Violet, Deadlock hero

Deadlock hero · Mystic · Projectile

Violet New hero

Build, abilities and counters

Updated Current patch, since October 15, 2026

A
Tier
#14
Win rate
51.0%
Pick rate
57.4%
Matches
887k

Who is Violet?

Violet is a mystic in Deadlock, released October 16, 2026.

In recent matches Violet averages 6.9 / 6.7 / 13.6 kills, deaths and assists and ends games with 40k souls.

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Abilities

Violet item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

77% Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought77% Win51.2% At3:35 75% Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought75% Win51.6% At5:07 Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. 73% Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought73% Win51.6% At5:04 60% Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought60% Win51.0% At2:46 27% Grit Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought27% Win51.6% At5:00 Gain a Barrier for a short duration. 22% Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought22% Win51.1% At6:10 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage.

Mid game

9 to 20 min

64% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought64% Win50.9% At13:15 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. 57% Rapid Recharge Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought57% Win52.5% At14:57 47% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought47% Win50.9% At13:32 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 37% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought37% Win51.6% At14:41 35% Spirit Shielding Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought35% Win51.7% At13:39 Gain a Barrier whenever you take significant spirit damage from enemy Heroes in a small time frame. 27% Mystic Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought27% Win51.6% At13:45 Your next bullet deals bonus spirit damage.

Late game

20 min and later

58% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought58% Win55.0% At30:07 51% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought51% Win51.3% At26:18 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 48% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought48% Win53.3% At27:41 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 29% Escalating Exposure Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought29% Win59.3% At34:01 Dealing spirit damage applies a stacking Spirit Amp that increases your spirit damage to the target. 27% Spirit Burn Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought27% Win59.6% At34:38 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... 24% Transcendent Cooldown Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought24% Win54.7% At33:57 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities and items.

Core items

Most bought overall

90% Rapid Recharge Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought90% Win51.5% At18:20 88% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought88% Win51.5% At13:45 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. 83% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought83% Win51.5% At16:06 70% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought70% Win51.1% At12:31 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 67% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought67% Win52.4% At24:02 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 62% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought62% Win55.4% At29:15

Percent = share of Violet 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.

Violet abilities

Ability 1

Living Ink

  1. 1-4s Cooldown +15m Max Drawing Distance
  2. 2On Empower: Gain +10% Fire Rate for 10s, stacking 5 times
  3. 3+1s Cooldown Reduction Per Hit Improve scaling

Ability 2

Flow State

Drag a brush that continues to travel forward, leaving a trail that grants bonus slide distance for allies and a fading slow and spirit damage to enemies it passes through, increased the further it travels. Re-activate the ability to flick the brush forward, ending the ability early but dealing spirit damage in a larger area.

  1. 1On Slide: +150% Stamina Regeneration
  2. 2-6s Cooldown +8m Flick Range +4s Trail Duration
  3. 3On Slide: Gain Damage Amp over time, up to 20% for 6s

Ability 3

Still Life

Choose a hero to be your subject, dealing spirit damage over time as long as you are looking at them. If the sketch is completed they take additional spirit damage, suffer from stun, and drop a sketch that can be picked up. For each collected sketch, you permanently gain stats based on the hero.

  1. 1On Cast: Gain 15 Health Regen for 4s, refreshed on pickup
  2. 2While Drawing: Subjects deal -35% Damage
  3. 3+20% Move Speed -11s Cooldown +0.35s Stun Duration

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Abstract Landscape

Create a circular display of ink that blocks vision and grants allies Spirit. Enemies inside are revealed, and leaving causes them to take spirit damage and suffer from Silence and slow, destroying the ink in the process.

