
- Win Rate
- 54.3%
- Pick Rate
- 11.7%
- KDA
- 2.91
Baba Build
- Skill Level
- All Skill Levels
- Matches
- 14,019
- Version
- 6860
- Last Updated
- Nov 5, 2026 UTC
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
The Baba build players actually buy: start with Extra Charge, Mystic Regeneration, Spirit Strike, then Duration Extender, Compress Cooldown, Reactive Barrier, and finish with Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse, Superior Cooldown. Win and pick rates for every item, by stage.
Best Baba build (Nov 5 Patch)
Nov 5 Patch · 95,203 gamesMost Baba players open with Extra Charge and Mystic Regeneration. Core items, bought in at least half of all games: Extra Charge, Mystic Regeneration, Spirit Strike, and Extra Regen. Ranked by how often players on this hero buy each item at each shop tier, from 14,019 games.
- Laning800 souls
Extra ChargeSpiritCore55.6%96% pick
Mystic RegenerationSpiritCore55.8%94% pick
Spirit StrikeSpiritCore56.3%76% pick
Extra RegenVitalityCore54.0%55% pick - Mid game1,600 souls
Duration ExtenderSpiritCore58.5%66% pick
Compress CooldownSpiritCore58.4%61% pick
Reactive BarrierVitalityCore56.7%58% pick
HealbaneVitality57.2%49% pick - Late game3,200 souls
Radiant RegenerationSpiritCore56.2%91% pick
Torment PulseSpiritCore58.0%79% pick
Superior CooldownSpiritCore58.3%67% pick - Luxury6,400 souls
Escalating ExposureSpirit62.3%37% pick
Transcendent CooldownSpirit58.4%36% pick
Win rates are for games where the item was bought. Expensive items show higher win rates partly because they get bought in games that are already going well. Item stats cover the last 7 days of games.
Baba skill order
164,478 gamesMost Baba players max Threadsap first (65% of games), then Granny Long Legs (19%).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
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| + | T1 | T2 | T3 |
Which ability players max first
The most common order in recent matches. The first 8 points come straight from match data; the rest follow the most common max-first priority. "+" marks the unlock, T1–T3 the upgrade tiers.
Gun, spirit or vitality: which Baba build wins?
84% of Baba players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 54.9% of games.
- Spirit 84%
- Vitality 9%
- Hybrid 6%
Spirit Baba build
- Win rate
- 54.9%
- Share of games
- 84%10,964 games
- Avg. souls
- 38,498
Items Spirit Baba players finish with, by how often they own them:
Vitality Baba build
- Win rate
- 47.6%
- Share of games
- 9%1,200 games
- Avg. souls
- 40,043
Items Vitality Baba players finish with, by how often they own them:
Hybrid Baba build
- Win rate
- 48.1%
- Share of games
- 6%740 games
- Avg. souls
- 40,907
Items Hybrid Baba players finish with, by how often they own them:
From the final items of 13,011 Baba games over the last 14 days. A build counts as gun, spirit or vitality when that shop slot holds at least 45% of its souls; anything else is hybrid. Sold items are not counted.
Baba build planner
Start from the meta build and swap items from the shop. The planner counts your souls, shows your gun / spirit / vitality split and how that build type does for Baba, and flags pairs that win together and items with a poor record.
Your Baba build
25,600 souls- Weapon 0%
- Vitality 16%
- Spirit 84%
- Build type
- Spirit
- Meta match
- 100%
Spirit Baba builds win 54.9% of games and make up 84% of Baba games.
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Baba items that win together
Torment Pulse with Boundless Spirit is the best-winning pair on Baba: 64.0% over 298,604 games.

Torment Pulse + Boundless Spirit298,604 games64.0%+8.6 vs Baba average
Torment Pulse + Escalating Exposure259,195 games63.3%+7.9 vs Baba average
Superior Cooldown + Boundless Spirit263,183 games63.1%+7.7 vs Baba average
Duration Extender + Greater Expansion251,474 games62.1%+6.6 vs Baba average
Greater Expansion + Superior Duration254,970 games62.0%+6.5 vs Baba average
Spirit Strike + Escalating Exposure280,048 games61.6%+6.2 vs Baba average
Mystic Vulnerability + Duration Extender256,165 games61.2%+5.8 vs Baba average
Two items owned together at the end of the game, last 30 days. Late items win more often because games that last long enough to buy them were often already ahead.
Adapt your Baba build to the enemy
Pick the enemy hero to see which items win most for Baba in that matchup. It opens on the hardest one, Rat King, where Baba wins 45.0%.
