Build file · 25 Oct to 2 Nov
Baba build and item order
What Baba players buy, what a long game ends with, what changes against each enemy, and the in-game builds they pick.
The Baba build in brief
Most Baba players open with Extra Charge and Mystic Regeneration, then pick up Radiant Regeneration (around 11 minutes, 77% of games) and Torment Pulse (around 17 minutes, 64% of games).
The build splits in the mid game: the most common big buys from 9 to 20 minutes are Torment Pulse (55%), Radiant Regeneration (50%) and Spirit Snatch (23%).
In games past 35 minutes, a finished Baba carries about 11 items, 39.7k souls, 64% of them spirit; most end with Radiant Regeneration (91%), Torment Pulse (75%) and Spirit Snatch (72%).
Beyond the core items, the commonest big buy from 20 to 30 minutes is Superior Cooldown (39% of games); the late-game duel sets it against Greater Expansion (27% of games).
The clearest change by opponent: against Haze, Baba players buy Metal Skin at about ×2.17 the usual rate (30,315 buyers; adjusted, with small samples pulled towards ×1).
The most used in-game build is "Eido's Baba [Made with Lockbuilds]" by Harvester, picked in 15,448 games (55% won).
The finished build 7 days · games over 35 min (46%)
What Baba games of 35 minutes or more end with, slot by slot: the share of those games still holding each item at the end, and when it's bought. Pick an item for its upgrade chain and numbers.
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Each segment is an item's hold × its cost; the hatched end of each slot is held in items off the board.
Games over 35 minutes end with about 11 items, so 5 sockets read “usually empty”. Solid frames: held at the end of at least half of those games; dashed: fewer. Flex slots take any slot type, and each flex item keeps its own slot colour. From 77,711 long games (46% of Baba games).
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| Slot | Item | Held | Bought | Sold or upgraded | Buy time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitality | Healing Booster | 53% | 73% | 28% | ~12:12 | 1,600 |
| Vitality | Healbane | 34% | 41% | 16% | ~17:06 | 1,600 |
| Spirit | Radiant Regeneration | 91% | 92% | 1% | ~11:56 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Torment Pulse | 75% | 76% | 2% | ~17:59 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Spirit Snatch | 72% | 73% | 1% | ~23:20 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Superior Duration | 63% | 63% | 1% | ~27:27 | 3,200 |
| Flex (spirit) | Rapid Recharge | 52% | 53% | 2% | ~27:23 | 3,200 |
| Flex (spirit) | Greater Expansion | 49% | 50% | 1% | ~27:03 | 3,200 |
| Flex (spirit) | Boundless Spirit | 49% | 49% | 1% | ~33:28 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Escalating Exposure | 44% | 45% | 1% | ~34:29 | 6,400 |
| Vitality, alternate | Reactive Barrier | 29% | 58% | 49% | ~16:01 | 1,600 |
| Vitality, alternate | Bullet Resilience | 27% | 28% | 5% | ~25:12 | 3,200 |
| Vitality, alternate | Indomitable | 26% | 27% | 1% | ~34:54 | 6,400 |
| Spirit, alternate | Transcendent Cooldown | 42% | 42% | 1% | ~34:21 | 6,400 |
Against other heroes 21 days
What players change, not proof it works. ★ marks an item whose buyers win at least 1 point more against that enemy than buyers of other items of its tier, after checking for chance, over 21 days: ★ all pools every hero's buyers, ★ Baba is Baba players only.
The 8 clearest changes in what Baba players buy, across every enemy. Pick enemies above the board to see one lineup.
Lifts compare how often Baba players buy an item in games against a hero with how often they buy it otherwise, over 21 days, with the build's usual items set to ×1 and small samples pulled towards ×1. Cells need 200 buyers. Several enemies are combined from separate match-ups (a weighted average of their lifts), not games against that exact team.
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| Enemy | Item | Buy rate change | Buyers | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haze | Metal Skin | ×2.17 | 30k | — |
| Lash | Counterspell | ×2.78 | 5.6k | — |
| Haze | Plated Armor | ×1.54 | 24k | — |
| Deadman Danny | Knockdown | ×2.00 | 9.0k | — |
| Billy | Rebuttal | ×2.08 | 2.7k | ★ +1.2 pts over tier I · 260k buyers, all heroes pooled |
| Rat King | Bullet Resilience | ×1.17 | 57k | ★ +1.5 pts over tier III · 508k buyers, all heroes pooled |
| Haze | Spirit Resilience | ×0.69 | 11k | — |
| Apollo | Slowing Hex | ×2.23 | 2.1k | — |
What you hold, minute by minute 7 days
Each band is one item: the share of Baba games still going at that minute that hold it. The bands stack, so the top edge is the whole inventory. Press play, or drag the slider, to watch a game fill up. Hover a band for its numbers.
