How to play Drifter in Deadlock?

Drifter is a Hero in Deadlock. Learn their optimal ability leveling order, situational item choices, and counter matchups on Lockbuilds.

What are the best builds for Drifter in Deadlock?

Top item builds for Drifter prioritize core weapon and spirit items tailored to their abilities and lane matchups. Explore high-win-rate community and pro builds on Lockbuilds.

What are Drifter's abilities in Deadlock?

Drifter features unique signature abilities scaling with spirit power and weapon damage. Check this overview page for full ability breakdowns and cooldowns.

Where can I find current Drifter Deadlock stats and win rates?

Lockbuilds provides real-time win rates, pick rates, tier placement, and matchup analytics for Drifter across all competitive rank tiers in the current Deadlock patch.

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Drifter - Deadlock Hero Stats & Guide

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Hero Summary

Drifter leans most into close-range brawling and damage output, while farming is the weakest part of the profile. Drifter performs best into Sinclair and Mina. Drifter struggles most into Graves and Rat King. Drifter pairs best with Graves and Rat King. Drifter has the weakest synergy with Shiv and Pocket. Spellslinger is Drifter's best win-rate item at 62.6%. Stalker is bought in 54.6% of matches. Melee Lifesteal is usually picked up early at around 2.7 min.

Play Style

Win Rate

50.3%

Pick Rate

37.0%

Dominates

Current Patch

Loses to

Current Patch

Best Synergy

Lady Geist24k Matches

52.90%Drifter - Win

Current Patch

Worst Synergy

Current Patch

Best Items

ItemWR ChangePR Change

Glass Cannon

Tier 4•6,400

61.63%+0.29%27,255-0.2%

Colossus

Tier 4•6,400

61.25%+1.68%6,779-0.98%

Frenzy

Tier 4•6,400

61.06%+0.61%16,098-0.59%

Lucky Shot

Tier 4•6,400

60.31%-0.07%40,750-0.86%

Ricochet

Tier 4•6,400

60.01%+1.82%5,882-0.29%

Silencer

Tier 4•6,400

59.80%-0.35%46,518-0.92%

Spiritual Overflow

Tier 4•6,400

59.39%-0.06%11,435-0.42%

Mystic Reverb

Tier 4•6,400

58.70%+0.19%7,804-0.12%

Crippling Headshot

Tier 4•6,400

58.26%-1.21%17,581-0.35%

Siphon Bullets

Tier 4•6,400

58.07%-1.19%14,628-0.24%

Current Patch

Counter Items

ItemWR ChangePR Change

Rescue Beam

Tier 3•3,200

59.69%+7.36%258+0.01%

Return Fire

Tier 2•1,600

58.96%+1.61%843-0.03%

Metal Skin

Tier 3•3,200

58.83%+1.39%11,247+0.15%

Disarming Hex

Tier 3•3,200

58.14%+0.65%6,491+0.19%

Weapon Shielding

Tier 2•1,600

57.81%+3.22%2,145+0.02%

Knockdown

Tier 3•3,200

55.69%+1.27%7,457+0.12%

Suppressor

Tier 2•1,600

55.42%-4.39%480+0.0%

Bullet Resilience

Tier 3•3,200

54.17%+0.47%5,575+0.09%

Decay

Tier 3•3,200

52.32%-1.44%2,496-0.05%

Healbane

Tier 2•1,600

51.87%+0.39%54,778+1.6%

Current Patch

Hero Base Stats

Weapon

Falloff range:22 -> 27

Damage per second:133

Bullet damage:19.50

Bullets per second:6.80

Shoot move speed:-25%

Clip size:12

Reload_duration:2.44s

Bullets speed:508m/s

Light melee:51.5

Heavy melee damage:120

Vitality

Max health:755

Base health regen:3.5

Bullet resistance:0%

Spirit resistance:0%

Reducing critical damage:0%

Max move speed:6.9m/s

Sprint speed:1.6m/s

Stamina:3

Stamina regen:5s

Spirit

Ability cooldown:0%

Ability duration:0%

Ability range:0%

Spirit lifesteal:0%

Max charges increase:0

Charge cooldown:0%

Spirit power:0

Damage 0

Buff Duration 0s

Kill Duration 300s

Max Targets 2

Bonuses Per Boon

REACHING EACH THRESHOLD GIVES:

Unlock skills or skill points

Skills are unlocked on the 0th, 1st, 4th and 6th gifts.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

The rewards reach their maximum on the 32nd gift.

+0.49 to base Bullet Damage

+41 to base Health

+1.58 to base Melee Damage

+1.1 to Spirit Power

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