Build file · 25 Oct to 3 Nov
Pocket build and item order
What Pocket players buy, what a long game ends with, what changes against each enemy, and the in-game builds they pick.
The Pocket build in brief
Most Pocket players open with Mystic Burst and Monster Rounds, then pick up Cultist Sacrifice (around 11 minutes, 59% of games) and Tankbuster (around 19 minutes, 81% of games).
The build splits in the mid game: the most common big buys from 9 to 20 minutes are Tankbuster (55%), Cultist Sacrifice (47%) and Superior Cooldown (37%).
In games past 35 minutes, a finished Pocket carries about 11 items, 43.3k souls, 66% of them spirit; most end with Tankbuster (94%), Greater Expansion (86%) and Superior Duration (84%).
Beyond the core items, the commonest big buy from 20 to 30 minutes is Superior Cooldown (41% of games); the late-game duel sets it against Boundless Spirit (11% of games).
In long games, players pick Cold Front or Battle Vest: of those who buy either, 11% buy both.
The clearest change by opponent: against Haze, Pocket players buy Metal Skin at about ×4.54 the usual rate (3,531 buyers; adjusted, with small samples pulled towards ×1).
The most used in-game build is "Natan's Pocket Infinite Damage Glitch Edition" by :3, picked in 15,035 games (47% won).
The finished build 7 days · games over 35 min (50%)
What Pocket 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 100,903 long games (50% of Pocket games).
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| Slot | Item | Held | Bought | Sold or upgraded | Buy time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Swift Striker | 53% | 66% | 20% | ~11:48 | 1,600 |
| Weapon | Cultist Sacrifice | 49% | 67% | 27% | ~11:43 | 3,200 |
| Vitality | Majestic Leap | 60% | 61% | 3% | ~20:29 | 3,200 |
| Vitality | Enchanter's Emblem | 32% | 42% | 23% | ~14:16 | 1,600 |
| Vitality | Dispel Magic | 29% | 31% | 7% | ~23:07 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Tankbuster | 94% | 95% | 1% | ~19:18 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Greater Expansion | 86% | 87% | 1% | ~27:54 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Superior Duration | 84% | 84% | 1% | ~26:04 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Spirit Burn | 80% | 80% | 0% | ~28:45 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Transcendent Cooldown | 71% | 71% | 1% | ~32:47 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Boundless Spirit | 47% | 48% | 1% | ~34:01 | 6,400 |
| Weapon, alternate | Spiritual Overflow | 16% | 16% | 2% | ~37:57 | 6,400 |
| Vitality, alternate | Warp Stone | 24% | 25% | 5% | ~24:22 | 3,200 |
| Vitality, alternate | Stamina Mastery | 22% | 23% | 3% | ~27:21 | 3,200 |
| Vitality, alternate | Diviner's Kevlar | 17% | 18% | 1% | ~38:26 | 6,400 |
| Spirit, alternate | Arctic Blast | 28% | 28% | 2% | ~35:47 | 6,400 |
| Spirit, alternate | Cold Front | 25% | 58% | 56% | ~9:12 | 1,600 |
| Spirit, alternate | Escalating Exposure | 23% | 24% | 1% | ~37:12 | 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, ★ Pocket is Pocket players only.
The 8 clearest changes in what Pocket players buy, across every enemy. Pick enemies above the board to see one lineup.
Lifts compare how often Pocket 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 | ×4.54 | 3.5k | — |
| Deadman Danny | Knockdown | ×1.74 | 5.6k | — |
| Apollo | Slowing Hex | ×2.08 | 3.1k | — |
| Haze | Plated Armor | ×2.09 | 2.9k | — |
| Lash | Counterspell | ×1.79 | 3.2k | — |
| Shiv | Dispel Magic | ×1.22 | 23k | — |
| Baba | Rebuttal | ×1.92 | 1.9k | — |
| Haze | Bullet Resilience | ×1.48 | 3.1k | — |
What you hold, minute by minute 7 days
Each band is one item: the share of Pocket 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monster Rounds | 41% | 51% | 16% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Cultist Sacrifice | 0% | 27% | 57% | 62% | 64% | 65% | 64% | 57% |
| Swift Striker | 2% | 25% | 56% | 62% | 64% | 65% | 65% | 62% |
| Other weapon items | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Extra Regen | 36% | 42% | 43% | 43% | 42% | 29% | 20% | 19% |
| Enchanter's Emblem | 1% | 12% | 27% | 35% | 37% | 39% | 40% | 37% |
| Majestic Leap | 0% | 1% | 17% | 34% | 44% | 52% | 56% | 58% |
| Other vitality items | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Mystic Burst | 74% | 90% | 84% | 37% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Tankbuster | 0% | 2% | 23% | 56% | 80% | 90% | 93% | 94% |
| Extra Spirit | 17% | 29% | 32% | 24% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 7% |
| Boundless Spirit | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 13% | 25% | 41% |
| Cold Front | 9% | 44% | 51% | 53% | 55% | 54% | 43% | 35% |
| Arctic Blast | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 12% | 22% |
| Mystic Vulnerability | 0% | 14% | 23% | 27% | 30% | 32% | 29% | 24% |
| Mystic Expansion | 4% | 20% | 41% | 57% | 54% | 23% | 15% | 15% |
| Greater Expansion | 0% | 0% | 3% | 11% | 28% | 53% | 74% | 85% |
| Compress Cooldown | 0% | 5% | 31% | 39% | 10% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Superior Cooldown | 0% | 1% | 9% | 38% | 66% | 67% | 43% | 37% |
| Transcendent Cooldown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 7% | 23% | 45% | 66% |
| Superior Duration | 0% | 0% | 2% | 15% | 39% | 62% | 76% | 82% |
| Spirit Burn | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 22% | 49% | 66% | 76% |
| Other spirit items | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Items held, in all | 2.4 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
Items show the share holding them; other items show the average number held.
