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Field manual · Sep 29 patch

How to play VindictaHow to play

49.3% win rate · #20 of 44 · Sniper · Soaring · One Shot Kill

Updated 2026-10-29 19:16 UTC · n = 3,791,908 matches

How to play Vindicta

Crow Familiar1Crow FamiliarStake2StakeAssassinate3Assassinate

Your combo: Soften them with Crow Familiar (bleed and resist shred), tether them in place with Stake (9m), then finish with Assassinate.

Don’t waste: Assassinate has 2 charges. Once both are spent you have no long-range finisher until they recharge.

Edge: Assassinate does bonus damage under half health, and kills give you extra weapon damage.

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

Your kit

Stake
Stake
Ability 1 · 40s cooldown · slow

Throw a stake that tethers enemies to the location where the stake lands. Enemy movement is restricted to the length of the tether.

Flight
Flight
Ability 2 · 42s cooldown

Leap into the air and fly. While in flight your weapon deals bonus spirit damage and your items have increased range.

Crow Familiar
Crow Familiar
Ability 3 · 32s cooldown

Your crow familiar deals impact damage, reduces their bullet resist and applies a bleed that deals damage based on the target's current health.

Assassinate
Assassinate
Ultimate · 55s cooldown · ultimate

Use your scoped rifle to fire a powerful shot over long distances. Deal only partial damage until fully charged after 1.0s of being scoped. Does bonus damage to enemies with less than 50% health remaining. Landing a killing blow on a player with Assassinate grants you bonus weapon damage.

Skill order

Max first:FlightFlight›AssassinateAssassinate›Crow FamiliarCrow Familiar›StakeStake

From the most common upgrade order (38k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.

10m21m32m43m55m66m77m89m99m1011m1112m1213m1318m1423m1532m
StakeStakeAbility 1III
FlightFlightAbility 2IIIIII
Crow FamiliarCrow FamiliarAbility 3IIIIII
AssassinateAssassinateUltimateIIIIII

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 Vindicta

Lanes you win

Lanes to play safe

When they counter you

−7.1 ppGraves

Buy against Graves:

−5.8 ppPaige

Buy against Paige:

−5.6 ppRat King

Buy against Rat King:

Best teammates

Notes from the best builds

Vindicta stats and buildsHow to counter Vindicta