Baba New hero

Baba item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

89% Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought89% Win53.6% At2:50 87% Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought87% Win54.2% At4:26 Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. 64% Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought64% Win53.7% At3:02 60% Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought60% Win55.3% At5:55 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... 8% Rapid Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought8% Win46.2% At5:38 8% Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought8% Win53.6% At4:12 Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits.

Mid game

9 to 20 min

54% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought54% Win54.0% At12:13 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 50% Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought50% Win59.2% At15:38 Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby. 50% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought50% Win51.0% At12:00 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. 45% Reactive Barrier Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought45% Win55.4% At14:17 Gain a Barrier when you are Stunned, Chained, Immobilized, Slept or Silenced. 32% Healbane Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought32% Win54.8% At14:05 Your spirit damage reduces the enemy's Incoming Healing. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal. 23% Grit Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought23% Win55.9% At13:26 Gain a Barrier for a short duration.

Late game

20 min and later

46% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought46% Win55.8% At26:45 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 43% Spirit Snatch Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought43% Win52.9% At24:55 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, the attack deals extra spirit damage and steals Spirit Resist and Spirit Power. Effe... 38% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought38% Win60.2% At31:53 38% Superior Duration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought38% Win57.2% At28:34 Increases the duration of your abilities and items. 35% Rapid Recharge Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought35% Win51.6% At28:17 35% Greater Expansion Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought35% Win58.1% At27:17 Increases the range and effect radius of your abilities and items.

Core items

Most bought overall

89% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought89% Win54.2% At11:43 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. 76% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought76% Win54.3% At11:41 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 73% Spirit Snatch Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought73% Win55.5% At21:24 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, the attack deals extra spirit damage and steals Spirit Resist and Spirit Power. Effe... 70% Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought70% Win56.8% At18:01 Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby. 56% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought56% Win57.1% At24:60 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 55% Reactive Barrier Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought55% Win54.6% At15:32 Gain a Barrier when you are Stunned, Chained, Immobilized, Slept or Silenced.

Percent = share of Baba players who bought the item in that phase. Hover or tap an item for its win rate and buy time. Late items win more partly because winning players can afford them.

Baba abilities

Ability 1

Threadsap

Threadsap

Weave a scraggly thread that follows your crosshair before bursting along its path, dealing spirit damage and stealing enemy Spirit, increased in effectiveness for Baba. While holding stolen Spirit, Baba deals bonus spirit damage with every bullet.

1. 1+8 Spirit Damage Per Bullet
2. 2-12s Cooldown +8s Debuff Duration
3. 3+1 Charge On Hit: Pull enemies 7m

Ability 2

Granny Long Legs

Granny Long Legs: jump high and kick anyone nearby with spirit-charged legs.

Your bench's legs extend, granting bonus move speed, higher jumps, Debuff Resistance and Melee Resistance. Light Melee: Perform a kick that knocks enemies back. Heavy Melee: Perform a ground pound that applies knockup, slow, and deals spirit damage. Hold Crouch / slide to charge a high jump, release to jump.

1. 1+2.5m Move Speed
2. 2-7.0s Cooldown
3. 3+15% Resists +50% Melee Lifesteal

Ability 3

Baba's Brew

Brew Baba's special pot of tea, then throw it to ignite or silence enemies, or shield allies

Brew a pot of tea that applies a magical effect in an area when thrown, cycling over time between a soothing barrier, Silence, or scalding burn that deals spirit damage over time and reduces spirit resist. Press to pause or resume brewing.

1. 13mm Radius
2. 2-14s Cooldown
3. 3+33.33% Brew Effectiveness

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Feed The Birds

Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow . When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the targets, dealing spirit damage and hexing each target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count.

1. 1+4m Cast Range +32% Max Slow
2. 2-55s Cooldown
3. 3+125 Max Damage +125 Spirit Scaling +0.5s Max Duration

Ability order

26% of players · 55.9% win rate · 37,552 matches

Max first Threadsap › Granny Long Legs › Baba's Brew › Feed The Birds

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Threadsap	U	1			2				3
Granny Long Legs				U						1	2	3
Baba's Brew			U			1		2
Feed The Birds							U

U = unlock, numbers = upgrade tier. Most common first 12 points.

