Vyper

Vyper item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

77% Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought77% Win47.1% At2:29 Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. 57% Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought57% Win46.3% At3:47 55% Rapid Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought55% Win46.9% At5:05 30% Grit Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought30% Win46.9% At4:48 Gain a Barrier for a short duration. 28% Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought28% Win45.8% At3:41 23% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought23% Win47.5% At5:43

Mid game

9 to 20 min

60% Burst Fire Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought60% Win48.9% At14:56 Briefly gain Fire Rate and Move Speed when one of your bullets hits a hero. 41% Split Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought41% Win46.4% At13:15 Make your weapon fire multishot. Hitting more than one Hero per attack will grant a stacking weapon damage bonus. Targets can only be hit once per ... 41% Quicksilver Reload Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought41% Win47.2% At14:34 Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use. 33% Bullet Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought33% Win46.9% At14:35 32% Tesla Bullets Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought32% Win48.5% At13:50 Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy. 21% Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought21% Win47.5% At14:16

Late game

20 min and later

51% Mercurial Magnum Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought51% Win49.1% At26:45 Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use. Until your next reload, your bullet... 31% Ricochet Weapon · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought31% Win53.4% At30:32 Your bullets will ricochet on enemies near your target, applying any bullet procs and dealing a percentage of the original damage. 29% Stamina Mastery Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought29% Win46.0% At25:35 25% Vampiric Burst Vitality · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought25% Win53.2% At31:03 24% Point Blank Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought24% Win46.7% At27:48 When in close range to your target, gain Weapon Damage and your bullets apply a Movement Slow. 19% Spirit Resilience Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought19% Win48.0% At29:45 When below 50% health, gain additional Spirit Resist.

Core items

Most bought overall

87% Burst Fire Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought87% Win47.6% At17:17 Briefly gain Fire Rate and Move Speed when one of your bullets hits a hero. 72% Quicksilver Reload Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought72% Win47.4% At14:18 Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use. 63% Split Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought63% Win47.2% At14:24 Make your weapon fire multishot. Hitting more than one Hero per attack will grant a stacking weapon damage bonus. Targets can only be hit once per ... 63% Mercurial Magnum Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought63% Win50.9% At25:04 Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use. Until your next reload, your bullet... 59% Bullet Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought59% Win47.1% At17:18 49% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought49% Win46.2% At11:52

Percent = share of Vyper 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.

Vyper abilities

Ability 1

Screwjab Dagger

Throw a slowing dagger

Throw a dagger, dealing spirit damage and applying slow. Every subsequent dagger against the same target stacks in spirit damage and slow.

1. 1+1 Charges
2. 2On Hit: -8% Bullet Resist and -6% Bullet Resist per Stack
3. 3+2 Max Stacks -2s Charge Delay On Hit: Refund 55% Charge Cooldown

Ability 2

Lethal Venom

Inject your enemies with a deadly venom

Inject a target with lethal venom. After a delay the venom triggers, dealing Spirit Damage. The damage is increased by the target's missing health. Lethal Venom will ignore Petrify's damage block.

1. 1+31.5 Max Venom Damage
2. 2-40% Incoming Healing and -12s Cooldown
3. 3Bullets also build up Lethal Venom

Ability 3

Slither

Increase the agility of your Slide

You have increased Slide Distance, can Slide up hills, and can turn faster while Sliding.

1. 1+20% Slide Distance
2. 2+2 Stamina
3. 3On Slide: Gain 180 barrier for 4s

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Petrifying Bola

Toss a petrifying bola

Throw an explosive bola. On exploding, the bola Slows and Damages all enemies in the area. Direct hits deal Additional Damage and Petrify instead. Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions.

1. 1+49.5 Petrify Damage
2. 2-20s Cooldown
3. 3+1.0s Petrify Duration. Petrifies all enemies in the area.

