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DeadlockDeadlock Drifter Guide and Overview

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

Drifter's hero tags are: Stalker, Bloodthirsty, Cruel

Deadlock Drifter Overview

Drifter is an offensive, aggressive hero that loves to get up close and personal with his enemies.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Needs a good start in order to obtain stacks of Bloodscent to scale throughout the game.
Landing Stalker's Mark can be difficult from longer ranges.
Has a very hard time coming back into the game if shut down early.

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Rend (1)
Swipe at enemies in a cone ahead of you, dealing melee damage. If the enemy is at close range, deal bonus spirit damage.
13s Cooldown	18m Range
62 Damage	40 Bonus Damage	8m Range for Bonus Damage

Rend Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+40 Bonus Damage	-7s Cooldown	Gain 55% Bullet Lifesteal against affected enemies for 4s

Tips for Rend

Stalker's Mark (2)
Send out a mark that bleeds the first target it hits, dealing spirit damage over time. While the enemy is bleeding, you can re-activate Stalker's Mark to instantly appear behind their back.
20s Cooldown	2%/sec Bleed Damage	6s Duration

Stalker's Mark Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+1%/sec Bleed Damage	+25% Fire Rate for 6s after ambushing	Enable 2 Ability Charges

Tips for Stalker's Mark

Stalker's Mark is best used after Drifter engages, so it's easier to hit and enemies will be out of spells and stamina to dodge.

Bloodscent (3)
Isolated heroes leave a trail as they move and emit their heartbeat from afar. You deal amplified damage against isolated heroes, and killing them grants you permanent weapon damage.
15% Amplified Damage	80m Range	25m Isolation Range
+4% Permanent Weapon Damage

Bloodscent Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+2m/s Move Speed when around an isolated enemy hero	On isolated kill: reduces the cooldown of all your abilities by 15s and restores 3 stamina	+13% Amplified Damage

Tips for Bloodscent

Keep in mind 2AP Bloodscent will refresh Rake and Stalker's Mark on isolated kills, which enables using Stalker's Mark on jungle creeps for a quick escape or to engage on someone else.

Ethernal Night (4)
Surround nearby enemy heroes in darkness, severely limiting their vision of other units. Affected enemies are briefly revealed. You gain bonus sprint speed and your attacks proc spirit damage for the duration.
130s Cooldown	100m Range	7s Cooldown
15m Reduced Vision	9 Spirt Damage Proc	+3m/s Sprint Speed
2 Max Targets

Ethernal Night Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+10 Spirit Damage Proc	-30s Cooldown and +3m/s Sprint Speed	+2s Duration and +1 Max Targets.

Tips for Eternal Night

Ethereal Shift gives a large amount of damage so try to be proactive when it is up.

Drifter Build Guide

Check out the best starter build for Drifter

Dodging Drifter's Stalker's Mark will completely leave him without movement options so keep that in mind if Drifter uses it on someone else.
Drifter has a very hard time being engaged on as he has very limited teamfighting ability and ways of defending himself.
Ideally, sticking together during pushes and during his Eternal Night will drastically reduce his damage.