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Holliday hero artHolliday Build & Counters

Bounces about dispensing trick shots. Holliday depends on her skills as a crack shot, shooting things she's bounced into the air. With good aim she can lay out heavy damage. Her movement skills let her isolate her enemies or beat a hasty retreat.

Updated ·Refreshed daily from public match data·Methodology

Tier

B

Win rate

48.3%▲ 0.6

Games

113K

23% pick

How to play Holliday right now

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%). Holliday is a marksman (bounces about dispensing trick shots). Build around Extra Charge, Rapid Recharge, Stamina Mastery, put early points into Powder Keg, and respect Rat King in lane.
  • 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

48.7%B

6.8K games

Sentinel – Ritualist

48.4%B

7.4K games

Emissary – Phantom

49.6%B

9.7K games

Ascendant – Eternus

51.6%A

2.4K games

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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.

Laning 0–10 min

Mid game 10–20 min

Late game 20+ min

Situational picks that win

Bought in under 20% of games, but with the highest win rates when they are.

Most played ability upgrade paths

Holliday skill order

Most popular55.6% win12K games
Powder KegPowder Keg12··5·7·····
Bounce PadBounce Pad···4···8···12
CrackshotCrackshot··3·········
Spirit LassoSpirit Lasso·····6··91011·
Option 257.4% win8.4K games
Powder KegPowder Keg··3··6·89···
Bounce PadBounce Pad···4······1112
CrackshotCrackshot12··5····10··
Spirit LassoSpirit Lasso······7·····
Option 353.2% win3.2K games
Powder KegPowder Keg12··5··8····
Bounce PadBounce Pad···4·6······
CrackshotCrackshot··3········12
Spirit LassoSpirit Lasso······7·91011·

Holliday abilities

Powder Keg1Powder 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.

Cooldown 28sCast Delay 0.125sCharges 2Charge Delay 7.5sImpact Damage 40Damage Per Second 13.3333Burn Duration 3sArm Time 0.1sDuration 0.4s
  1. 1 AP-10s Cooldown
  2. 2 AP+1 Charges
  3. 5 AP+40 Impact Damage +13.3333 Burn Damage per Second -5s Charge Time Improved Spirit Scaling

Bounce Pad2Bounce 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.

Cooldown 41sDuration 22sCast Delay 0.08sCharges 1Charge Delay 3.5sAir Control 100%Air Acceleration 50%Stomp Damage 60
  1. 1 AP-10s Cooldown
  2. 2 APYou and allies gain a +4m/s move speed bonus for 4s on landing
  3. 5 AP+0.7s Stomp Stun

Crackshot3Crackshot20s 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.

Cooldown 20sCast Delay 0.15sDamage 55Debuff Duration 2sFading Move Speed 40%
  1. 1 AP-20% Fading Move Speed
  2. 2 AP+49.5 Damage and -6% Bullet Resist for 5s
  3. 5 AP-6s Cooldown on Hero Headshots. -3s on NPC Headshots

Spirit Lasso4Spirit LassoUltimate130s cooldown

Throw out your lasso, dealing spirit damage, pulling, and applying stun. Using a Bounce Pad extends the duration of Spirit Lasso.

Cooldown 130sDuration 2.25sCast Delay 0.5sExtended Duration from Bounce Pad 1.25sTargeting Cone Angle 60Damage 80
  1. 1 AP+80 Damage
  2. 2 AP+0.75s Duration
  3. 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.

Holliday vs every hero — full counters table →

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
ILYDekker Holly - NEW49.3%515 games
Lavabolt Grandpa Guide My Hand To More Beer49.0%443 games
Midknight Holiday48.9%427 games
Holliday - Bruiser-Initiator [59% WR] [tracklock.gg]51.3%347 games

Recent Holliday changes

September 16, 2026 — Minor Update - 09-16-2026
  • • 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
August 12, 2026 — Minor Update - 08-12-2026
  • • Powder Keg now does half its damage immediately and half over 3s as a damage over time burn (same overall damage, multiple instances stack)
July 9, 2026 — Minor Update - 07-09-2026
  • • 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 voice linesListen to all 2,479 lines, grouped by situation.▶

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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