Ability order

25% of players · 48.9% win rate · 23,556 matches

Max first Slither › Lethal Venom › Petrifying Bola › Screwjab Dagger

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Screwjab Dagger					U
Lethal Venom			U	1					2	3
Slither	U	1				2		3
Petrifying Bola							U				1	2

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

Vyper counters and matchups

Counters

Vyper wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate38.1% Pick rate– Matches50k −8.2 pts vs Vyper's average −8.2

Paige Paige Win rate40.7% Pick rate– Matches32k −5.6 pts vs Vyper's average −5.6

New Rat King Rat King Win rate40.8% Pick rate– Matches65k −5.5 pts vs Vyper's average −5.5

Victor Victor Win rate41.5% Pick rate– Matches35k −4.7 pts vs Vyper's average −4.7

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate42.0% Pick rate– Matches14k −4.2 pts vs Vyper's average −4.2

Seven Seven Win rate42.2% Pick rate– Matches40k −4.0 pts vs Vyper's average −4.0

Good matchups

Vyper wins most against

Pocket Pocket Win rate51.9% Pick rate– Matches18k +5.7 pts vs Vyper's average +5.7

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate51.5% Pick rate– Matches11k +5.3 pts vs Vyper's average +5.3

Shiv Shiv Win rate51.5% Pick rate– Matches24k +5.2 pts vs Vyper's average +5.2

Mina Mina Win rate50.9% Pick rate– Matches46k +4.7 pts vs Vyper's average +4.7

Paradox Paradox Win rate50.7% Pick rate– Matches26k +4.5 pts vs Vyper's average +4.5

Viscous Viscous Win rate50.6% Pick rate– Matches14k +4.4 pts vs Vyper's average +4.4

Best teammates

Lift Vyper's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate53.8% Pick rate– Matches49k +7.5 pts vs Vyper's average +7.5

New Rat King Rat King Win rate52.6% Pick rate– Matches60k +6.4 pts vs Vyper's average +6.4

Victor Victor Win rate52.1% Pick rate– Matches22k +5.9 pts vs Vyper's average +5.9

Paige Paige Win rate51.6% Pick rate– Matches35k +5.4 pts vs Vyper's average +5.4

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate51.4% Pick rate– Matches14k +5.1 pts vs Vyper's average +5.1

Seven Seven Win rate50.6% Pick rate– Matches22k +4.4 pts vs Vyper's average +4.4

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

Top Vyper community builds

• Spirit Vyper - Midlock

  by Rabbies Ronnie · 126 favorites · updated Aug 17, 2026

  ID 768890
  Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls 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. Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls 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... Spirit Snatch Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls 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... Sprint Boots Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Trophy Collector Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Whenever you score an assist or kill, gain extra sprint, ability range and passive soul generation. This effect stacks and persists through death. Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health.

• sadness

  by 󠀡󠀡styledby · 39 favorites · updated Jun 29, 2026

  ID 698317
  Grit Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Gain a Barrier for a short duration. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Rapid Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health. Fleetfoot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Tesla Bullets Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy. Burst Fire Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Briefly gain Fire Rate and Move Speed when one of your bullets hits a hero.

• PTCourage Vyper

  by PTCourage · 37 favorites · updated Jul 20, 2026

  ID 714848
  Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Extra Charge Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Rapid Recharge Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Stamina Mastery Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Enchanter's Emblem Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls While you are above 65% health, gain bonus Spirit and Cooldown Reduction.

• VYPER [top 1 eu 85% WINRATE tv/sanya_sniper2011]

  by #уничтожен · 35 favorites · updated Sep 9, 2026

  ID 800821
  Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Weakening Headshot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Landing a Headshot reduces their Bullet Resist. Grit Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Gain a Barrier for a short duration. Spirit Shielding Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Gain a Barrier whenever you take significant spirit damage from enemy Heroes in a small time frame. Rapid Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Split Shot Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Make your weapon fire multishot. Hitting more than one Hero per attack will grant a stacking weapon damage bonus. Targets can only be hit once per ... Veil Walker Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Walking through a cosmic veil grants you Stealth, Heal and increased Move Speed.

• Pine Vyper

  by Pine_654 · 35 favorites · updated Jul 14, 2026

  ID 313925
  Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Tesla Bullets Weapon · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy. Fleetfoot Weapon · 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. Reactive Barrier Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Gain a Barrier when you are Stunned, Chained, Immobilized, Slept or Silenced.

• Hey_Man's hybrid hyper carry build

  by Who? · 34 favorites · updated Sep 15, 2026

  ID 453583
  Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls 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. Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Quicksilver Reload Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your imbued ability charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, bonus fire rate, and reloads bullets on use. Bullet Resist Shredder Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Reduces Bullet Resist on enemies when you deal spirit damage. Healing Rite Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Grant Regen and Sprint Speed to the target. Gets dispelled if you take damage from enemy players or objectives. Can be self-cast. Rebuttal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls On a successful Parry against an enemy Hero, Heal yourself for the damage parried and returns that damage to the target, and temporarily gain incre... Reactive Barrier Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Gain a Barrier when you are Stunned, Chained, Immobilized, Slept or Silenced.

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