Vyper is a hard carry with a singular focus on damage and mobility. She is one of the best chasers in the game and outputs some of the highest gun damage in the game.
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In this Deadlock Vyper guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of her abilities, unique play styles, and fundamental tips.
Vyper's hero tags are: Gunner, Slippery, Rat-a-Rat
Overview
Strengths and Weaknesses Summary
- High gun damage
- Great Engage
- High-stamina count
- Prone to CC and lockdown
- Low range
- Forced to take
Slither at level 1
Deadlock Vyper Strength and Weaknesses
Strengths
- Super high gun damage. Vyper has one of the highest DPS guns in the game, on top of her great synergy with sliding to give her infinite ammo. She can easily dominate teamfights alone by brute force.
- Great rushdown abilities. Good engagement to target unaware enemies and chasing people down lanes. She specializes in running down solo/duo players in lane as it's perfect for her Slither ability.
- Good evasion due to her extremely high stamina count. Vyper gains +2 stamina from Slither.
Weaknesses
- Really weak to CC’s and knock-ups in particular. Getting knocked-up by spells like
Holliday's Barrel or 
Lash's 
Death Slam will spell a quick death. - Really low range and low verticality, Vyper is a glass cannon that can only chase down slow targets like tanks or mages.
- Vyper is forced to take Slither level 1, which means she is always behind in power during the lane.
Deadlock Vyper Abilities
Underlined = Scales with Spirit.
Screwjab Dagger (1) | |
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 Throw a dagger, dealing Spirit Damage and applying a Fading Slow. Every subsequent dagger against the same target stacks in spirit damage and slow. | |
10s | 3 |
On Hit: 50 Damage | -35% Move Speed, -8% Bullet Resist |
On Stack: 25 Damage per Stack | -15% Move Speed per Stack, -5% Bullet Resist per Stack |
10s Stack Duration | 3 Max Stacks |
Cooldown
ChargesScrewjab Dagger Upgrades | ||
|---|---|---|
1 AP | 2 AP | 5 AP |
+1 Charge | On Hit: -8% Bullet Resist and -5% Bullet Resist per Stack | On Hit: Refund 40% Charge Cooldown |
Tips for Screwjab Dagger
Screwjab Dagger is best used when directly nearby enemies or during 
Vyper's reload in order to stick onto players better!
Lethal Venom (2) | ||
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 Inject a target with lethal venom. After a delay the venom triggers, dealing Spirit Damage. The damage is increased by the target's missing health. Reapplying Venom refreshes the duration. Venom breaks Petrify before detonating. | ||
15m | 20s | |
20 Minimum Venom Damage, 165 Max Venom Damage | ||
25% Health for Max Damage, 3s Venom Buildup Duration | ||
RangeLethal Venom Upgrades | ||
|---|---|---|
1 AP | 2 AP | 5 AP |
+35 Max Venom Damage | -40% Healing Reduction | Bullets also build up Lethal Venom |
Tips for Lethal Venom
Lethal Venom has a 3s timer so it is best used when players are under 50% HP!
Slither (3) | |
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 You have increased Slide Distance, can Slide up hills, and can turn faster while Sliding. | |
+10% Slide Distance |
Slither Upgrades | ||
|---|---|---|
1 AP | 2 AP | 5 AP |
+10% Slide Distance | +2 Stamina | 180 health barrier when initiating a slide |
Tips for Slither
Slither makes it so Vyper has an extremely high uptime to slide, so make sure to constantly be sliding especially up hills and stairs, in order to benefit the most from the infinite ammo from sliding.
Petrifying Bola (4) | |
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 Throw an explosive bola. On exploding, the bola Slows and Damages all enemies in the area. Direct hits deal additional Damage and Petrify instead. Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions. Petrified units break free after blocking enough damage. | |
8m Splash Radius, 90s | Petrify, 2s Petrify Duration |
45 Damage, 165 Petrify Damage | |
50% Movement Slow, 1.5s Slow Duration | |
Petrifying Bola Upgrades | ||
|---|---|---|
1 AP | 2 AP | 5 AP |
+55 Petrify Damage | -25s Cooldown | +1s Petrify Duration. Petrifies all enemies in the area. |
Tips for Petrifying Bola
Petrifying Bola is best used to cancel enemy disengages such as 
Infuser 's 
Flame Dash or 
Ivy 's 
Air Drop. Use Lethal Venom during their petrification in order for a rapid burst of damage!
Vyper Weapon Stats
DPS | 90 |
|---|---|
Bullet Damage | 6.3 |
Ammo | 24 |
Bullets per Second | 14.3 |
Light Melee | 50 |
Heavy Melee | 116 |
Vyper Vitality Stats
Max Health | 700 |
|---|---|
Health Regen | 2 |
Bullet Resist | 0% |
Spirit Resist | 0% |
Move Speed | 7.01 m/s |
Sprint Speed | 2 m/s |
Stamina | 4 |
How to Counter Vyper
- Vyper requires a lot of time and souls in order to scale her gun and her mobility, so kill and focus her during the early and mid game.
- Vyperis super susceptible to Knock-ups or anything that slows her. If Vyper can't move, she cannot benefit from Slither and the infinite ammo that comes with it.
- Very low teamfight potential, so forcing large teamfights will really make it hard for Vyperto engage.