Minor Update - 07-28-2026 · Jul 28, 2026
- Flying Cloak T3 reduced from -11s Cooldown to -10s
- Affliction DPS reduced by ~6% (also reduces the spirit scaling and the upgrades)
Assassin · Medium to play · Spreadshot
Pocket build & counters
Pocket is a assassin in Deadlock (“Infiltrates and disrupts the backline”). Since the 10-05-2026 patch Pocket has a 44.7% win rate over 114,885 games, which is D tier across all ranks and C tier in Phantom to Eternus games. The most-bought Pocket items after the first shop are Compress Cooldown, Tankbuster and Spirit Burn. Most players max Flying Cloak first. Pocket's hardest matchup is Paige.
- Tier
- D
- Win rate
- 44.7% −0.3
- Pick rate
- 21.1%
- KDA
- 2.74
- Souls / game
- 41,876
- Games
- 114,885
Tier by rank
- All ranksD44.7%
- Initiate – AcolyteD45.0%
- Sentinel – RitualistC45.0%
- Emissary – OracleC45.7%
- Phantom – EternusC46.1%
Best Pocket items
The items Pocket 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
Mystic Burst99% buy · 44.8% win
Mystic Expansion81% buy · 45.7% win
Monster Rounds78% buy · 44.4% win
Rapid Rounds49% buy · 44.2% win
Tier 2 · 1,600 souls
Compress Cooldown73% buy · 45.4% win
Swift Striker69% buy · 44.4% win
Cold Front63% buy · 44.8% win
Duration Extender57% buy · 46.2% win
Tier 3 · 3,200 souls
Tankbuster93% buy · 45.3% win
Superior Cooldown84% buy · 46.3% win
Superior Duration76% buy · 47.2% win
Cultist Sacrifice75% buy · 44.6% win
Tier 4 · 6,400 souls
Spirit Burn72% buy · 49.3% win
Transcendent Cooldown50% buy · 49.5% win
Boundless Spirit31% buy · 52.1% win
Arctic Blast19% buy · 51.6% win
Abilities and skill order
1. Barrage
Channel to start launching projectiles that deal spirit damage and apply slow around their impact point. Projectiles that hit a hero grant Pocket increased damage that stacks. Casting while airborne will cause Pocket to float. Casting AirDash or Flying Cloak will not cancel Barrage.
2. Flying Cloak
Launch a sentient cloak that travels forward and damages enemies. You can press Ability 2 to teleport to its location.
3. Enchanter's Satchel
Escape into your suitcase. When the duration ends, deal spirit damage to nearby enemies. Duration can be ended early by performing any action.
4. Affliction · ultimate
Applies damage over time to enemies nearby. Affliction's damage is non-lethal and does not apply item procs.
Most common skill order
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 1
Numbers match the abilities above: each box is one ability point, left to right. This exact order wins 46.8% of 5,932 games. Flying Cloak is maxed first in 81% of common orders.
Pocket counters and matchups
How to counter Pocket
Enemies that lower Pocket's win rate most
Percentage points against Pocket's overall win rate of 44.7%, all ranks, pairs with at least 300 games.
Recent official changes
Minor Update - 07-09-2026 · Jul 9, 2026
- Affliction duration reduced from 11s to 10s
Minor Update - 06-30-2026 · Jun 30, 2026
- Bullet damage per boon reduced from 0.16 to 0.14
- Flying Cloak T3 reduced from -12s Cooldown to -11s
About Pocket
With a powerful shotgun and a thin frame, Pocket relies on their ability to briefly escape into a mystic suitcase and teleport via a flying cloak in order to survive close encounters.
From the hero description in the game files.
FAQ
What is the best Pocket build?
By purchase rate this patch: tier 1: Mystic Burst, Mystic Expansion; tier 2: Compress Cooldown, Swift Striker; tier 3: Tankbuster, Superior Cooldown; tier 4: Spirit Burn, Transcendent Cooldown. Percentages above show how often Pocket players buy each item and how often they win when they do.
How do you counter Pocket?
Pick heroes Pocket struggles against. Pocket wins least often when the enemy team has Paige, Graves and Rat King. Win rates compare games with that enemy against Pocket's overall 44.7%.
Updated Oct 13, 2026.