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Overview
Lash is a assassin in Deadlock: dives down to stomp his foes. Over the last two weeks it is B tier: 51.0% win rate in 268,294 games, picked in 47.2% of matches. Lash gives his enemies little room to breathe, either by flying in from long distances to initiate combat with unsuspecting enemies, or pursuing said enemies when they try to run.
Strengths
- Where it wins most: Ritualist games (51.6%).
- Wins the lane against Mirage: 57.8% of 6,932 games with both in the same lane.
Weaknesses
- Where it wins least: Eternus games (47.9%).
- Struggles against Victor in lane: only 42.9% of 11,496 games.
- Valve rates Lash as hard to play: expect a learning curve.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Lash: most played buildBalancedRecommendedThe items Lash players buy most in each phase of the game over the last two weeks (268,294 games measured), with how many buy them and how they do. Skill points in the most played order (15,080 games, 56.5% win rate).
- Lash: “Big damage absolute chad lash, bebop sucks” (in-game build)UtilityAdvancedThe most favorited Lash build published in the game this patch: saved 50,726 times, last updated on 2026-09-20. Find it in-game in the Hero Builds browser by its ID: 204894. Its own categories are kept as notes on each item.
- Lash: highest win rate itemsOffensiveSituationalItems with the highest win rate when bought on Lash, 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 Lashs end up buying”.
- Lash: vitality buildDefensiveSituationalThe vitality items Lash players buy most, for games where you get focused or need to survive fights longer. Cheapest first.
Builds
Lash: most played build
When to use it
The items Lash players buy most in each phase of the game over the last two weeks (268,294 games measured), with how many buy them and how they do. Skill points in the most played order (15,080 games, 56.5% win rate).
Laning phase
Mid game
- 1Extra StaminaBought by 49.8% of players in this phase · 51.2% win rate
- 2HeadhunterBought by 47.5% of players in this phase · 52.1% win rate
- 3Mystic ShotBought by 43.1% of players in this phase · 51.9% win rate
- 4TankbusterBought by 42.0% of players in this phase · 53.2% win rate
- 5Stamina MasteryBought by 40.7% of players in this phase · 53.7% win rate
- 6Mystic ExpansionBought by 40.6% of players in this phase · 51.3% win rate
Late game
Skill order
Max order:1›3›2
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Lash: “Big damage absolute chad lash, bebop sucks” (in-game build)
When to use it
The most favorited Lash build published in the game this patch: saved 50,726 times, last updated on 2026-09-20. Find it in-game in the Hero Builds browser by its ID: 204894. 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.
204894Laning phase
Mid game
- 1Weapon ShieldingArmours
- 2Spirit ShieldingArmours
- 3Bullet ResilienceArmours
- 4Spirit ResilienceArmours
- 5Magic CarpetUpgrades to top off your damage
- 6Rapid RechargeUpgrades to top off your damage
- 7Majestic LeapUpgrades to top off your damage
- 8Warp StoneUpgrades to top off your damage
- 9Mercurial MagnumUpgrades to top off your damage
- 10RefresherUpgrades to top off your damage
- 11UnstoppableUpgrades to top off your damage
- 12Transcendent CooldownUpgrades to top off your damage
Situational
Skill order
Max order:1›3›2
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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| 3 | 3 | · | · | · | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | · | · |
| 4 | · | · | · | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | · | · | · |
Lash: highest win rate items
When to use it
Items with the highest win rate when bought on Lash, 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 Lashs end up buying”.
Mid game
- 1Weakening Headshot53.9% win rate over 11,342 games · bought at 23:06 on average
Late game
Skill order
Max order:1›3›2
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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| 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | · | · |
Lash: vitality build
When to use it
The vitality items Lash players buy most, for games where you get focused or need to survive fights longer. Cheapest first.
Laning phase
Mid game
- 1Stamina MasteryBought by 40.7% of players in this phase · 53.7% win rate
- 2Majestic LeapBought by 14.1% of players in this phase · 52.9% win rate
- 3Dispel MagicBought by 11.1% of players in this phase · 49.7% win rate
- 4Spirit ResilienceBought by 7.3% of players in this phase · 47.4% win rate
- 5Warp StoneBought by 7.0% of players in this phase · 49.7% win rate
Late game
Skill order
Max order:1›3›2
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 2 |
| 3 | · | · | 3 | 3 | · | 3 | · | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | · |
Abilities
- 1Ground Strike18sStomp the ground beneath you, damaging enemies in front of you. If you perform Ground Strike while airborne, you quickly dive towards the ground. Damage grows slower after 25m.
- Stomp Damage
- 60
- Damage Per Meter
- 5.5
- 2Grapple35sPull yourself through the air toward a target. Using Grapple also resets your limit of air jumps and dashes.
- Jump Velocity
- 20m
- 3Flog26sStrike enemies in front of you with your whip, healing for a portion of the damage dealt.
- Damage
- 65
- Heal vs heroes
- 40%
- Attack Angle
- 40°
- Heal vs non-heroes
- 16%
- 4Death SlamUltimate170sFocus on enemies to connect whips to them. After channeling, connected enemies are lifted and stunned then slammed into the ground. Your victims and any enemies in the landing zone will be damaged and slowed. Press to throw connected enemies early. Enemies that are not in line of sight or go out of range during the latch time will not be grabbed.
- Impact Damage
- 105
- Max Throw Distance
- 14m
- Move Speed
- -40%
- Slow Duration
- 4s
- Charge Time
- 0.3s
Most played skill order
The most played order in the last 15080 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.