  1. 1-20s Cooldown
  2. 2On Buff: +25% Spirit Lifesteal +15 Spirit Power
  3. 3+1.25s Silence Duration +4s Ability Duration Ink is no longer destroyed

Ability order

15% of players · 50.9% win rate · 74,444 matches

Max first Still Life Living Ink Flow State Abstract Landscape
Ability 123456789101112
Living Ink U123
Flow State U12
Still Life U123
Abstract Landscape U

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

Violet counters and matchups

Counters

Violet wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate44.0% Pick rate– Matches209k −7.0 pts vs Violet's average −7.0
New Rat King Rat King Win rate44.3% Pick rate– Matches258k −6.7 pts vs Violet's average −6.7
Paige Paige Win rate45.8% Pick rate– Matches146k −5.1 pts vs Violet's average −5.1
Victor Victor Win rate46.2% Pick rate– Matches131k −4.8 pts vs Violet's average −4.8
New Baba Baba Win rate46.2% Pick rate– Matches101k −4.8 pts vs Violet's average −4.8
Kelvin Kelvin Win rate46.2% Pick rate– Matches61k −4.8 pts vs Violet's average −4.8

Good matchups

Violet wins most against

Mirage Mirage Win rate56.3% Pick rate– Matches54k +5.3 pts vs Violet's average +5.3
Pocket Pocket Win rate56.2% Pick rate– Matches82k +5.2 pts vs Violet's average +5.2
The Doorman The Doorman Win rate56.0% Pick rate– Matches64k +5.1 pts vs Violet's average +5.1
Mina Mina Win rate55.8% Pick rate– Matches195k +4.8 pts vs Violet's average +4.8
Rem Rem Win rate55.6% Pick rate– Matches142k +4.6 pts vs Violet's average +4.6
Shiv Shiv Win rate55.6% Pick rate– Matches118k +4.6 pts vs Violet's average +4.6

Best teammates

Lift Violet's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate58.6% Pick rate– Matches158k +7.6 pts vs Violet's average +7.6
New Rat King Rat King Win rate56.9% Pick rate– Matches288k +5.9 pts vs Violet's average +5.9
Paige Paige Win rate56.3% Pick rate– Matches107k +5.4 pts vs Violet's average +5.4
Kelvin Kelvin Win rate55.8% Pick rate– Matches51k +4.8 pts vs Violet's average +4.8
Victor Victor Win rate55.8% Pick rate– Matches124k +4.8 pts vs Violet's average +4.8
Seven Seven Win rate54.9% Pick rate– Matches105k +3.9 pts vs Violet's average +3.9

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

Base stats

Level 1 values from the game files.

Health
710
Health regen
2/s
Move speed
6.90 m/s
Sprint speed
+2.50 m/s
Stamina
3
Light melee
50
Heavy melee
116
Bullet damage
30
Bullets per shot
1
Fire rate
1.54/s
Clip size
15
Reload time
2.70 s
Gun DPS
46.2

Win rate by rank

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

RankWin ratePick rate
Initiate 49.6% 63.0%
Seeker 49.7% 65.6%
Acolyte 49.3% 67.7%
Sentinel 49.4% 69.1%
Mystic 48.9% 69.2%
Ritualist 48.7% 70.7%
Emissary 48.4% 71.3%
Oracle 48.4% 70.9%
Phantom 48.6% 71.7%
Ascendant 47.4% 68.5%
Eternus 48.2% 70.5%

Top Violet community builds

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

Violet FAQ

Who is Violet in Deadlock?

Violet is a mystic hero, released October 16, 2026.

What is the best Violet build?

The items Violet players buy most are Rapid Recharge, Radiant Regeneration, Improved Spirit. Early on most start with Extra Spirit, Mystic Regeneration, Extra Charge.

Who counters Violet?

Violet wins least often against Graves, Rat King, Paige in recent matches.

Is Violet good right now?

Violet is A tier on our tier list with a 51.0% win rate and 57.4% pick rate (current patch).

Violet's story

Violet immigrated to The Cursed Apple when she was 12, and while there was a certain amount of culture shock to adapting to New York, she quickly fell in love with the vibrance of the city. Dedicating herself to the pursuit of the arts, Violet's passion lead her to successes far beyond most of her peers. First, a full ride to art school. Then in her junior year, inclusion in MOMA'S prestigious celebration of student artists: "The Upstart Gallery". By any measure she's doing phenomenal for her age, however Violet has not been able shake her existential dread of dying a failure. She knows that commercial success as a fine artist isn't about being good enough. It's not even about being great. It's about being seen by the right person at the right time. And so she has set her sights on The Ritual... not to embellish on her own talent, but just to have a chance to show the world what she can do.

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