Lash, Deadlock hero

Deadlock hero · Assassin · Burst Fire

Lash

Build, abilities and counters

Updated Current patch, since October 15, 2026

A
Tier
#17
Win rate
50.7%
Pick rate
30.6%
Matches
505k

Who is Lash?

Lash is a assassin in Deadlock, part of Deadlock's original roster. Dives down to stomp his foes.

Lash gives his enemies little room to breathe, either by flying in from long distances to initiate combat with unsuspecting enemies, or pursuing said enemies when they try to run.

In recent matches Lash averages 7.2 / 6.7 / 14.1 kills, deaths and assists and ends games with 41k souls.

InitiatorHigh-FlyingArrogant

Abilities

Lash item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

93% Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought93% Win51.0% At3:31 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. 82% Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought82% Win50.9% At4:27 71% Headshot Booster Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought71% Win50.8% At2:10 Your next headshot against an enemy Hero deals bonus weapon damage. 65% Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought65% Win52.1% At6:21 45% Quicksilver Reload Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought45% Win52.6% At6:34 Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use. 11% Sprint Boots Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought11% Win53.1% At6:18

Mid game

9 to 20 min

53% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought53% Win53.0% At15:56 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 49% Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought49% Win51.2% At12:55 44% Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought44% Win51.4% At13:56 Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage. 44% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought44% Win49.4% At11:53 44% Stamina Mastery Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought44% Win54.1% At16:06 42% Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought42% Win51.4% At13:44 Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius.

Late game

20 min and later

60% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought60% Win52.8% At28:46 57% Greater Expansion Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought57% Win51.2% At27:02 Increases the range and effect radius of your abilities and items. 48% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought48% Win52.1% At27:20 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 45% Spirit Burn Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought45% Win57.7% At31:32 Dealing significant spirit damage to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to that enemy. While burning, enemies take da... 30% Transcendent Cooldown Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought30% Win52.6% At33:36 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities and items. 29% Refresher Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought29% Win49.7% At35:26 Reset the cooldown of all your abilities and restore all your charges.

Core items

Most bought overall

93% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought93% Win51.3% At19:18 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 91% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought91% Win50.8% At10:16 79% Stamina Mastery Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought79% Win52.3% At20:17 72% Greater Expansion Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought72% Win51.9% At24:56 Increases the range and effect radius of your abilities and items. 67% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought67% Win53.3% At27:38 66% Quicksilver Reload Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought66% Win51.1% At8:59 Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use.

Percent = share of Lash 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.

Lash abilities

Ability 1

Ground Strike

Slam down to the ground, damaging enemies

Stomp the ground beneath you, damaging enemies in front of you. If you perform Ground Strike while airborne, you quickly dive towards the ground. Damage grows slower after 25m.

  1. 1-10s Cooldown
  2. 2Struck enemies are knocked up and slowed by 40% for 3s
  3. 3Damage Per Meter +120% and improved scaling

Ability 2

Grapple

Use your whip to pull yourself to an enemy

Pull yourself through the air toward a target. Using Grapple also resets your limit of air jumps and dashes.

  1. 1-17s Cooldown
  2. 2+20m Cast Range and gain +7.0 Weapon Damage for 6s
  3. 3+1 Charges OnCast : +1 Stamina and +60% Air Control

Ability 3

Flog

Heals from targets ahead of you

Strike enemies in front of you with your whip, healing for a portion of the damage dealt.

  1. 1Apply -28% Move speed for 3s
  2. 2Apply -30% Fire Rate -16.0s Cooldown
  3. 3+80.0 Damage +25.0 Attack angle +15.0% Heal

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Death Slam

Lift enemies and smash them into the ground

Focus on enemies to connect whips to them. After channeling, connected enemies are lifted and stunned then slammed into the ground. Your victims and any enemies in the landing zone will be damaged and slowed. Press to throw connected enemies early. Enemies that are not in line of sight or go out of range during the latch time will not be grabbed.

