Holliday · Marksman
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Overview
Holliday is a marksman in Deadlock: bounces about dispensing trick shots. Over the last two weeks it is C tier: 47.6% win rate in 132,574 games, picked in 23.1% of matches.
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- Holliday: most played buildBalancedRecommendedThe items Holliday players buy most in each phase of the game over the last two weeks (132,574 games measured), with how many buy them and how they do. Skill points in the most played order (9,684 games, 49.7% win rate).
- Holliday: “Midknight Holiday” (in-game build)UtilityAdvancedThe most favorited Holliday build published in the game this patch: saved 24,449 times, last updated on 2026-09-27. Find it in-game in the Hero Builds browser by its ID: 335077. Its own categories are kept as notes on each item.
- Holliday: highest win rate itemsOffensiveSituationalItems with the highest win rate when bought on Holliday, among those bought in a meaningful share of games, placed by when they are bought on average. Win rate on items bought late is inflated by games that were already going well: read it as “what winning Hollidays end up buying”.
- Holliday: vitality buildDefensiveSituationalThe vitality items Holliday players buy most, for games where you get focused or need to survive fights longer. Cheapest first.
Builds
Holliday: most played build
When to use it
The items Holliday players buy most in each phase of the game over the last two weeks (132,574 games measured), with how many buy them and how they do. Skill points in the most played order (9,684 games, 49.7% win rate).
Laning phase
Mid game
- 1Rapid RechargeBought by 53.3% of players in this phase · 46.6% win rate
- 2Recharging RushBought by 40.2% of players in this phase · 47.0% win rate
- 3HeadhunterBought by 35.7% of players in this phase · 46.8% win rate
- 4Stamina MasteryBought by 29.1% of players in this phase · 50.4% win rate
- 5Swift StrikerBought by 27.0% of players in this phase · 47.5% win rate
- 6Surge of PowerBought by 27.0% of players in this phase · 49.5% win rate
Late game
Skill order
Max order:1›2›3
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Holliday: “Midknight Holiday” (in-game build)
When to use it
The most favorited Holliday build published in the game this patch: saved 24,449 times, last updated on 2026-09-27. Find it in-game in the Hero Builds browser by its ID: 335077. Its own categories are kept as notes on each item.
This build is published in the game: copy its ID and search it in the Hero Builds browser to load it.
335077Laning phase
Late game
Situational
Skill order
Max order:1›2›3
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Holliday: highest win rate items
When to use it
Items with the highest win rate when bought on Holliday, among those bought in a meaningful share of games, placed by when they are bought on average. Win rate on items bought late is inflated by games that were already going well: read it as “what winning Hollidays end up buying”.
Late game
Skill order
Max order:1›3›2
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Holliday: vitality build
When to use it
The vitality items Holliday players buy most, for games where you get focused or need to survive fights longer. Cheapest first.
Laning phase
Mid game
- 1Stamina MasteryBought by 48.6% of players in this phase · 46.6% win rate
- 2FortitudeBought by 22.0% of players in this phase · 46.6% win rate
- 3Dispel MagicBought by 11.0% of players in this phase · 45.7% win rate
- 4CounterspellBought by 9.3% of players in this phase · 47.0% win rate
- 5Veil WalkerBought by 8.5% of players in this phase · 49.3% win rate
Late game
Skill order
Max order:1›2›3
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | · | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | · | · | · | · |
Abilities
- 1Powder Keg28sThrow 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.
- Impact Damage
- 40
- Damage Per Second
- 13.3333
- Burn Duration
- 3s
- Arm Time
- 0.1s
- Charges
- 2
- 2Bounce Pad41sDrop 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.
- Stomp Damage
- 60
- Radius
- 9m
- Air Control
- +100%
- 3Crackshot20sHeadshots 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.
- Damage
- 55
- Fading Move Speed
- -40%
- Debuff Duration
- 2s
- 4Spirit LassoUltimate130sThrow out your lasso, dealing spirit damage, pulling, and applying stun. Using a Bounce Pad extends the duration of Spirit Lasso.
- Cast Range
- 20m
- Damage
- 80
- Extended Duration from Bounce Pad
- 1.25s
Most played skill order
The most played order in the last 9684 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.
