What is Spirit in Deadlock?

Deadlock has several types of damage you have to consider. Outside of burst and sustained damage like most other MOBAs, there’s also the difference between Bullet and Spirit damage.

Bullet damage is straightforward given that it’s damage from bullets and similar sources like melee damage. However, Spirit isn’t immediately clear. Here’s what Spirit is in Deadlock.

What does Spirit do in Deadlock?

Spirit refers to anything related to ability damage. This is similar to Ability Power and Magic Resistance in League of Legends. If you get Spirit Power, you’re increasing the damage to your abilities. Inversely, Spirit Resist decreases the damage dealt to you by enemy abilities. Additionally, items like Enchanter’s Barrier and Mystic Burst provide a Spirit Shield which tanks ability damage exclusively.

While most Spirit items provide either Spirit Power or Spirit Resist, other items in this category offer ability range, cooldown reduction, and extra charges for your abilities. In essence, anything related to your abilities can be found here.

Which Spirit items should you buy?

While you might be inclined to go buy the most expensive Spirit items and call it a day, certain items are much better on some characters than others. For example, Seven can make much better use of Ability Range than Grey Talon since his ultimate thrives off of it. The same goes for Bebop, who gets additional hook range. However, extra charges are far more useful on Grey Talon than Seven, since he can spam powerful arrows.

You’ll also need to assess your situation when buying anything that helps reduce Spirit damage. If you’re up against enemies like Vindicta, Infernus, or Abrams, building Spirit Resist won’t help as much since they’re based around hitting enemies with their main attacks (though it won’t hurt). Meanwhile, enemies like Bebop, Grey Talon, and McGinnis are great characters to build Spirit Resist against, depending on their build.