  1. 112mm Max Throw Distance
  2. 2-35s Cooldown
  3. 3Stun enemies in Radius for 1.2s +6m Cast Range

Ability order

21% of players · 52.7% win rate · 56,303 matches

Max first Ground Strike Flog Grapple Death Slam
Ability 123456789101112
Ground Strike U123
Grapple U1
Flog U123
Death Slam U1

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

Lash counters and matchups

Counters

Lash wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate43.6% Pick rate– Matches114k −7.1 pts vs Lash's average −7.1
New Rat King Rat King Win rate44.1% Pick rate– Matches135k −6.7 pts vs Lash's average −6.7
Victor Victor Win rate45.3% Pick rate– Matches68k −5.4 pts vs Lash's average −5.4
Kelvin Kelvin Win rate45.4% Pick rate– Matches32k −5.4 pts vs Lash's average −5.4
Paige Paige Win rate45.8% Pick rate– Matches77k −4.9 pts vs Lash's average −4.9
Seven Seven Win rate46.4% Pick rate– Matches81k −4.4 pts vs Lash's average −4.4

Good matchups

Lash wins most against

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate56.1% Pick rate– Matches26k +5.4 pts vs Lash's average +5.4
Mirage Mirage Win rate56.1% Pick rate– Matches25k +5.4 pts vs Lash's average +5.4
The Doorman The Doorman Win rate55.7% Pick rate– Matches40k +5.0 pts vs Lash's average +5.0
Paradox Paradox Win rate55.5% Pick rate– Matches65k +4.8 pts vs Lash's average +4.8
Pocket Pocket Win rate55.5% Pick rate– Matches41k +4.8 pts vs Lash's average +4.8
Mina Mina Win rate55.3% Pick rate– Matches105k +4.6 pts vs Lash's average +4.6

Best teammates

Lift Lash's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate59.3% Pick rate– Matches80k +8.6 pts vs Lash's average +8.6
New Rat King Rat King Win rate56.9% Pick rate– Matches165k +6.2 pts vs Lash's average +6.2
Paige Paige Win rate56.0% Pick rate– Matches57k +5.2 pts vs Lash's average +5.2
Victor Victor Win rate55.8% Pick rate– Matches78k +5.1 pts vs Lash's average +5.1
Kelvin Kelvin Win rate55.2% Pick rate– Matches31k +4.5 pts vs Lash's average +4.5
Seven Seven Win rate55.0% Pick rate– Matches68k +4.3 pts vs Lash's average +4.3

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

Base stats

Level 1 values from the game files.

Health
780
Health regen
2/s
Move speed
7.20 m/s
Sprint speed
+2.10 m/s
Stamina
3
Light melee
50
Heavy melee
116
Bullet damage
8.46
Bullets per shot
1
Fire rate
5.83/s
Clip size
29
Reload time
2.35 s
Gun DPS
49.3

Win rate by rank

Average badge of both teams. Ranks under 200 matches show a dash.

RankWin ratePick rate
Initiate 51.2% 27.6%
Seeker 50.3% 33.8%
Acolyte 51.4% 37.2%
Sentinel 51.4% 38.2%
Mystic 52.0% 42.0%
Ritualist 51.2% 42.1%
Emissary 52.2% 42.8%
Oracle 51.1% 44.2%
Phantom 51.7% 41.1%
Ascendant 51.1% 38.8%
Eternus 48.6% 34.5%

Top Lash community builds

In game: Heroes, Lash, Builds, then search the build ID.

Lash FAQ

Who is Lash in Deadlock?

Lash is a assassin hero, part of Deadlock's original roster. Dives down to stomp his foes. Lash gives his enemies little room to breathe, either by flying in from long distances to initiate combat with unsuspecting enemies, or pursuing said enemies when they try to run.

What is the best Lash build?

The items Lash players buy most are Tankbuster, Improved Spirit, Stamina Mastery. Early on most start with Mystic Burst, Extra Spirit, Headshot Booster.

Who counters Lash?

Lash wins least often against Graves, Rat King, Victor in recent matches.

Is Lash good right now?

Lash is A tier on our tier list with a 50.7% win rate and 30.6% pick rate (current patch).

Lash's story

Jacob Lash is an asshole.

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