Assassin · Rapid Fire
Vyper Build & Counters
Updated ·Refreshed daily from public match data·Methodology
Tier
Win rate
Games
75K
15% pick
How to play Vyper right now
- Core items: Burst Fire, Close Quarters, Rapid Rounds, Quicksilver Reload
- Max first: Slither
- Hardest lanes: Graves, Paige, Rat King
- Best teammates: Paige, Rat King, Graves
Last 7 days, all ranks
Vyper stats
Win rate
48.0%
#22 of 41
Pick rate
15.1%
of matches
Ban share
1.9%
of ranked bans
K / D / A
7.5 / 7.3 / 9.9
KDA 2.38
Souls
41K
per game
Hero damage
30K
per game
Win rate, last 30 days
September 12, 2026 → October 11, 2026 · low 46.9% · high 51.7%
Compare Vyper with another hero in the hero comparison tool.
Ranked matches, last 7 days
Vyper by rank
Initiate – Acolyte
4.5K games
Sentinel – Ritualist
4.1K games
Emissary – Phantom
4.9K games
Ascendant – Eternus
1.2K games
See every hero for your bracket on the Deadlock tier list.
Items by game phase · last 7 days
Vyper build
Buy rate = share of Vyper 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 Vyper players buy, sorted by when they are usually bought.
High-rank build — Phantom and above
What Vyper players in Phantom+ ranked lobbies buy (13K games, last 30 days), in buying order.
Laning 0–10 min
Close QuartersCore800 souls · bought 3 min88%48.2% win
Rapid RoundsCore800 souls · bought 8 min83%48.1% win
Extra SpiritCore800 souls · bought 5 min69%47.9% win
Grit800 souls · bought 7 min40%48.0% win
Extra Regen800 souls · bought 5 min24%47.0% win
Opening Rounds1,600 souls · bought 10 min23%46.5% win
Monster Rounds800 souls · bought 5 min20%47.2% win
Extended Magazine800 souls · bought 8 min13%45.0% win
Mid game 10–20 min
Burst FireCore3,200 souls · bought 17 min90%48.9% win
Quicksilver ReloadCore1,600 souls · bought 14 min76%49.0% win
Split ShotCore1,600 souls · bought 14 min67%48.7% win
Bullet Lifesteal1,600 souls · bought 17 min54%48.9% win
Improved Spirit1,600 souls · bought 12 min48%48.2% win
Tesla Bullets3,200 souls · bought 16 min43%48.7% win
Swift Striker1,600 souls · bought 11 min43%48.1% win
Bullet Resist Shredder1,600 souls · bought 15 min38%48.8% win
Late game 20+ min
Mercurial MagnumCore6,400 souls · bought 24 min70%51.9% win
Stamina Mastery3,200 souls · bought 22 min46%49.3% win
Ricochet6,400 souls · bought 28 min37%53.7% win
Point Blank3,200 souls · bought 23 min34%48.9% win
Vampiric Burst6,400 souls · bought 30 min25%54.8% win
Spiritual Overflow6,400 souls · bought 31 min24%57.7% win
Fortitude3,200 souls · bought 20 min23%50.6% win
Spirit Resilience3,200 souls · bought 28 min23%49.4% 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 33 min10%59.5% win
Crippling Headshot6,400 souls · bought 34 min9%57.3% win
Unstoppable6,400 souls · bought 33 min15%55.9% win
Boundless Spirit6,400 souls · bought 35 min10%54.6% win
Leech6,400 souls · bought 29 min18%53.8% win
Debuff Reducer1,600 souls · bought 27 min15%53.3% win
Most played ability upgrade paths
Vyper skill order
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Vyper abilities
1Screwjab Dagger10s cooldown
Throw a dagger, dealing spirit damage and applying slow. Every subsequent dagger against the same target stacks in spirit damage and slow.
- 1 AP+1 Charges
- 2 APOn Hit: -8% Bullet Resist and -6% Bullet Resist per Stack
- 5 AP+2 Max Stacks -2s Charge Delay On Hit: Refund 55% Charge Cooldown
2Lethal Venom28s cooldown
Inject a target with lethal venom. After a delay the venom triggers, dealing Spirit Damage. The damage is increased by the target's missing health. Lethal Venom will ignore Petrify's damage block.
- 1 AP+31.5 Max Venom Damage
- 2 AP-40% Incoming Healing and -12s Cooldown
- 5 APBullets also build up Lethal Venom
3Slither
You have increased Slide Distance, can Slide up hills, and can turn faster while Sliding.
- 1 AP+20% Slide Distance
- 2 AP+2 Stamina
- 5 APOn Slide: Gain 180 barrier for 4s
4Petrifying BolaUltimate115s cooldown
Throw an explosive bola. On exploding, the bola Slows and Damages all enemies in the area. Direct hits deal Additional Damage and Petrify instead. Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions.
- 1 AP+49.5 Petrify Damage
- 2 AP-20s Cooldown
- 5 AP+1.0s Petrify Duration. Petrifies all enemies in the area.
