Deadlock Holliday Build: Best Items and Abilities

Holliday is one of the most fun characters in Deadlock, and she relies a lot on her abilities. While her initial impact comes off as a headhunter, she can deal more spirit damage when played correctly. She also comes with some valuable crowd-control abilities that make her an ideal initiator. Want to find out the best way to use her? Keep reading as we show you the best items and abilities for her in our Deadlock Holliday build guide.

Best Holliday Item Build in Deadlock

Note: You can find this build in Deadlock by searching ‘Beebom Holliday Build‘ (ID: 195764) in the Public Builds section. You can either directly use our guide or copy it and edit it as per your need, from the game’s Browse Build section.

Best Laning/Early Game Items

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In Deadlock, Holliday relies on a lot of Spirit power, and you must take advantage of it early on. Get the Extra Spirit to increase all your damage. If you get the Extra Charge early, you get more kegs and bounce pads, helping you play more aggressively.

In case the lane is getting hard against the ability damage dealer, get the Hollow Point Ward and Extra Health to save yourself. Enduring Spirit and Extra Stamina early on will help you stay in the lane longer. If it is not feeling enough, grab the Healing Rite or Extra Regen as per your comfort.

Best Core/Mid-Game Items

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Enchanter’s Barrier gives you spirit resistance and bonus spirit power. This item goes perfectly with an initiator like Holliday. You can also get the Fleetfoot around the same time to have more mobility. Once you have one flex slot unlocked as Holliday, Mystic Vulnerability is the must-have item for our Deadlock build guide.

Best Late Game Items

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To start your late game, upgrade your recharge and spirit items. Improved Spirit will increase your ability damage as it gives raw spirit power. On the other hand, Rapid Recharge will add more kegs and jump pads to your arsenal.

If the enemy team is hard to deal with, you can go for more sustain first. For this, Warp Stone and Superior Stamina are ideal. These items will help you against strong stuns from Dynamo or Infernus. You can also increase your keg damage by imbuing Surge of Power in it.

Holliday Luxury Items

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Upgrade your Improved Spirit to Boundless Spirit once you have enough farm. This will help you blast off enemies within a few kegs. If you cannot farm enough, you can get Improved Burst first. This will deal a guaranteed bonus damage.

In case you have no flex slots yet to get the burst, go for Crippling Headshot first. You must sell Hollow Point Ward to get it. You will deal more spirit damage with the headshot as it amplifies your spirit power. For more sustain in late-game fights, get Improved Spirit Armor. It will also help you with some additional spirit power.

Holliday Situational Items

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Having a hard time against enemy heroes like Wraith or Haze? In such cases, you must get the Improved Bullet Armor first. This will increase your survivability. Although Holliday does not need a lot of ground-level fights, having an additional layer of defense will let you deal with even more impact.

If you are playing more discretely, Veil Walker is a great late item. It not only helps you go invisible but also gives a massive bullet and spirit shield, thus giving more sustainability. Get Knockdown against heroes like Vindicta or Grey Talon. In the early game, you can also get a Restorative Locket and keep ganking with a burst self-heal.

Deadlock Holliday Build: Abilities and Unlock Order

Here is a detailed overview of all Holliday abilities and the Ability Point Order in which you must unlock the abilities in Deadlock:

All Holliday Abilities

1. Powder Keg: Throw an explosive barrel that arms after a delay. Once armed, the barrel can be shot, meleed, launched, or detonated by another barrel to explode, dealing Damage.
   • Level 1: -10s Cooldown
   • Level 2: +140 Explosion Damage
   • Level 3: +3 Charges

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 Bounce Pad.
   • Level 1: You and allies gain a +4m/s move speed bonus for 4s on landing
   • Level 2: +100 Stomp Damage. Improve Spirit scaling
   • Level 3: +1.25s Stun on landing

3. Crackshot: Headshots deal bonus Damage and apply a Fading Slow. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off. This ability also prevents movement abilities from being used on hits for 6 seconds.
   • Level 1: +25% Fading Movement Slow
   • Level 2: +75 Damage
   • Level 3: -4s Cooldown Per Headshot

4. Spirit Lasso: Throw out your lasso, deal damage, and grab the first enemy hit. Grabbed enemies are Stunned and dragged along behind you. While Spirit Lasso is active, Holliday cannot melee or shoot.
   • Level 1: +80 Damage
   • Level 2: +0.5s Duration
   • Level 3: -30s Cooldown

Best Holliday Ability Point Order

Despite her Deadlock build guide being based around the kegs and pads, you must start your lane with the Crackshot unlocked. With a level on Crackshot, you will get the headshot bonus to annoy the enemies and get early first-bloods. After that, unlock both Powder Keg and Bounce Pad to combine them with your items.

By the mid to late game, you must have full levels on the keg and pad. With T3 on your pad, you will get a guaranteed 1+ seconds of stun, which can be strong against any team comp. This will help you get a perfect lasso into an instant shutdown of the enemy carry. With more levels on the Powder Keg early, you can use the pad, keg, and Cold Front combo to melt enemies easily.

And that ends our Deadlock Holliday build guide for all beginners and veterans. Have you tried our build yet? Share your KDA record in the comments below.