Baba Build Guide: Best Items, Skill Order and How to Play Deadlock's Hex Support

The best Baba build in Deadlock is spirit and sustain: open with Extra Charge, Mystic Regeneration and Extra Regen, build Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse and Spirit Snatch in the mid game, and finish with Boundless Spirit and Escalating Exposure. Baba released on October 6, 2026 at a rough 42.7% win rate and has since climbed to around 53 to 54% as players learned her kit.

Win rates and item stats below come from public match trackers in late October 2026. Trackers disagree slightly, so we give ranges, and every Deadlock patch moves them.

How Baba Works

Baba is a hexing grandmother who steals power from enemies and hands protection to her team:

• Threadsap saps enemies and feeds her bonus Spirit. The more enemies it hits, the harder her damage and healing items scale, which is why the build revolves around it.

• Granny Long Legs is her mobility and reach.

• Baba's Brew shields allies and reduces enemy resists. Throw it on your frontliner as they engage.

• Feed The Birds, her ultimate, turns enemies into pigeons, one of the most disruptive teamfight tools in the game.

Her swing from 42.7% to 54% is the classic new-hero curve: her kit is unusual, and it took the playerbase a week to learn to land Threadsap on multiple targets and time the ultimate.

Skill Order

Threadsap, Threadsap, Baba's Brew, Granny Long Legs, then back to Threadsap and Brew before the ultimate. Get Threadsap's 2 AP upgrade early for its cooldown reduction, and Granny Long Legs' 2 AP for the same reason.

Item Build

Early: Extra Charge is bought in over 90% of games. Add Extra Regen, Mystic Regeneration and Spirit Strike. Cheap gun items work too, since Threadsap's Spirit buff helps her trade.

Mid: Radiant Regeneration and Torment Pulse are the core, because both scale with the bonus Spirit Threadsap steals. Add Healing Booster, Reactive Barrier and Spirit Snatch, which stacks with Baba's Brew's resist reduction. Mystic Expansion, Duration Extender and Compress Cooldown can be imbued into Granny Long Legs early for uptime.

Late: Superior Cooldown and Rapid Recharge, then Boundless Spirit and Escalating Exposure, which post her highest win rates at around 59 to 61%. Transcendent Cooldown is always good on her.

How to Play Her

1. Hit as many enemies as possible with Threadsap. Every extra target means more Spirit and more value from your items.

2. Brew your frontliner as they engage, not after they are already low.

3. Hold Feed The Birds for the moment the enemy commits. Turning a diving team into pigeons ends fights.

4. Stay tanky. Baba is not a backline healer; she fights inside the brawl.

Taking Baba Into Ranked

Ranked is where a hero this new pays off, because most of the lobby still does not know the matchup. If the 60-win gate is between you and the ladder, Deadlock ranked unlock clears it, and placement matches get your calibration played at a high standard. Already ranked? Rank boosting takes you to a target rank, win boosting adds wins when you are a few games short of a boundary, and Deadlock Fast Games put a verified strong player in your duo slot while you learn Baba yourself. Our ranks guide and climbing math explain what each step is worth.

FAQ

What is the best Baba build in Deadlock? Extra Charge, Mystic Regeneration and Extra Regen early; Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse and Spirit Snatch mid; Boundless Spirit and Escalating Exposure late.

What is Baba's skill order? Threadsap, Threadsap, Baba's Brew, Granny Long Legs, prioritising the 2 AP cooldown upgrades.

Is Baba good in Deadlock? Yes. She launched around 42.7% but climbed to roughly 53 to 54% as players learned her.

What does Baba's ultimate do? Feed The Birds turns enemies into pigeons, shutting them out of the fight.