Baba wins 45.0% against Rat King (2,963 games).
Best items vs Rat King
Superior DurationSwap in51.2%42% pick
Escalating ExposureIn the core build52.1%23% pick
Transcendent CooldownIn the core build52.0%23% pick
Bullet ResilienceSwap in52.6%16% pick
Greater ExpansionSwap in50.7%42% pick
Debuff ReducerSwap in56.7%4% pick
Reactive BarrierIn the core build51.6%21% pick
Baba community builds
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Create your Baba buildWhat Oracle+ Baba players build
From 4,863 Baba games at Oracle rank and above, in the order players buy the items.
High-rank players buy Healing Booster and Metal Skin more than the all-ranks build does.
Baba build changes this week
Superior Duration is the biggest riser on Baba: bought in 64.4% of games, up 14.6 points.
Bought more
The last 7 days of games compared with the 7 days before. Items need 300 games on each side.
Baba hidden gems
Items few Baba players buy that win well above the hero's 55.4% average.
Treat these as situational: a low pick rate often means the item gets bought when the game is already won.
All Baba items (Nov 5 Patch)
86 items with stats for Baba. Extra Charge is bought most, in 96% of games. Filter by slot or sort by win rate, pick rate or cost.
| Item | Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.6% | 96.4% | 800 | 91,790 | |
| 55.8% | 94.2% | 800 | 89,705 | |
| 56.2% | 90.8% | 3,200 | 86,484 | |
| 58.0% | 79.2% | 3,200 | 75,430 | |
| 56.3% | 76.0% | 800 | 72,310 | |
| 58.3% | 67.4% | 3,200 | 64,124 | |
| 58.5% | 66.2% | 1,600 | 63,062 | |
| 59.2% | 64.4% | 3,200 | 61,354 | |
| 57.6% | 62.5% | 3,200 | 59,509 | |
| 58.4% | 60.8% | 1,600 | 57,839 | |
| 56.7% | 57.7% | 1,600 | 54,910 | |
| 54.0% | 54.7% | 800 | 52,105 | |
| 59.6% | 51.4% | 3,200 | 48,911 | |
| 58.5% | 49.8% | 800 | 47,396 | |
| 57.2% | 48.7% | 1,600 | 46,354 | |
| 57.0% | 44.5% | 800 | 42,360 | |
| 54.4% | 42.7% | 1,600 | 40,605 | |
| 53.4% | 42.0% | 3,200 | 39,994 | |
| 58.1% | 40.4% | 1,600 | 38,474 | |
| 62.3% | 36.9% | 6,400 | 35,090 | |
| 58.4% | 36.1% | 6,400 | 34,389 | |
| 60.5% | 34.5% | 6,400 | 32,875 | |
| 57.9% | 33.3% | 3,200 | 31,717 | |
| 56.5% | 30.8% | 800 | 29,279 | |
| 56.6% | 28.3% | 1,600 | 26,976 | |
| 59.8% | 20.2% | 6,400 | 19,257 | |
| 52.5% | 17.4% | 1,600 | 16,611 | |
| 51.7% | 14.8% | 3,200 | 14,115 | |
| 57.2% | 14.1% | 1,600 | 13,416 | |
| 54.4% | 13.2% | 3,200 | 12,584 | |
| 58.2% | 12.2% | 6,400 | 11,638 | |
| 55.1% | 11.9% | 1,600 | 11,363 | |
| 53.9% | 11.4% | 800 | 10,893 | |
| 55.9% | 11.2% | 800 | 10,680 | |
| 62.0% | 9.7% | 1,600 | 9,278 | |
| 62.8% | 9.2% | 6,400 | 8,802 | |
| 51.0% | 9.2% | 800 | 8,738 | |
| 55.3% | 9.1% | 3,200 | 8,644 | |
| 63.2% | 8.6% | 6,400 | 8,229 | |
| 54.8% | 8.3% | 800 | 7,881 | |
| 59.4% | 8.0% | 3,200 | 7,646 | |
| 46.4% | 8.0% | 800 | 7,603 | |
| 56.8% | 7.7% | 3,200 | 7,342 | |
| 56.1% | 7.4% | 6,400 | 6,998 | |
| 49.5% | 7.2% | 1,600 | 6,877 | |
| 53.4% | 7.0% | 1,600 | 6,681 | |
| 56.5% | 6.9% | 1,600 | 6,556 | |
| 45.5% | 6.0% | 1,600 | 5,716 | |
| 51.4% | 5.8% | 1,600 | 5,564 | |
| 52.6% | 5.7% | 1,600 | 5,438 | |
| 57.8% | 5.7% | 1,600 | 5,425 | |
| 58.9% | 5.7% | 6,400 | 5,403 | |
| 53.2% | 5.6% | 3,200 | 5,344 | |
