Marksman · Pistol
Holliday Build & Counters
Updated ·Refreshed daily from public match data·Methodology
Tier
Win rate
Games
113K
23% pick
How to play Holliday right now
- Core items: Extra Charge, Rapid Recharge, Stamina Mastery, Extra Stamina
- Max first: Powder Keg
- Hardest lanes: Rat King, Graves, Paige
- Best teammates: Rat King, Seven, Haze
Last 7 days, all ranks
Holliday stats
Win rate
48.3%
#20 of 41
Pick rate
22.9%
of matches
Ban share
1.6%
of ranked bans
K / D / A
6.6 / 5.7 / 13.1
KDA 3.48
Souls
41K
per game
Hero damage
32K
per game
Win rate, last 30 days
September 12, 2026 → October 11, 2026 · low 46.8% · high 49.6%
Compare Holliday with another hero in the hero comparison tool.
Ranked matches, last 7 days
Holliday by rank
Initiate – Acolyte
6.8K games
Sentinel – Ritualist
7.4K games
Emissary – Phantom
9.7K games
Ascendant – Eternus
2.4K games
See every hero for your bracket on the Deadlock tier list.
Items by game phase · last 7 days
Holliday build
Buy rate = share of Holliday games where the item was bought; grouped by average purchase time. Late items always show higher win rates because they are bought in longer, often winning games — compare items within the same phase.
Recommended build — buy in this order
The 12 items most Holliday players buy, sorted by when they are usually bought.
High-rank build — Phantom and above
What Holliday players in Phantom+ ranked lobbies buy (17K games, last 30 days), in buying order.
Laning 0–10 min
Extra ChargeCore800 souls · bought 4 min97%48.3% win
Extra SpiritCore800 souls · bought 7 min68%48.3% win
Headshot BoosterCore800 souls · bought 3 min65%48.2% win
Trophy Collector1,600 souls · bought 10 min38%49.4% win
Extra Health800 souls · bought 8 min31%48.9% win
Sprint Boots800 souls · bought 8 min28%49.2% win
Spirit Strike800 souls · bought 9 min10%49.6% win
Restorative Shot800 souls · bought 4 min8%49.2% win
Mid game 10–20 min
Rapid RechargeCore3,200 souls · bought 15 min91%48.7% win
Extra StaminaCore800 souls · bought 14 min70%48.4% win
Recharging RushCore1,600 souls · bought 14 min63%48.5% win
Headhunter3,200 souls · bought 15 min56%48.6% win
Improved Spirit1,600 souls · bought 11 min53%48.6% win
Mystic Burst800 souls · bought 12 min51%48.4% win
Surge of Power3,200 souls · bought 19 min38%48.8% win
Swift Striker1,600 souls · bought 12 min27%49.1% win
Late game 20+ min
Stamina MasteryCore3,200 souls · bought 21 min81%49.2% win
Tankbuster3,200 souls · bought 23 min56%49.1% win
Superior Duration3,200 souls · bought 26 min41%50.7% win
Boundless Spirit6,400 souls · bought 29 min41%51.4% win
Superior Cooldown3,200 souls · bought 27 min40%51.1% win
Sharpshooter3,200 souls · bought 20 min33%49.2% win
Compress Cooldown1,600 souls · bought 23 min31%50.4% win
Fortitude3,200 souls · bought 21 min30%50.1% win
Situational picks that win
Bought in under 20% of games, but with the highest win rates when they are.
Lucky Shot6,400 souls · bought 34 min11%56.9% win
Escalating Exposure6,400 souls · bought 33 min19%55.1% win
Glass Cannon6,400 souls · bought 29 min18%54.3% win
Crippling Headshot6,400 souls · bought 35 min12%53.9% win
Mystic Vulnerability1,600 souls · bought 26 min16%53.1% win
Transcendent Cooldown6,400 souls · bought 35 min19%52.2% win
Most played ability upgrade paths
Holliday skill order
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| · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 12 | |
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Holliday abilities
1Powder Keg28s cooldown
Throw a barrel that explodes after a delay, dealing spirit damage, setting enemies on fire and applying knockup. The barrel can be detonated early by being shot, melee'd, or detonated by another barrel. The burn stacks, so overlapping barrels burn for their combined damage. Can be Alt-Cast to place the barrel in front of Holliday.