At 45:00 you'd typically hold
Estimated from when players buy and sell; assumes what they buy doesn't depend on how long the game will last. Hatched minutes rest on fewer than a quarter of games. The 12-item line is where the base slots are full and flex slots start.
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| Item | 5:00 | 10:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 | 25:00 | 30:00 | 35:00 | 40:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other weapon items | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Extra Regen | 55% | 59% | 24% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Healing Booster | 1% | 27% | 59% | 67% | 70% | 71% | 68% | 61% |
| Reactive Barrier | 0% | 5% | 32% | 48% | 53% | 53% | 44% | 39% |
| Indomitable | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 23% |
| Healbane | 0% | 3% | 20% | 32% | 35% | 37% | 38% | 37% |
| Other vitality items | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Extra Charge | 80% | 90% | 92% | 92% | 79% | 49% | 41% | 41% |
| Rapid Recharge | 0% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 21% | 34% | 43% | 50% |
| Mystic Regeneration | 58% | 62% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Radiant Regeneration | 0% | 47% | 75% | 82% | 86% | 89% | 90% | 90% |
| Spirit Strike | 17% | 66% | 76% | 69% | 32% | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Spirit Snatch | 0% | 1% | 7% | 23% | 47% | 62% | 68% | 70% |
| Torment Pulse | 0% | 2% | 26% | 57% | 69% | 73% | 74% | 75% |
| Duration Extender | 0% | 2% | 8% | 28% | 36% | 17% | 13% | 13% |
| Superior Duration | 0% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 25% | 45% | 56% | 62% |
| Superior Cooldown | 0% | 0% | 2% | 14% | 39% | 52% | 43% | 40% |
| Transcendent Cooldown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 12% | 23% | 36% |
| Greater Expansion | 0% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 21% | 36% | 44% | 48% |
| Mystic Vulnerability | 0% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 19% | 29% | 23% | 21% |
| Escalating Exposure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 11% | 25% | 40% |
| Boundless Spirit | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 15% | 29% | 44% |
| Other spirit items | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Items held, in all | 2.4 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
Items show the share holding them; other items show the average number held.
Buy windows: clock against souls 7 days
When Baba players buy each big item, and how its buyers did. Bars are buyers; the line is the share of them who won, with its 95% band. Switch to souls at purchase to see how much of the early-buyer edge is just being ahead.
Escalating Exposure by the clock: 70% → 47%. By souls at purchase: 56–64%.
Radiant Regeneration
131,892 buyers · 55.3% won overall
most buy it 8–13 min
By the clock: 70% → 43%. By souls at purchase: 47–66%.
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Torment Pulse
108,496 buyers · 57.5% won overall
most buy it 14–20 min
By the clock: 68% → 47%. By souls at purchase: 54–63%.
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Spirit Snatch
95,561 buyers · 56.9% won overall
most buy it 18–26 min
56.9% of all its buyers won.
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Greater Expansion
61,335 buyers · 59.6% won overall
most buy it 22–29 min
59.6% of all its buyers won.
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Rapid Recharge
63,086 buyers · 52.9% won overall
most buy it 21–30 min
52.9% of all its buyers won.
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Superior Duration
78,458 buyers · 58.1% won overall
most buy it 22–29 min
58.1% of all its buyers won.
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Boundless Spirit
49,391 buyers · 60.7% won overall
most buy it 27–36 min
By the clock: 68% → 48%. By souls at purchase: 52–64%.
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Escalating Exposure
43,606 buyers · 61.1% won overall
most buy it 29–37 min
By the clock: 70% → 47%. By souls at purchase: 56–64%.
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For Radiant Regeneration, Torment Pulse, Boundless Spirit and Escalating Exposure, buying early wins more mostly because early buyers are already ahead: by souls at purchase the line is much flatter. Win rates describe; they don't say an item wins games.
Two late games, side by side 7 days
What Baba players buy after 30 minutes, split by the big item they took at 20–30 minutes. Bars are the share of each side's games reaching 30 minutes that bought the item. Pick the two sides to compare.
Superior Cooldown at 20–30 min
66,087 games · 56.2% won · 70% reach 30 min
Greater Expansion at 20–30 min
46,458 games · 59.9% won · 70% reach 30 min
Either way, 7 of the top 8 late items are the same.
| A won | A buys | Late item | B buys | B won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.1% | 38% | 27% | 56.9% | |
| 53.7% | 19% | 13% | 56.1% | |
| 56.4% | 19% | 14% | 61.2% | |
| 55.4% | 19% | 17% | 56.8% | |
| 55.0% | 14% | 11% | 57.5% | |
| 55.8% | 23% | 21% | 58.6% | |
| 57.6% | 35% | 35% | 60.8% | |
| 57.2% | 11% | 15% | 60.4% | |
| 58.2% | 30% | 41% | 59.6% |
Shares are of each side's games reaching 30 minutes; an item a side doesn't list was bought by fewer than its smallest listed share. ⇄: both sides buy it in 15% or more of games. Win dots run from 40% to 65%, with a tick at 50%, adjusted for souls at purchase where upstream gives it, with 95% whiskers, hollow under 2,000 buyers. They describe; they don't prove.
