Comprehensive Guide to Lady Geist in Deadlock – Builds, Strategies, and Tips
In this guide, we will explore the optimal build for Lady Geist in Deadlock, focusing on her high base damage and unique abilities that allow her to excel in 1v1 situations. With low cooldowns and built-in damage amplification, Lady Geist can dominate the battlefield when built tanky and strategically. Join us as we outline the best items and strategies to maximize her potential.
Lady Geist
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Lady Geist is essentially Deadlock’s vampire or Warlock character, built around a theme of using her own Health to cast abilities while draining life from her opponents.
Her signature ultimate, Soul Exchange, makes her a formidable 1v1 threat, allowing her to swap Health levels with her target and turn a difficult situation to her advantage.
Weapon Stat
DPS | 55 |
Bullet Damage | 25 |
Ammo | 13 |
Bullets per Second | 2.22 |
Light Melee | 63 |
Heavy Melee | 116 |
Vitality Stat
Max Health | 650 |
Health Regen | 1 |
Bullet Resist | 0% |
Spirit Resist | 0% |
Move Speed | 6 m/s |
Sprint Speed | 1.5 m/s |
Stamina | 3 |
Deadlock Lady Geist Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
- Excels as one of the best duelists, making her an effective split pusher.
- Capable of major reversal plays in critical moments.
- Has low cooldowns on frequently used poke abilities.
Weaknesses
- Slow rate of fire on her primary weapon, requiring precise shots.
- May struggle in large teamfights, as her ultimate is easier for enemies to counter.
- Health-costing skillshots make mobile matchups challenging.
Deadlock Lady Geist Abilities
Essence Bomb (1)
Sacrifice some of your health to launch a bomb that deals damage after a brief arming time. The self-damage type is Spirit and can be mitigated.
- Radius: 7m
- Damage: 100
- Cooldown: 10.5s
- Arming Duration: 0.5s
- Self Damage: 30
Essence Bomb Upgrades
AP | Upgrade |
---|---|
1 | +2m Radius |
2 | +60 Damage |
5 | Bombs leave a toxic pool, dealing 26% of the original damage per second for 6 seconds. |
Maxing Essence Bomb enhances Lady Geist’s AoE capabilities, increasing the bomb’s radius, damage, and adding a toxic DoT pool.
Tips for Essence Bomb
Essence Bomb can attach to walls and ceilings, exploding within its visualized circle. You can often damage enemies behind cover if the circle wraps around them.
Life Drain (2)
Creates a tether that drains the enemy’s health over time, healing you. The target must stay within line of sight and max range for the drain to work. You can use other abilities and shoot while draining, but your movement speed is reduced by half. Press [2] to cancel.
- Range: 20m
- Duration: 2s
- Cooldown: 30s
- Max Tether Range: 30m
- Damage per Second: 35
Life Drain Upgrades
AP | Upgrade |
---|---|
1 | +20 Damage per Second |
2 | +2s Duration |
5 | Enemy is Silenced while being Life Drained (requires line of sight) |
Upgrading Life Drain increases Lady Geist’s durability, making it effective for close-range and melee matchups. Upgrades add DPS, extend duration, and introduce a Silence effect.
Tips for Life Drain
Life Drain reduces your movement speed, but you can compensate with movement options like Dashes, Dash Jumps, and Slides. Practice these techniques to keep your tether connected effectively.
Malice (3)
Sacrifice some of your health to launch blood shards that apply a stack of Malice. Each stack slows the target and increases the damage they take from you, with the slow effect diminishing over time.
- Blood Shards: 3
- Max Stacks: 5
- Cooldown: 6s
- Debuff Duration: 9s
- Health to Damage: 32
- Slow Duration: 4s
- Damage Amplification per Stack: 8%
- Movement Slow per Stack: 15%
Malice Upgrades
AP | Upgrade |
---|---|
1 | -3s Cooldown |
2 | +40 Health to Damage; increases damage amplification by 7% |
5 | +6 Blood Shards |
Upgrading Malice allows for more frequent use, enhances its effectiveness, and increases the number of shards in its spread.
Tips for Malice
When you need to lower your health to prepare for a Soul Exchange, this is the quickest way to do so.
Soul Exchange (4)
Swaps health levels with an enemy target. There’s a minimum health percentage for both the enemy's health reduction and the health Lady Geist receives based on the target’s current health.
