spirit panels that slows enemies who pass through it, and can be detonated early to split the terrain and damage anything nearby. Crowd Control Slow on anyone passing through, increased by +24% at T3. Damage 60 damage on eruption (deadlock.one). Defensive Blocks line of sight and physical pathing; 1 +20% damage amp for McGinnis on hit enemies for 7s. 2 -20s cooldown, +2s duration. 5 deploys 2 Mini Turrets near the wall for 8s, +24% slow. . It is destructible by melee attacks; a heavy melee opens a gap in seconds and is faster than the 20+ second walk around.
• Bring a blink, teleport or displacement. Pocket's Flying Cloak Flying Cloak 26s Cooldown Pocket sends a living cloak flying forward, damaging enemies it passes. Damage 60 damage (deadlock.one). Mobility Teleport to the cloak's live position, so the distance is chosen after the… Defensive Can be thrown backward as an escape route rather than forward as an engage. 1 +5 weapon damage for 6s. 2 +1.6s cloak lifetime, -10s cooldown. , Mirage's Traveler Traveler 140s Cooldown Mirage designates a spot on the minimap and, after a short wait, teleports there. Damage No damage. 140s cooldown per deadlock.io. Mobility Global relocation, the defining split-pressure tool in his kit. Defensive T2 grants a 400 barrier that scales with spirit on arrival, so a late-game… 1 +3m move speed and +20% fire rate for 12s on arrival. 2 400 barrier that scales with Spirit. , Paradoxical Swap Paradoxical Swap 25m Range110s Cooldown Paradox fires a bolt that, on hitting an enemy hero, trades her position with theirs. Crowd Control The displacement itself is the control effect — there is no stun attached at… Damage 150 damage, scaling with spirit power (deadlock.one, deadlock.io). Mobility It relocates her to the target's position, which is simultaneously a… 1 200 barrier for 8s (scales with Spirit). 2 -30s cooldown, +13m cast range. 5 swaps all enemies within 7m of the hit target, +10% max health damage. and similar ignore her walls entirely — this is why mobility burst heroes beat her.
• Count her magazine and engage on the 3.29s reload. She has 0% move speed while firing and no escape ability, so a dive landed on reload is usually a kill.
• Kill the Mini Turrets on sight — 100 HP each, and each kill puts a charge on full cooldown while she has no other chip damage.

Bait these first

• Spectral Wall Spectral Wall 50m Range6s Duration50s Cooldown Projects a barrier of spirit panels that slows enemies who pass through it, and can be detonated early to split the terrain and damage anything nearby. Crowd Control Slow on anyone passing through, increased by +24% at T3. Damage 60 damage on eruption (deadlock.one). Defensive Blocks line of sight and physical pathing; 1 +20% damage amp for McGinnis on hit enemies for 7s. 2 -20s cooldown, +2s duration. 5 deploys 2 Mini Turrets near the wall for 8s, +24% slow. first, always. Fake an engage to force the wall, then commit when it is on cooldown — everything else in her kit is survivable without it.
• Medicinal Specter Medicinal Specter 15m Range6.5s Duration50s Cooldown Summons a spirit at a location that heals McGinnis and nearby allies for a duration. Damage No damage. Heals +25/sec (deadlock.one). Mobility None, though T2 grants +100% stamina recovery inside it. Defensive Primary defensive tool; 1 +1.5s duration. 2 -20s cooldown, +100% stamina recovery. 5 +2% max HP regen, +3m heal radius, +40% spirit resist. second: make her drop it defensively on a trooper wave or a poke trade, then fight her when her attrition tool is gone.
• Mini Turret Mini Turret 20m Range18s Cooldown Places a small automated turret that fires spirit damage at nearby enemies for a limited lifetime. Damage 24 DPS per turret with 100 turret health (deadlock.one). Defensive Turrets act as a tripwire and a damage sponge; 1 +10 turret DPS, +10m attack range. 2 +25% turret fire rate, +12s turret lifetime. charges third — destroy them as they are placed so she cannot hold charges for the actual fight.

What McGinnis does to you

• Spectral Wall Spectral Wall 50m Range6s Duration50s Cooldown Projects a barrier of spirit panels that slows enemies who pass through it, and can be detonated early to split the terrain and damage anything nearby. Crowd Control Slow on anyone passing through, increased by +24% at T3. Damage 60 damage on eruption (deadlock.one). Defensive Blocks line of sight and physical pathing; 1 +20% damage amp for McGinnis on hit enemies for 7s. 2 -20s cooldown, +2s duration. 5 deploys 2 Mini Turrets near the wall for 8s, +24% slow. drops between you and your team mid-fight, cuts the 5v5 into two losing 2v3s, and slows anyone who forces through it (+24% slow at T3).
• She walls your retreat and then drops Heavy Barrage Heavy Barrage 36m Range8s Duration200s Cooldown McGinnis unloads a continuous stream of rockets that home toward a designated location for a duration. Crowd Control T1 applies a 24% movement and dash slow for 1s to targets hit, which… Damage 21 damage per rocket (deadlock.one). Mobility She keeps moving and can use stamina during the channel, but is slowed. 1 24% movement and dash slow for 1s on hit. 2 -45s cooldown, +6s duration. 5 +2m radius, +15 damage per rocket with increased spirit scaling. on the pocket you are trapped in — homing rockets mean strafing does not save you.
• A 66-round magazine plus 2-3 Mini Turrets means the total DPS pointed at you in her zone is far higher than her personal 29 DPS suggests.

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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.

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