Either/or, and sets 7 days · games over 35 min (46%)
Items Baba players choose between in games over 35 minutes, and items they buy as a package. Every number is printed under its cards; click a card to outline the item in every chart.
Sets
1.8× as likely together
13% of long games · 10,131 games
2.0× as likely together
9% of long games · 6,859 games
2.0× as likely together
9% of long games · 6,704 games
Descriptive: players who pick one may play differently from those who pick the other. Pairs that are one item's upgrade path are left out.
How players get there, 0–30 min 7 days
The items most bought in each phase of the game, and what their buyers bought next. Pick a mid-game item to follow only the players who bought it. Hover an item for its numbers.
- Weapon
- Vitality
- Spirit
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| Phase | Item | Bought in | Won (souls-adjusted) | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–9 min | Extra Charge | 89% | 54.9% | 150,991 |
| 0–9 min | Mystic Regeneration | 87% | 55.4% | 147,765 |
| 0–9 min | Extra Regen | 67% | 54.8% | 113,271 |
| 0–9 min | Spirit Strike | 60% | 56.2% | 101,835 |
| 0–9 min | Radiant Regeneration | 33% | 61.9% | 55,364 |
| 0–9 min | Healing Booster | 17% | 57.4% | 29,350 |
| 9–20 min | Torment Pulse | 55% | 59.1% | 93,527 |
| 9–20 min | Healing Booster | 50% | 56.1% | 84,065 |
| 9–20 min | Radiant Regeneration | 50% | 53.7% | 83,918 |
| 9–20 min | Reactive Barrier | 45% | 56.1% | 76,181 |
| 9–20 min | Healbane | 30% | 56.2% | 50,739 |
| 9–20 min | Duration Extender | 27% | 57.5% | 46,058 |
| 20–30 min | Superior Cooldown | 39% | 57.2% | 66,082 |
| 20–30 min | Spirit Snatch | 35% | 56.8% | 60,004 |
| 20–30 min | Superior Duration | 35% | 58.0% | 58,624 |
| 20–30 min | Duration Extender | 28% | 57.7% | 47,243 |
| 20–30 min | Greater Expansion | 27% | 59.4% | 46,452 |
| 20–30 min | Rapid Recharge | 22% | 52.9% | 37,445 |
| 30 min + | Boundless Spirit | 20% | 56.7% | 33,961 |
| 30 min + | Escalating Exposure | 20% | 56.8% | 33,941 |
| 30 min + | Transcendent Cooldown | 18% | 53.7% | 29,988 |
| 30 min + | Indomitable | 12% | 54.7% | 20,158 |
| 30 min + | Superior Duration | 12% | 54.4% | 19,571 |
| 30 min + | Rapid Recharge | 11% | 52.8% | 19,456 |
Bar heights compare how often items are bought within a phase; fewer items are bought late, and the row underneath shows how many games last that long. Win rates are adjusted for the buyer's souls at purchase, so players who are already ahead don't make an item look better than it is; they still describe, not prove.
Ability order
Threadsap1259
Granny Long Legs4101112
Baba's Brew36813
Feed The Birds71415The most played full upgrade path (7% of matches, 63.9% won). Threadsap is maxed first in 62% of matches.
In-game builds players pick 7 days
- Eido's Baba [Made with Lockbuilds]by Harvester · 10,194 players9 of 10 board items15,448 games55.1% won
Earlygame
Earlygame
Core.
Midgame
Lategame
Lategame
- Metro BABA STILL BROKEN (twitch.tv/metro)by BillyOTP · 4,766 players8 of 10 board items7,779 games56.7% won
- BABA BENCH BRAWLER [67% WR] [deadlocklabs.gg]by 123 · 4,729 players9 of 10 board items6,586 games55.7% won
- SN|P3R : Hex Marks the Spot ( Baba Spirit )by SN|P3R · 3,876 players9 of 10 board items6,270 games58.6% won
- ttvcrayon x eido walking tankby crayon !adddraft · 3,348 players7 of 10 board items5,198 games55.4% won
The build each player had selected when the match started; known for 39% of Baba games, mostly at higher ranks. The tag counts how many of the finished build's items each one includes.