- Range: 7m
- Cast Time: 0.2s
- Cooldown: 170s
- Enemy Minimum Health: 30%
- Minimum Health Received: 30%
Soul Exchange Upgrades
AP | Upgrade |
---|---|
1 | -40s Cooldown |
2 | -10% Enemy Minimum Health |
5 | On cast, +40% Fire Rate and +40% Spirit Resist for 8s |
Upgrading Soul Exchange allows more frequent casts, lowers the minimum health threshold of the enemy, and grants a Fire Rate and Spirit Resist boost on the final level.
Tips for Soul Exchange
If you struggle to get within range to land Soul Exchange, master the Dash Jump technique and consider items like Warp Stone to close the distance.
Ability Point Order
How to Counter Lady Geist
Lady Geist's ultimate has a short range, so practice in the Sandbox to gauge her proximity. As she builds gap-closing items, be cautious in 1v1 situations. Though she’s an effective split pusher, her left-click weapon makes her slower at killing objectives than other characters.
Item Costs
Item | Cost | |
---|---|---|
Toxic Bullets | 3,000 | |
Silencer | 7,450 | |
Healbane | 1,250 | |
Decay | 1,250 | |
Silence Glyph | 3,000 |
Deadlock Lady Geist Build
Lady Geist possesses high base damage and an oppressive kit featuring low cooldowns, built-in damage amplification, and silence. Our build will focus on tankiness, incorporating both types of damage, allowing her to excel in 1v1 encounters.
Early Game
Start by purchasing Headshot Booster and Mystic Burst to consistently poke the enemy and create space.
Next, buy Extra Regen if you need help surviving in lane; otherwise, opt for High-Velocity Mag for stronger poke and easier last hits. Finish off your build with Extra Health.
Item | Cost | |
---|---|---|
Headshot Booster | 500 | |
High-Velocity Mag | 500 | |
Extra Health | 500 | |
Extra Regen | 500 | |
Mystic Burst | 500 | |
Mystic Reach | 500 |
Mid Game
In the midgame, pick up Berserker and Kinetic Dash. Berserker is crucial since Lady Geist inherently damages herself when casting abilities, and this damage contributes to the passive Berserker provides, increasing weapon damage output in fights by up to 50%.
Look to acquire 1250 spirit items like Suppressor, Coldfront, and armor to enhance survivability. This should empower you to save for your next spike.
Buying armor along with Headhunter will equip you with the necessary tools to become a formidable midgame duelist.
Warp Stone and maxing Life Drain as soon as possible is essential for your next big power spike, allowing you to confidently engage in 1v1s and excel in teamfights.
Use Essence Bomb (1) to activate debuff items like Suppressor and Bullet Resist Shredder. Target enemy carries who are susceptible to silences, such as Pocket and Yamato, with max level Life Drain whenever possible.
Item | Cost | |
---|---|---|
Berserker | 1250 | |
Kinetic Dash | 1250 | |
Slowing Bullets | 1250 | |
Suppressor | 1250 | |
Bullet Resist Shredder | 1250 | |
Cold Front | 1250 | |
Healing Booster | 1250 | |
Healbane | 1250 | |
Bullet Armor | 1250 | |
Spirit Armor | 1250 |
Late Game
Upgrade to Improved Bullet Armor, Improved Spirit Armor, and Improved Burst.
Frenzy against a spirit-heavy team comp can provide an unexpected burst of survivability and damage.
Item | Cost | |
---|---|---|
Frenzy | 6200 | |
Improved Bullet Armor | 3000 | |
Improved Spirit Armor | 3000 | |
Improved Burst | 3000 |
Situational Items
If the enemy team includes characters like Yamato or Pocket, who are vulnerable to silences, purchasing Silence Glyph can be impactful.
If the enemy has high amounts of crowd control (CC) like Bebop, Dynamo, or Abrams, acquiring Reactive Barrier early can be strong.
Against characters like Lash or Vindicta, consider buying Slowing Hex.
Item | Cost | |
---|---|---|
Enduring Speed | 1250 | |
Debuff Reducer | 1250 | |
Reactive Barrier | 1250 | |
Slowing Hex | 1250 | |
Silence Glyph | 3000 |