Baba counters and matchups

Counters

Baba wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate45.9% Pick rate– Matches62k −7.2 pts vs Baba's average −7.2

New Rat King Rat King Win rate45.9% Pick rate– Matches92k −7.2 pts vs Baba's average −7.2

Paige Paige Win rate47.8% Pick rate– Matches44k −5.3 pts vs Baba's average −5.3

Seven Seven Win rate48.7% Pick rate– Matches46k −4.5 pts vs Baba's average −4.5

Haze Haze Win rate49.4% Pick rate– Matches65k −3.7 pts vs Baba's average −3.7

Ivy Ivy Win rate49.5% Pick rate– Matches29k −3.6 pts vs Baba's average −3.6

Good matchups

Baba wins most against

Mirage Mirage Win rate58.3% Pick rate– Matches15k +5.2 pts vs Baba's average +5.2

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate58.3% Pick rate– Matches13k +5.2 pts vs Baba's average +5.2

Shiv Shiv Win rate58.2% Pick rate– Matches36k +5.1 pts vs Baba's average +5.1

Pocket Pocket Win rate57.9% Pick rate– Matches24k +4.8 pts vs Baba's average +4.8

The Doorman The Doorman Win rate57.9% Pick rate– Matches20k +4.8 pts vs Baba's average +4.8

Paradox Paradox Win rate57.5% Pick rate– Matches33k +4.4 pts vs Baba's average +4.4

Best teammates

Lift Baba's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate60.6% Pick rate– Matches56k +7.5 pts vs Baba's average +7.5

New Rat King Rat King Win rate59.3% Pick rate– Matches94k +6.2 pts vs Baba's average +6.2

Paige Paige Win rate59.0% Pick rate– Matches37k +5.9 pts vs Baba's average +5.9

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate58.1% Pick rate– Matches14k +5.0 pts vs Baba's average +5.0

Seven Seven Win rate57.3% Pick rate– Matches36k +4.1 pts vs Baba's average +4.1

Haze Haze Win rate56.9% Pick rate– Matches51k +3.7 pts vs Baba's average +3.7

Points = Baba's win rate with or against that hero minus Baba's overall win rate. At least 500 matches per pair.

Top Baba community builds

• kdogs baba

  by K_DogBro · 0 favorites · updated Oct 7, 2026

  ID 855302
  Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Cold Front Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Sprint Boots Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Melee Charge Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage. Enchanter's Emblem Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls While you are above 65% health, gain bonus Spirit and Cooldown Reduction.

• baba gone wild melee

  by Talen · 0 favorites · updated Oct 7, 2026

  ID 861073
  Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius. Melee Charge Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Cold Front Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits. Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls

• spirba

  by Frozenset · 0 favorites · updated Oct 8, 2026

  ID 858526
  Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Cold Front Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits. Swift Striker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Titanic Magazine Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Spirit Shredder Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your bullets apply a debuff that reduces the Spirit Resist of the target and grants you and your allies Spirit Lifesteal against them. Healbane Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your spirit damage reduces the enemy's Incoming Healing. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal.

• Baba by jjgodz

  by ขงเบ้ง · 0 favorites · updated Oct 7, 2026

  ID 858167
  Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby. Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Increases the effectiveness of your healing. Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius.

• BABA BROUGHT A GUN TO THE RITUAL

  by rkryptic · 0 favorites · updated Oct 7, 2026

  ID 862410
  Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. Cultist Sacrifice Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Target an enemy NPC and consume it for 170% Bonus Souls and grants a powerful long lasting buff. Melee Charge Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage. Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby.

• BENCH GUN QUEEN

  by hypercrunch · 0 favorites · updated Oct 18, 2026

  ID 905428
  Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls High-Velocity Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extended Magazine Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Rapid Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Express Shot Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your next attack will fire twice in quick succession with increased damage and velocity. This attack consumes extra ammo. Spirit Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Burst Fire Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Briefly gain Fire Rate and Move Speed when one of your bullets hits a hero. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls

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