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DeadlockDeadlock Baba Guide and Overview

In this Deadlock Baba guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of her abilities, unique play styles, and fundamental tips.

Baba's hero tags are: Cackling, Beady, Hexing

Baba is the Second Hero in the City Never Sleeps Update

Baba is among the six new Deadlock heroes that are joining the roster with the City Never Sleeps Update.

She was the second hero to be voted in on October 6th, 2026.

Tourists in the park might not think much of ol' Baba sitting on her bench - sipping tea and talking to her birds - but the locals have always suspected that something more brews below the surface. In the heat of battle, Baba throws out her Threadsap, a chaotic spool of yarn that steals the very spirit of her enemies, granting her greater power. While her legs might not be what they used to, her trusty bench comes to life with a creak of metal, allowing her to run, jump, and kick with impressive vigor. Parkgoers know it's best to stay on Baba's good side, as at tea time you might find yourself splashed with one of Baba's Brews (some of them much sweeter than others), and when tea time is over - The Birds come out to play... "They think they know magic? Oh I'll show 'em some magic."

You can explore the other new heroes below:

Strengths And Weaknesses Summary

Highly mobile
Tanky disruptor
Strong against other spirit heroes

Has a unique kit that takes getting used to
Ultimate channel can be canceled
Has downtime while brewing

Deadlock Baba Abilities

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Threadsap (1)
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.
1 Charges	35m Range	3.5m Radius
10 Spirit Stolen per Hit	175% Stolen Spirit Effectiveness	8 Spirit Damage Per Bullet
22s Debuff Duration	45 Max Spirit Stolen	50 Damage

Threadsap Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+8 Spirit Damage Per Bullet	-12s Cooldown, +8s Debuff Duration	+1 Charges, On Hit: Pull enemies 7m

Tips for Threadsap

This is one of the unconventional projectiles to control in all of Deadlock. Spend some time practicing to nail down its nuances.
Make sure to target heroes that prioritize Spirit scaling or DoT heroes like Infernus and Shiv when possible.

Granny Long Legs (2)
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 CTRL to charge a high jump; release to jump.
32s Cooldown	8m Radius	10s Duration
+5m Move Speed	+30% Debuff Resist	+30% Melee Resist
10m Light Melee Knockback \| 75 Heavy Melee Damage \| 50% Heavy Melee Movement Slow \| 4s Heavy Melee Slow Duration

Granny Long Legs Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+2.5m Move Speed	-7s Cooldown	+15% Resists, +50% Melee Lifesteal

Tips for Granny Long Legs

With its CTRL charge and Heavy Melee leap, Granny Long Legs allows Baba a ton of vertical access. Make good use of it at all states of the game, whether to get an advantage while laning, finding a surprising gank angle, or moving around the map safely.
Remember that this is parryable so don't use it recklessly.

Baba's Brew (3)
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 right-click to pause or resume brewing.
25s Cooldown	6m Radius
Soothing Brew: 90 Barrier \| 8s Barrier Duration	Silencing Brew: 3s Silence Duration
Scalding Brew: 12 burn DPS \| -15% Burn Spirit Resist \| 8s Burn Duration

Baba's Brew Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+3m Radius	-27s Cooldown	+33% Brew Effectiveness

Tips for Baba's Brew

Baba's Brew has a pretty long base CD, so make sure to plan ahead and brew for particular situations in advance. Think the enemy has a major ult CD on the way? Start prepping a Silence.

Feed The Birds (4)
Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow. When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the target, dealing spirit damage and hexing the target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count.
150s Cooldown	18m Range
450 Max Damage	2.75s Max Pigeon Duration
3.5s Time to Max Stacks	32% Max Slow

Feed The Birds Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+4m Cast Range, +32% Max Slow	-55s Cooldown	+125 Max Damage, +1.5 Spirit Scaling, +0.5s Max Duration

Tips for Feed The Birds

Maximize your pigeon charge time by using Feed The Birds in combination with Granny Long Legs and other movement boosts.

Baba Build Guide

Check out best starter build for Baba

Deadlock Baba Weapon Stats

DPS	28
Bullet Damage	8.8
Ammo	15
Bullets per Second	3.23
Light Melee	50
Heavy Melee	116

Deadlock Baba Vitality Stats

Max Health	780
Health Regen	2.5
Bullet Resist	-7%
Spirit Resist	8%
Move Speed	6.5 m/s
Sprint Speed	1.6 m/s
Stamina	2

How to Counter Baba

Make sure to have anti-heal of some form (Toxic Bullets, Healbane, etc) to mitigate the healing she gets from regen and Restorative Locket
Any CC during her Feed The Birds ultimate will stop the extra damage channel fully. It can also be cleansed by Divine Barrier
Armor Piercer is a good buy if you're the main gun carry on your team
Remember that you can parry her Granny Long Legs stomp

DeadlockDeadlock Baba Guide and Overview

Threadsap (1)

Tips for Threadsap

Granny Long Legs (2)

Tips for Granny Long Legs

Baba's Brew (3)

Tips for Baba's Brew

Feed The Birds (4)

Tips for Feed The Birds