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Field manual · Sep 29 patch

How to play HollidayHow to play

47.2% win rate · #29 of 44 · Crackshot · Explosive · Apprehender

Updated 2026-10-30 08:23 UTC · n = 3,885,989 matches

How to play Holliday

Spirit Lasso1Spirit LassoBounce Pad2Bounce PadCrackshot3Crackshot

Your combo: Lasso a target (20m range; it pulls and stuns for 2.25s), use Bounce Pad to stretch the lasso longer, then headshot them with Crackshot.

Don’t waste: Spirit Lasso is your catch: land it from range, up to 20m.

Edge: You have only 2 stamina, so divers who catch you after you’ve used it win. Keep it for getting away.

From community hero guides, Oct 2026 patches, checked against deadlock.wiki. The same combo from the other side is on how to counter Holliday.

Your kit

Powder Keg
Powder Keg
Ability 1 · 28s 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.

Bounce Pad
Bounce Pad
Ability 2 · 41s 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.

Crackshot
Crackshot
Ability 3 · 20s 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.

Spirit Lasso
Spirit Lasso
Ultimate · 130s cooldown · lift · ultimate

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

Skill order

Max first:Powder KegPowder Keg›Spirit LassoSpirit Lasso›Bounce PadBounce Pad›CrackshotCrackshot

From the most common upgrade order (47k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.

10m21m32m43m54m66m710m811m912m1013m1117m1219m1326m1428m1531m
Powder KegPowder KegAbility 1IIIIII
Bounce PadBounce PadAbility 2IIIIII
CrackshotCrackshotAbility 3III
Spirit LassoSpirit LassoUltimateIIIIII

unlock I II III upgrade tiers · column labels are the average minute of each step

Build path with timings

Early
Mid
Late

Items that win most on Holliday

Lanes you win

Lanes to play safe

When they counter you

−6.8 ppGraves

Buy against Graves:

−6.2 ppRat King

Buy against Rat King:

−5.6 ppPaige

Buy against Paige:

Best teammates

Notes from the best builds

Holliday stats and buildsHow to counter Holliday