Holliday build & counters

Tier by rank

• All ranksB48.5%
• Initiate – AcolyteB48.3%
• Sentinel – RitualistB48.8%
• Emissary – OracleB49.4%
• Phantom – EternusA51.6%

Best Holliday items

The items Holliday 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.

Abilities and skill order

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  1. Powder Keg

  Throw a barrel that explodes after a delay, dealing spirit damage, setting enemies on fire and applying knockup. The barrel can be detonated early by being shot, melee'd, or detonated by another barrel. The burn stacks, so overlapping barrels burn for their combined damage. Can be Alt-Cast to place the barrel in front of Holliday.

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  2. Bounce Pad

  Drop a bounce pad in the world that launches any hero. You explode on landing, dealing Damage to any nearby enemies. The explosion can only occur once per person per Bounce Pad.

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  3. Crackshot

  Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Move Speed penalty. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. Cooldown is reduced by 50% on NPC hits. Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives.

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  4. Spirit Lasso · ultimate

  Throw out your lasso, dealing spirit damage, pulling, and applying stun. Using a Bounce Pad extends the duration of Spirit Lasso.

Most common skill order

1. 1
2. 1
3. 3
4. 2
5. 1
6. 4
7. 1
8. 2
9. 4
10. 4
11. 4
12. 2
13. 2
14. 3
15. 3

Numbers match the abilities above: each box is one ability point, left to right. This exact order wins 53.4% of 8,078 games. Almost every common order maxes Powder Keg first.

Recent official changes