Drifter Build

Most Drifter players open with Melee Lifesteal and Spirit Strike. Core items, bought in at least half of all games: Melee Lifesteal, Spirit Strike, Sprint Boots, and Mystic Burst. Ranked by how often players on this hero buy each item at each shop tier, from 53,443 games.

1. Laning800 souls
   Melee LifestealVitalityCore50.9%78% pickSpirit StrikeSpiritCore51.1%71% pickSprint BootsVitalityCore51.5%58% pickMystic BurstSpiritCore50.7%56% pick
2. Mid game1,600 souls
   StalkerWeaponCore51.2%90% pickTrophy CollectorVitality52.2%42% pickMelee ChargeWeapon52.8%37% pickKinetic DashWeapon51.0%35% pick
3. Late game3,200 souls
   Spirit SnatchSpiritCore51.4%70% pickHunter's AuraWeaponCore53.6%67% pickFortitudeVitalityCore52.2%54% pick
4. Luxury6,400 souls
   Crushing FistsWeapon56.4%23% pickSpirit BurnSpirit58.7%23% 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.

37% of Drifter players finish with a Gun build, and it wins 52.6% of games.

• Gun 37%
• Hybrid 29%
• Spirit 20%
• Vitality 14%

From the final items of 32,400 Drifter 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.

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 Drifter, and flags pairs that win together and items with a poor record.

Spirit Snatch with Spirit Burn is the best-winning pair on Drifter: 58.3% over 382,462 games.

• +Spirit Snatch + Spirit Burn382,462 games58.3%+7.3 vs Drifter average
• +Stalker + Spirit Burn365,388 games58.3%+7.2 vs Drifter average
• +Stalker + Crushing Fists349,076 games57.0%+6.0 vs Drifter average
• +Spirit Snatch + Crushing Fists362,743 games57.0%+6.0 vs Drifter average
• +Hunter's Aura + Superior Duration394,635 games56.5%+5.4 vs Drifter average
• +Lifestrike + Superior Duration353,535 games56.3%+5.2 vs Drifter average
• +Melee Charge + Hunter's Aura434,645 games55.1%+4.1 vs Drifter average
• +Trophy Collector + Burst Fire383,322 games54.3%+3.2 vs Drifter 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.

Pick the enemy hero to see which items win most for Drifter in that matchup. It opens on the hardest one, Paige, where Drifter wins 41.4%.

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From 19,464 Drifter games at Oracle rank and above, in the order players buy the items.

High-rank players buy Sprint Boots and Hunter's Aura more than the all-ranks build does.

Shadow Weave is the biggest riser on Drifter: bought in 36.8% of games, up 18.5 points.

The last 7 days of games compared with the 7 days before. Items need 300 games on each side.

Items few Drifter players buy that win well above the hero's 51.0% average.

Frenzy19,092 games60.5%5.8% pickColossus6,540 games60.1%2.0% pickArmor Piercer4,658 games59.6%1.4% pickCrippling Headshot22,661 games58.7%6.9% pickSiphon Bullets18,594 games58.7%5.6% pickEthereal Shift5,043 games58.5%1.5% pick

Treat these as situational: a low pick rate often means the item gets bought when the game is already won.

105 items with stats for Drifter. Stalker is bought most, in 90% of games. Filter by slot or sort by win rate, pick rate or cost.

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All Drifter items (Nov 5 Patch)

Item	Win rate	Pick rate	Cost	Games
StalkerCore	51.2%	89.6%	1,600	295,485
Melee LifestealCore	50.9%	78.2%	800	257,970
Spirit StrikeCore	51.1%	70.7%	800	233,248
Spirit SnatchCore	51.4%	69.5%	3,200	229,301
Hunter's AuraCore	53.6%	67.0%	3,200	221,097
Sprint BootsCore	51.5%	57.8%	800	190,694
Mystic BurstCore	50.7%	55.8%	800	184,164
FortitudeCore	52.2%	54.3%	3,200	179,229
Tankbuster	51.5%	53.2%	3,200	175,306
Close Quarters	51.7%	52.1%	800	171,933
Lifestrike	52.0%	49.1%	3,200	161,868
Extra Health	51.8%	48.8%	800	161,097
Burst Fire	52.1%	43.9%	3,200	144,774
Trophy CollectorCore	52.2%	41.9%	1,600	138,039
Point Blank	52.0%	40.0%	3,200	132,002
Rapid Rounds	51.1%	38.3%	800	126,335
Shadow Weave	52.4%	36.8%	3,200	121,248
Melee ChargeCore	52.8%	36.6%	1,600	120,594
Kinetic DashCore	51.0%	34.9%	1,600	115,049
Superior Duration	55.7%	30.6%	3,200	100,833

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Items Drifter players still buy that win at least 3 points less than other items at the same price. Metal Skin wins 40.7%, against 52.1% for Drifter's other 3,200-soul items.

Metal Skin3,200 souls40.7%4.0% pickDisarming Hex3,200 souls42.3%2.5% pickKnockdown3,200 souls43.5%2.3% pickBullet Resilience3,200 souls44.9%2.3% pickCursed Relic6,400 souls51.8%3.9% pickPlated Armor6,400 souls53.1%6.5% pickSpirit Shielding1,600 souls47.7%4.1% pickHealbane1,600 souls48.6%19.6% pick

Heroes whose builds share at least 7 items with Drifter's. Rates are each hero's own.

Vyper46.0%14.1% pickWarden50.8%18.1% pickVindicta50.1%30.5% pickVenator46.5%43.2% pickRat King54.9%42.0% pickIvy52.8%23.5% pickGrey Talon47.4%21.1% pickHaze54.1%45.8% pickHolliday48.4%23.1% pick