- 1 AP-10s Cooldown
- 2 AP+1 Charges
- 5 AP+40 Impact Damage +13.3333 Burn Damage per Second -5s Charge Time Improved Spirit Scaling
2Bounce Pad41s cooldown
Drop a bounce pad in the world that launches any hero. You explode on landing, dealing Damage to any nearby enemies. The explosion can only occur once per person per Bounce Pad.
- 1 AP-10s Cooldown
- 2 APYou and allies gain a +4m/s move speed bonus for 4s on landing
- 5 AP+0.7s Stomp Stun
3Crackshot20s cooldown
Headshots deal bonus Damage and applies a Fading Move Speed penalty. This effect can only occur when off cooldown. Cooldown is reduced by 50% on NPC hits. Crackshot ignores range damage fall-off and does not apply to objectives.
- 1 AP-20% Fading Move Speed
- 2 AP+49.5 Damage and -6% Bullet Resist for 5s
- 5 AP-6s Cooldown on Hero Headshots. -3s on NPC Headshots
4Spirit LassoUltimate130s cooldown
Throw out your lasso, dealing spirit damage, pulling, and applying stun. Using a Bounce Pad extends the duration of Spirit Lasso.
- 1 AP+80 Damage
- 2 AP+0.75s Duration
- 5 AP-40s Cooldown
Same-lane win rate · last 7 days
How to counter Holliday
Holliday has the hardest time in lane against Rat King, Graves, Paige. Items that work best into Holliday: Metal Skin, Armor Piercer, Glass Cannon.
Hardest lanes for Holliday
Holliday wins lane vs
Best teammates
Last 30 days · win-rate gain over other items in the same games
Best items against Holliday
Compared with the other items bought into Holliday, these ones lift their owner's win rate the most — good picks when you are laning against or chasing Holliday.
Most-played in-game builds · last 7 days
Popular Holliday builds
Community builds from the in-game build browser, ranked by how many games used them. Search the build ID in-game (Hero Builds → search) to import it.
Luentii Gun Holliday ( NEW PATCH )50.3%1.1K games
illaryaa NEW51.2%737 games
Early Game I sell prio> mystic shot>supp
Extra Charge
Extra Spirit
Improved Spirit
Recharging Rush
Rapid Recharge
Extra Stamina
if u want
Midgame II
Mystic Shot
Opening Rounds
Suppressor
Stamina Mastery
Compress Cooldown
Superior Cooldown
Boundless Spirit
Tankbuster
Escalating Exposure
if need in midgame/late
ILYDekker Holly - NEW49.3%515 games
Early
Headshot Booster
Extra Charge
Extra Spirit
Improved Spirit
Trophy Collector
Rapid Recharge
Mystic Burst
Recharging Rush
Headhunter
get 1 or 2
get whats needed
alt gun inv
end game stuff
Cursed Relic
Spirit Burn
Transcendent Cooldown
Spiritual Overflow
Crippling Headshot
Escalating Exposure
Diviner's Kevlar
counter buys
Lavabolt Grandpa Guide My Hand To More Beer49.0%443 games
Lane
Headshot Booster
Sprint Boots
Extra Charge
Spirit Strike
Rapid Recharge
Mystic Burst
Trophy Collector
Recharging Rush
Headhunter
Lane Survivability
Mid Core
Dispel Magic
Extra Stamina
Spirit Snatch
Duration Extender
Stamina Mastery
Tankbuster
Superior Duration
Superior Cooldown
Cursed Relic
Common counter items
Other survivability buys.
