
How to play BabaHow to play
53.1% win rate · #8 of 44 · Cackling · Beady · Hexing
Updated 2026-10-30 01:19 UTC · n = 3,827,247 matches
How to play Baba
1Baba's Brew
2Feed The BirdsYour combo: Throw Baba’s Brew while it’s on Silence to shut their casters down, then cover the group in bread with Feed The Birds: the longer they stay in front of you, the more they’re slowed, and when the channel ends they’re hexed into pigeons and bombarded.
Don’t waste: Feed The Birds can be stopped by a stun, though the hex still goes off with whatever bread they have. Cast it when their stuns are spent.
Edge: Your Brew cycles between barrier, silence and burn; pick the moment for the one you need. While brewing you can’t shoot or cast your other abilities.
From community hero guides, Oct 2026 patches, checked against deadlock.wiki. The same combo from the other side is on how to counter Baba.
Your kit

Weave a scraggly thread that follows your crosshair before bursting along its path, dealing spirit damage and stealing enemy Spirit, increased in effectiveness for Baba.While holding stolen Spirit, Baba deals bonus spirit damage with every bullet.

Your bench's legs extend, granting bonus move speed, higher jumps, Debuff Resistance and Melee Resistance.Light Melee: Perform a kick that knocks enemies back.Heavy Melee: Perform a ground pound that applies knockup, slow, and deals spirit damage.Hold Crouch / slide to charge a high jump, release to jump.

Brew a pot of tea that applies a magical effect in an area when thrown, cycling over time between a soothing barrier, Silence, or scalding burn that deals spirit damage over time and reduces spirit resist. Press to pause or resume brewing.

Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow .When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the targets, dealing spirit damage and hexing each target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count.
Skill order
Max first:
Threadsap›
Granny Long Legs›
Baba's Brew›
Feed The Birds
From the most common upgrade order (60k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.
| 10m | 21m | 32m | 44m | 55m | 66m | 76m | 88m | 912m | 1013m | 1115m | 1220m | 1326m | 1428m | 1532m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ThreadsapAbility 1 | I | II | III | ||||||||||||
Granny Long LegsAbility 2 | I | II | III | ||||||||||||
Baba's BrewAbility 3 | I | II | III | ||||||||||||
Feed The BirdsUltimate | I | II |
unlock I II III upgrade tiers · column labels are the average minute of each step
Build path with timings
Extra Charge~3:30 · 94%
→ Rapid Recharge
Extra Regen~4:24 · 69%
→ Healing Booster
Mystic Regeneration~5:05 · 90%
→ Radiant Regeneration
Spirit Strike~8:46 · 79%
→ Spirit Snatch
Radiant Regeneration~12:07 · 88%
Healing Booster~12:21 · 69%
Torment Pulse~18:24 · 61%
Spirit Snatch~21:13 · 72%
Rapid Recharge~24:18 · 54%
Superior Cooldown~25:11 · 53%
Items that win most on Baba
+8.3 pp · 2% buy it
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Lanes you win
Lanes to play safe
When they counter you
−7.1 ppRat KingBuy against Rat King:
Ethereal Shift+3.3 pp
Juggernaut+2.9 pp
Refresher+2.8 pp
−6.5 ppGravesBuy against Graves:
Plated Armor+2.7 pp
Cursed Relic+2.3 pp
Lightning Scroll+2.2 pp
−6.3 ppPaigeBuy against Paige:
Magic Carpet+1.7 pp
Spellbreaker+1.6 pp
Cheat Death+1.6 pp
Best teammates
60.1% together
59.8% together
59.2% together
58.0% together
57.8% together
57.3% together
Notes from the best builds
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