Max order:1›2›3
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | · | · |
| 3 | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | · | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | · | · | · | · |
Strategy
1Laning phase
Most bought:
- Extra Charge — 84.5% buy it · 47.0% win rate
- Headshot Booster — 59.4% buy it · 47.0% win rate
- Extra Spirit — 45.4% buy it · 46.4% win rate
- Extra Health — 25.7% buy it · 48.0% win rate
- Improved Spirit — 25.3% buy it · 46.8% win rate
- Extra Stamina — 13.8% buy it · 46.0% win rate
2Mid game
Most bought:
- Rapid Recharge — 53.3% buy it · 46.6% win rate
- Recharging Rush — 40.2% buy it · 47.0% win rate
- Extra Stamina — 39.1% buy it · 47.8% win rate
- Headhunter — 35.7% buy it · 46.8% win rate
- Stamina Mastery — 29.1% buy it · 50.4% win rate
- Swift Striker — 27.0% buy it · 47.5% win rate
3Late game
Most bought:
- Stamina Mastery — 48.6% buy it · 46.6% win rate
- Tankbuster — 37.1% buy it · 46.7% win rate
- Boundless Spirit — 37.1% buy it · 49.6% win rate
- Superior Cooldown — 31.5% buy it · 48.6% win rate
- Superior Duration — 30.4% buy it · 48.4% win rate
- Rapid Recharge — 27.6% buy it · 47.7% win rate
4In-game builds
The most favorited builds of the patch in the game's own browser; search them by their ID:
- “Midknight Holiday” — ID 335077 · 24,449 favorites
- “Luentii Gun Holliday ( NEW PATCH )” — ID 658359 · 19,188 favorites
- “illaryaa NEW” — ID 551435 · 17,748 favorites
Tips
- Spend your souls at the shop often: an unspent 3,200 is a tier 3 item you are not using.
- First buys: Extra Charge, Headshot Booster and Extra Spirit.
Matchups
Strong against
- Mirage53.7%win rate in the matchup
Holliday wins 53.7% of the 9,452 games measured against Mirage in the last two weeks.
9.5K matches
- Sinclair53.5%win rate in the matchup
Holliday wins 53.5% of the 12,672 games measured against Sinclair in the last two weeks.
12.7K matches
- Viscous52.1%win rate in the matchup
Holliday wins 52.1% of the 13,168 games measured against Viscous in the last two weeks.
13.2K matches
- Shiv52.1%win rate in the matchup
Holliday wins 52.1% of the 26,752 games measured against Shiv in the last two weeks.
26.8K matches
- Pocket51.6%win rate in the matchup
Holliday wins 51.6% of the 17,419 games measured against Pocket in the last two weeks.
17.4K matches
Weak against
- Victor40.4%win rate in the matchup
Holliday only wins 40.4% of the 17,208 games measured against Victor in the last two weeks.
17.2K matches
- Graves41.6%win rate in the matchup
Holliday only wins 41.6% of the 28,151 games measured against Graves in the last two weeks.
28.2K matches
- Paige42.5%win rate in the matchup
Holliday only wins 42.5% of the 26,608 games measured against Paige in the last two weeks.
26.6K matches
- Seven42.5%win rate in the matchup
Holliday only wins 42.5% of the 21,541 games measured against Seven in the last two weeks.
21.5K matches
- Kelvin42.8%win rate in the matchup
Holliday only wins 42.8% of the 11,809 games measured against Kelvin in the last two weeks.
11.8K matches
Works well with
- Graves55.4%win rate in the matchup
Holliday and Graves on the same team win 55.4% of 3,260 games measured in the last two weeks.
3.3K matches
- Seven53.9%win rate in the matchup
Holliday and Seven on the same team win 53.9% of 3,864 games measured in the last two weeks.
3.9K matches
- Victor53.7%win rate in the matchup
Holliday and Victor on the same team win 53.7% of 5,886 games measured in the last two weeks.
5.9K matches
- Mo & Krill52.4%win rate in the matchup
Holliday and Mo & Krill on the same team win 52.4% of 2,468 games measured in the last two weeks.
2.5K matches
- Kelvin52.1%win rate in the matchup
Holliday and Kelvin on the same team win 52.1% of 2,662 games measured in the last two weeks.
2.7K matches
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 2026-09-16.
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