Mystic · Easy to play · Projectile
Violet build, abilities & counters
Violet is a mystic in Deadlock. Since the 10-14-2026 patch Violet has a 49.4% win rate over 193,635 games, which is B tier across all ranks and D tier in Phantom to Eternus games. The most-bought Violet items after the first shop are Improved Spirit, Rapid Recharge and Boundless Spirit. Most players max Still Life first. Violet's hardest matchup is Rat King.
- Tier
- B
- Win rate
- 49.4%
- Pick rate
- 51.8%
- KDA
- 2.91
- Souls / game
- 40,136
- Games
- 193,635
Tier by rank
- All ranksB49.4%
- Initiate – AcolyteB47.8%
- Sentinel – RitualistC46.1%
- Emissary – OracleC46.1%
- Phantom – EternusD44.3%
Best Violet items
The items Violet players buy most at each shop tier this patch, with the win rate of the players who bought them. Late items show higher win rates because winning players can afford them, so compare items within a tier.
Tier 1 · 800 souls
Extra Charge95% buy · 49.5% win
Extra Spirit86% buy · 49.6% win
Mystic Regeneration85% buy · 49.6% win
Extra Regen71% buy · 49.4% win
Tier 2 · 1,600 souls
Improved Spirit87% buy · 50.1% win
Healing Booster69% buy · 49.7% win
Mystic Shot42% buy · 50.6% win
Spirit Shielding41% buy · 49.9% win
Tier 3 · 3,200 souls
Rapid Recharge90% buy · 50.0% win
Radiant Regeneration85% buy · 49.8% win
Tankbuster65% buy · 50.8% win
Superior Cooldown52% buy · 52.5% win
Tier 4 · 6,400 souls
Boundless Spirit63% buy · 53.8% win
Escalating Exposure30% buy · 58.1% win
Spirit Burn27% buy · 58.5% win
Spiritual Overflow23% buy · 56.9% win
Violet abilities and skill order
1. Living Ink
2. Flow State
Drag a brush that continues to travel forward, leaving a trail that grants bonus slide distance for allies and a fading slow and spirit damage to enemies it passes through, increased the further it travels. Re-activate the ability to flick the brush forward, ending the ability early but dealing spirit damage in a larger area.
3. Still Life
Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them. If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up. For each collected sketch, you permanently gain stats based on the hero.
4. Abstract Landscape · ultimate
Create a circular display of ink that blocks vision and grants allies Spirit. Enemies inside are revealed, and leaving causes them to take spirit damage and suffer from Silence and slow, destroying the ink in the process.
Most common skill order
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 4
Numbers match the abilities above: each box is one ability point, left to right. This exact order wins 55.3% of 6,634 games. Still Life is maxed first in 71% of common orders.
Violet counters and matchups
How to counter Violet
Enemies that lower Violet's win rate most
Percentage points against Violet's overall win rate of 49.4%, all ranks, pairs with at least 300 games.
Recent official changes
No Violet changes in Valve's recent patch notes.
FAQ
What is the best Violet build?
By purchase rate this patch: tier 1: Extra Charge, Extra Spirit; tier 2: Improved Spirit, Healing Booster; tier 3: Rapid Recharge, Radiant Regeneration; tier 4: Boundless Spirit, Escalating Exposure. Percentages above show how often Violet players buy each item and how often they win when they do.
How do you counter Violet?
Pick heroes Violet struggles against. Violet wins least often when the enemy team has Rat King, Graves and Paige. Win rates compare games with that enemy against Violet's overall 49.4%.
Updated Oct 19, 2026.