Max order:1›3›2
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 2 |
| 3 | · | · | 3 | 3 | · | 3 | · | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 | · | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | · |
Strategy
1Abilities
What each of Lash's abilities does, as the game describes it:
- 1 · Ground Strike — 18s cooldown: Stomp the ground beneath you, damaging enemies in front of you. If you perform Ground Strike while airborne, you quickly dive towards the ground. Damage grows slower after 25m.
- 2 · Grapple — 35s cooldown: Pull yourself through the air toward a target. Using Grapple also resets your limit of air jumps and dashes.
- 3 · Flog — 26s cooldown: Strike enemies in front of you with your whip, healing for a portion of the damage dealt.
- 4 · Death Slam (ultimate) — 170s cooldown: Focus on enemies to connect whips to them. After channeling, connected enemies are lifted and stunned then slammed into the ground. Your victims and any enemies in the landing zone will be damaged and slowed. Press to throw connected enemies early. Enemies that are not in line of sight or go out of range during the latch time will not be grabbed.
2Skill order
The most played skill order (15,080 games, 56.5% win rate) goes 1 · 1 · 3 · 3 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 1 · 1 · 3 · 2 · 4 · 4 · 4 · 2. The one that wins most among the common ones (5,499 games) reaches 64.1%: 1 · 1 · 3 · 2 · 1 · 4 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 4 · 4 · 4 · 2 · 2.
3Items by phase
What Lash players buy most in the laning phase, mid game and late game:
- Mystic Burst — 88.0% buy it · 51.0% win rate
- Headshot Booster — 69.8% buy it · 50.5% win rate
- Extra Spirit — 69.5% buy it · 50.9% win rate
- Improved Spirit — 53.1% buy it · 50.4% win rate
- Extra Stamina — 49.8% buy it · 51.2% win rate
- Headhunter — 47.5% buy it · 52.1% win rate
- Greater Expansion — 58.5% buy it · 51.7% win rate
- Boundless Spirit — 57.1% buy it · 53.0% win rate
- Superior Cooldown — 49.8% buy it · 52.0% win rate
4A typical game
An average Lash game over the last two weeks: 7.4 kills, 6.8 deaths and 15.5 assists, 38,418 hero damage, 5,010 objective damage and 43,895 souls.
5Win rate by rank
By the average badge of the game:
- Initiate: 50.3% (4,631 games)
- Seeker: 51.2% (11,849 games)
- Acolyte: 51.5% (11,716 games)
- Sentinel: 51.5% (10,658 games)
- Mystic: 50.3% (10,455 games)
- Ritualist: 51.6% (10,786 games)
- Emissary: 51.0% (11,531 games)
- Oracle: 51.0% (13,888 games)
- Phantom: 50.1% (11,334 games)
- Ascendant: 49.7% (4,418 games)
- Eternus: 47.9% (1,008 games)
Tips
- Unlock order most players use: Ground Strike (1) → Flog (3) → Grapple (2) → Death Slam (4).
- Upgrade Ground Strike first, then Flog; put points in the ultimate when you can.
- First buys: Mystic Burst, Headshot Booster and Extra Spirit.
- Your gun hits hardest within 16 m; past 48 m it deals minimum damage.
- Last-hit troopers and shoot the soul orbs they drop: souls are your gold and your level.
- Deny the enemy's orbs when you can: every denied orb is souls they don't get.
Matchups
Strong against
- Mirage57.4%win rate in the matchup
Lash wins 57.4% of the 20,876 games measured against Mirage in the last two weeks.
20.9K matches
- Sinclair57.1%win rate in the matchup
Lash wins 57.1% of the 26,546 games measured against Sinclair in the last two weeks.
26.5K matches
- Shiv55.3%win rate in the matchup
Lash wins 55.3% of the 48,726 games measured against Shiv in the last two weeks.
48.7K matches
- Paradox55.2%win rate in the matchup
Lash wins 55.2% of the 47,884 games measured against Paradox in the last two weeks.
47.9K matches
- Viscous55.1%win rate in the matchup
Lash wins 55.1% of the 25,702 games measured against Viscous in the last two weeks.
25.7K matches
Weak against
- Victor44.4%win rate in the matchup
Lash only wins 44.4% of the 36,995 games measured against Victor in the last two weeks.
37K matches
- Graves44.7%win rate in the matchup
Lash only wins 44.7% of the 54,832 games measured against Graves in the last two weeks.
54.8K matches
- Kelvin45.8%win rate in the matchup
Lash only wins 45.8% of the 25,175 games measured against Kelvin in the last two weeks.
25.2K matches
- Paige45.9%win rate in the matchup
Lash only wins 45.9% of the 52,524 games measured against Paige in the last two weeks.
52.5K matches
- Seven46.0%win rate in the matchup
Lash only wins 46.0% of the 46,853 games measured against Seven in the last two weeks.
46.9K matches
Works well with
- Graves58.1%win rate in the matchup
Lash and Graves on the same team win 58.1% of 7,595 games measured in the last two weeks.
7.6K matches
- Victor58.0%win rate in the matchup
Lash and Victor on the same team win 58.0% of 8,992 games measured in the last two weeks.
9K matches
- Seven56.9%win rate in the matchup
Lash and Seven on the same team win 56.9% of 7,286 games measured in the last two weeks.
7.3K matches
- Paige56.8%win rate in the matchup
Lash and Paige on the same team win 56.8% of 8,308 games measured in the last two weeks.
8.3K matches
- Abrams55.0%win rate in the matchup
Lash and Abrams on the same team win 55.0% of 7,004 games measured in the last two weeks.
7K matches
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 2026-09-16.
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