Other items you may want
Shadow Weave
Veil Walker
Spellbreaker
Spirit Burn
Refresher
Focus Lens
Magic Carpet
ALT GUN SPIKE
Midknight Holiday48.9%427 games
Early-Mid
Extra Spirit
Extra Charge
Improved Spirit
Rapid Recharge
Mystic Shot
Restorative Locket
Veil Walker
Recharging Rush
Stamina Mastery
Tankbuster
Superior Duration
Spirit Burn
Lane Options
Restorative Shot
Reactive Barrier
Rusted Barrel
Rebuttal
Headshot Booster
Slowing Hex
Monster Rounds
Enchanter's Emblem
Healbane
Trophy Collector
Guardian Ward
Spirit Shielding
Spirit Luxury
Holliday - Bruiser-Initiator [59% WR] [tracklock.gg]51.3%347 games
Core Build
Headshot Booster
Extra Charge
Spirit Strike
Rapid Recharge
Mystic Burst
Extra Stamina
Recharging Rush
Veil Walker
Headhunter
Stamina Mastery
Spirit Snatch
Duration Extender
Tankbuster
Superior Duration
Early
Improved Spirit
Extra Spirit
Trophy Collector
Healbane
Mystic Shot
Slowing Hex
Compress Cooldown
Sprint Boots
Late
Superior Cooldown
Alchemical Fire
Boundless Spirit
Spirit Burn
Cursed Relic
Surge of Power
Escalating Exposure
Defensives
Recent Holliday changes
- • Health per boon increased from 41 to 43
- • Crackshot T2 now also applies -6% Bullet Resistance for 5s
- • Lasso duration extention by Bounce Pad increased from +1s to +1.25s
- • Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn (same overall damage, multiple instances stack)
- • Powder Keg spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05
About Holliday
Base stats (level 1)
- Health
- 780
- Health regen
- 2/s
- Move speed
- 8.2 m/s
- Sprint speed
- 1.6 m/s
- Stamina
- 2
- Light melee
- 50
- Heavy melee
- 116
Holliday lore
There are people who spent their whole lives dreaming about moving to New York. Holliday isn't one of those people. Content with being a Sheriff in a small town, Holliday enjoyed a career where the only time she had to use her gun was when trick shooting at the county fair...then the murders started.
Grisly and inhumane; the bodies were found with their ribcages ripped open... their innards picked apart as if by birds. Holliday tracked down the killer, a travelling folk musician that the media dubbed "The Troubadour", but when she confronted him he exploded into a murder of crows and flew away.
That was 6 months ago, and while the murders in central Illinois have stopped, Holliday's investigation has not. She believes that The Troubadour is travelling to New York, and when she finds him she's going to kill that evil son of a bitch.
Official in-game biography.
Holliday FAQ
Is Holliday good in Deadlock right now?+
Average — fine in the right hands. Holliday is B tier (#20 of 41) with a 48.3% win rate over 113K games in the last 7 days. Holliday wins 48.3% of 113K games, 0.0 pts above the median hero, up 0.6 pts on last week. Strongest in Ascendant – Eternus lobbies (51.6%), weakest in Sentinel – Ritualist (48.4%). Struggles into Rat King in lane (40%).
What is the best Holliday build?+
Most Holliday players buy Extra Charge, Rapid Recharge, Stamina Mastery, Extra Stamina — the four items bought most often. Start with Extra Charge, Extra Spirit, Headshot Booster in lane, then Rapid Recharge, Extra Stamina, Recharging Rush by mid game.
Who counters Holliday?+
In lane, Holliday has the lowest win rate against Rat King (40.4%), Graves (40.9%), Paige (41.0%). Holliday does best against Shiv (55.4%), Pocket (53.7%), Solomon (53.6%).
How do you counter Holliday?+
Pick a hero that wins the lane into Holliday — Rat King, Graves, Paige do best this week — and build Metal Skin or Armor Piercer, which win more often than other items when Holliday is on the enemy team.
What should I max first on Holliday?+
The most common skill order puts points into Powder Keg first; it wins 55.6% of 12K games. Full order is in the skill order table above.
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