| 57.4% | 5.5% | 1,600 | 5,233 | |
| 49.4% | 5.4% | 800 | 5,188 | |
| 57.3% | 5.3% | 6,400 | 5,075 | |
| 60.0% | 5.1% | 6,400 | 4,813 | |
| 47.9% | 4.7% | 1,600 | 4,456 | |
| 44.4% | 4.4% | 800 | 4,219 | |
| 48.4% | 4.2% | 1,600 | 3,982 | |
| 53.3% | 4.1% | 1,600 | 3,931 | |
| 53.6% | 3.8% | 3,200 | 3,611 | |
| 51.4% | 3.7% | 800 | 3,526 | |
| 51.3% | 3.7% | 3,200 | 3,482 | |
| 58.7% | 3.5% | 6,400 | 3,375 | |
| 52.4% | 3.5% | 800 | 3,364 | |
| 47.2% | 3.5% | 3,200 | 3,323 | |
| 51.9% | 3.4% | 3,200 | 3,256 | |
| 55.0% | 3.4% | 1,600 | 3,238 | |
| 56.8% | 3.3% | 6,400 | 3,148 | |
| 61.2% | 3.1% | 6,400 | 2,972 | |
| 50.0% | 3.1% | 800 | 2,908 | |
| 56.2% | 2.9% | 6,400 | 2,715 | |
| 51.6% | 2.8% | 3,200 | 2,623 | |
| 51.1% | 2.7% | 6,400 | 2,617 | |
| 58.8% | 2.7% | 6,400 | 2,575 | |
| 42.2% | 2.6% | 3,200 | 2,502 | |
| 61.5% | 2.3% | 6,400 | 2,182 | |
| 55.8% | 2.2% | 3,200 | 2,111 | |
| 50.2% | 1.8% | 1,600 | 1,746 | |
| 51.1% | 1.8% | 3,200 | 1,711 | |
| 58.2% | 1.6% | 6,400 | 1,544 | |
| 49.4% | 1.6% | 3,200 | 1,495 | |
| 53.9% | 1.6% | 800 | 1,481 | |
| 50.5% | 1.3% | 1,600 | 1,273 | |
| 38.4% | 1.0% | 3,200 | 964 |
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Items to avoid on Baba
Items Baba players still buy that win at least 3 points less than other items at the same price. Burst Fire wins 42.2%, against 56.9% for Baba's other 3,200-soul items.
Heroes with Similar Builds to Baba
Heroes whose builds share at least 7 items with Baba's. Rates are each hero's own.
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Baba build FAQ (Nov 5 Patch)
What is the best Baba build?
The build Baba players buy most: Extra Charge, Mystic Regeneration, Spirit Strike, and Extra Regen in lane, Duration Extender, Compress Cooldown, Reactive Barrier, and Healbane in the mid game, then Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse, Superior Cooldown, Escalating Exposure, and Transcendent Cooldown late.
What is the best Baba skill order?
Most Baba players max Threadsap first (65% of games), then Granny Long Legs (19%).
What should Baba buy first?
Most Baba players open with Extra Charge (96% pick) and Mystic Regeneration (94% pick).
What are Baba's core items?
Items bought in at least 50% of Baba games: Extra Charge (55.6%), Mystic Regeneration (55.8%), Spirit Strike (56.3%), Extra Regen (54.0%), Duration Extender (58.5%), Compress Cooldown (58.4%), Reactive Barrier (56.7%), Radiant Regeneration (56.2%), Torment Pulse (58.0%), and Superior Cooldown (58.3%).
Which Baba items are underrated?
Rarely bought but winning well above Baba's average: Witchmail (63.2%), Spirit Burn (62.8%), and Weapon Shielding (62.0%). Buy them situationally.
Is gun or spirit Baba better?
84% of Baba players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 54.9% of games.
What do high-rank Baba players build?
Oracle+ Baba players open with Extra Charge, Mystic Regeneration, and Spirit Strike, move on to Torment Pulse, Radiant Regeneration, and Bullet Resilience and finish with Escalating Exposure.
What items should Baba avoid?
Burst Fire (42.2%), Extended Magazine (44.4%), and Titanic Magazine (45.5%) win the least on Baba right now compared with other items at the same price.