Same-lane win rate · last 7 days
How to counter Vyper
Vyper has the hardest time in lane against Graves, Paige, Rat King. Items that work best into Vyper: Intensifying Magazine, Healing Nova, Split Shot.
Hardest lanes for Vyper
Vyper wins lane vs
Best teammates
Last 30 days · win-rate gain over other items in the same games
Best items against Vyper
Compared with the other items bought into Vyper, these ones lift their owner's win rate the most — good picks when you are laning against or chasing Vyper.
Most-played in-game builds · last 7 days
Popular Vyper 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.
Vyper - Gun-Initiator [58% WR] [tracklock.gg]45.5%365 games
Core Build
Close Quarters
Extra Spirit
Mystic Burst
Monster Rounds
Rapid Rounds
Swift Striker
Split Shot
Quicksilver Reload
Extra Stamina
Burst Fire
Stamina Mastery
Bullet Lifesteal
Mercurial Magnum
Surge of Power
Ricochet
Unstoppable
Tbird's build (Updated 10/7)(∞% winrate)51.4%356 games
Le monster
green spike
Mid into late game
Swift Striker
Bullet Lifesteal
Mercurial Magnum
Improved Spirit
vamp OP
im "vyper" brick44.9%325 games
Optional lane
thinking ab you <3
3) Burst + Merc
4) Rico
Unstop <3
FaxFox Vyper50.2%213 games
Early-Mid
Close Quarters
Extra Spirit
Intensifying Magazine
Split Shot
Rapid Rounds
Burst Fire
Spirit Shielding
Fortitude
Mercurial Magnum
Spiritual Overflow
Stamina Mastery
Unstoppable
I got a gun. This baby writes itself.45.5%167 games
Lane:
Close Quarters
Monster Rounds
Rapid Rounds
Grit
Swift Striker
Intensifying Magazine
Extra Stamina
Split Shot
Grit Upgrades:
Mid Game:
Ricochet
Stamina Mastery
Burst Fire
Fortitude
Dispel Magic
Quicksilver Reload
Mercurial Magnum
Spiritual Overflow
Powerful Green Counters
Spirit Comps
A Vyper TailJob would fix me :343.3%157 games
I'M BACK IN THE ******* BUILDING AGAIN
She is green because she can be placed h
IMO Vyper can 100% Purr
Bullet Resist Shredder
Surge of Power
Stamina Mastery
Burst Fire
Weighted Shots
Compy (the dinosaur)
She is green because she can be placed h
ANTI PEW PEW
Recent Vyper changes
- • Slither T3 barrier duration reduced from 5s to 4s
- • Petrifying Bola cooldown increased from 105s to 115s
- • Petrifying Bola radius increased from 8m to 12m
- • Petrifying Bola petrify duration increased from 2s to 2.2s
- • Screwjab Dagger T3 now also reduces charge delay from 4s to 2s
- • Slither T3 spirit scaling increased from 0.6 to 0.8
About Vyper
Base stats (level 1)
- Health
- 780
- Health regen
- 2/s
- Move speed
- 6.9 m/s
- Sprint speed
- 1.6 m/s
- Stamina
- 4
- Light melee
- 50
- Heavy melee
- 116
Vyper lore
When it comes to breaking the law, not getting caught is a pretty important part of the job. Vyper never got that memo. Luckily for her, if there’s one thing she’s better at than being arrested, it’s escaping out of jail.
Having done time in every major prison in the tri-state area, Vyper has built an impressive network of street level lowlifes that owe her one. She’s also built an impressive network of street level lowlifes that want her dead, but she tries to focus on the positive.
Official in-game biography.
Vyper FAQ
Is Vyper good in Deadlock right now?+
Average — fine in the right hands. Vyper is B tier (#22 of 41) with a 48.0% win rate over 75K games in the last 7 days. Vyper wins 48.0% of 75K games, 0.3 pts below the median hero. Consistent across ranks (50.4–50.8%). Struggles into Graves in lane (42%).
What is the best Vyper build?+
Most Vyper players buy Burst Fire, Close Quarters, Rapid Rounds, Quicksilver Reload — the four items bought most often. Start with Close Quarters, Rapid Rounds, Extra Spirit in lane, then Burst Fire, Quicksilver Reload, Split Shot by mid game.
Who counters Vyper?+
In lane, Vyper has the lowest win rate against Graves (41.5%), Paige (41.8%), Rat King (41.8%). Vyper does best against Pocket (54.5%), Mirage (54.5%), Grey Talon (54.4%).
How do you counter Vyper?+
Pick a hero that wins the lane into Vyper — Graves, Paige, Rat King do best this week — and build Intensifying Magazine or Healing Nova, which win more often than other items when Vyper is on the enemy team.
What should I max first on Vyper?+
The most common skill order puts points into Slither first; it wins 54.7% of 6.7K games. Full order is in the skill order table above.
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