DeadlockDeadlock Pocket Guide and Overview

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Maxing Barrage gives Pocket more capability at longer range, with increased Damage per Projectile, halved cooldown, and increased amp per stack.

Tips for Barrage

• Barrage renders you immobile while casting it, thus making you exposed to enemies, so it is better used after a double jump or after getting off zip lines, as it will keep you in the air while firing.
• Barrage is best used as a poke and when starting fights, as it grants increased gun damage. Pocket's gun scaling is among the worst in the game, so the damage amp from Barrage helps with treades.
• Flying Cloak can be used while firing Barrage. You can also Air Dash.

Maxing Flying Cloak lets Pocket cast it more often, improves its damage, and grants them a Weapon Damage buff after the teleport. It’s a great path if you want to split push often.

Tips for Flying Cloak

• Before an engagement, always have an escape plan in mind. These can be locations such as higher roofs, down into the subway, and so on.
• If you’re healthy enough to stick around, maximize the damage you inflict before you teleport to the ghost. You’re going to want to internalise that timer ASAP.

Maxing Enchanter's Satchel makes you tough to kill as you can cast it nearly every 10 seconds. You’ll also get more damage and a debuff that applies to enemies you hit with it.

Tips for Enchanter's Satchel

• One of Pocket's classic suitcase cancel combos is to launch your Flying Cloak, prep your Enchanter's Satchel, then teleport to your Flying Cloak. If you do it from a flank, you can devastate an enemy team and set up your allies for easy cleanup.
• Enchanter's Satchel + Flying Cloak combo is good for clearing waves and small neutral camps.
• Items like Cold Front and Arctic Blast are good when following up Enchanter's Satchel as they have a similar radius.

Maxing Affliction turns Pocket into an AoE damage-over-time nuke, with a lowered cooldown, suppressed healing, and additional damage.

Tips for Affliction

• Keep an eye on enemy itemization and learn which enemies have healing abilities, so you can target them with Affliction, as it prevents all healing for the duration altogether.
• Enemies will expect your ultimate during team fights, so flanking enemies is the best way to land Affliction on priority targets. You can build Majestic Leap to have another gap closer, allowing you to use Flying Cloak and Enchanter's Satchel to escape or chase down kills.