Buy windows: clock against souls 7 days
When Pocket 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.
Spirit Burn by the clock: 60% → 44%. By souls at purchase: 48–55%.
Cultist Sacrifice
112,059 buyers · 44.1% won overall
most buy it 9–13 min
By the clock: 52% → 37%. By souls at purchase: 40–47%.
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Majestic Leap
96,726 buyers · 46.8% won overall
most buy it 14–24 min
By the clock: 58% → 44%. By souls at purchase: 45–53%.
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Tankbuster
154,613 buyers · 45.0% won overall
most buy it 15–22 min
45.0% of all its buyers won.
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Superior Duration
124,950 buyers · 46.8% won overall
most buy it 21–29 min
46.8% of all its buyers won.
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Greater Expansion
122,979 buyers · 47.5% won overall
most buy it 22–31 min
47.5% of all its buyers won.
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Spirit Burn
112,396 buyers · 49.8% won overall
most buy it 24–31 min
By the clock: 60% → 44%. By souls at purchase: 48–55%.
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Transcendent Cooldown
88,619 buyers · 48.7% won overall
most buy it 28–36 min
48.7% of all its buyers won.
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Boundless Spirit
57,721 buyers · 51.8% won overall
most buy it 28–38 min
51.8% of all its buyers won.
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For Cultist Sacrifice, Majestic Leap and Spirit Burn, 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 Pocket 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
82,073 games · 43.0% won · 76% reach 30 min
Boundless Spirit at 20–30 min
21,155 games · 51.9% won · 77% reach 30 min
Either way, 6 of the top 8 late items are the same.
| A won | A buys | Late item | B buys | B won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.4% | 31% | under 10% | ||
| 48.6% | 37% | 22% | 51.3% | |
| 47.6% | 50% | 40% | 52.6% | |
| 48.6% | 33% | 28% | 53.2% | |
| 50.5% | 13% | 10% | 56.8% | |
| 48.4% | 23% | 23% | 53.7% | |
| 49.3% | 12% | 14% | 56.2% | |
| 51.6% | 13% | 19% | 58.3% | |
| 48.1% | 21% | 29% | 52.6% | |
| 48.4% | 17% | 30% | 54.0% |
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 (50%)
Items Pocket 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.
Either/or
Cold Front or Battle Vest: 11% buy both.
Only Cold Front47.7% won · 50,362 games
Both11%
Only Battle Vest45.2% won · 16,160 games
Cold Front-only buyers won 2.6 pts more than Battle Vest-only buyers. Out of 74,610 long games with either.
Enchanter's Emblem or Battle Vest: only 6% buy both.
Only Enchanter's Emblem48.6% won · 38,134 games
Both6%
Only Battle Vest45.7% won · 20,261 games
Enchanter's Emblem-only buyers won 2.8 pts more than Battle Vest-only buyers. Out of 62,382 long games with either.
Sets
2.0× as likely together
32% of long games · 32,563 games
1.8× as likely together
13% of long games · 13,148 games
2.3× as likely together
11% of long games · 10,884 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 | Mystic Burst | 89% | 44.7% | 178,929 |
| 0–9 min | Monster Rounds | 62% | 44.2% | 124,498 |
| 0–9 min | Extra Regen | 41% | 44.7% | 82,204 |
| 0–9 min | Cold Front | 40% | 45.6% | 80,688 |
| 0–9 min | Restorative Shot | 28% | 43.1% | 55,875 |
| 0–9 min | Extra Spirit | 27% | 46.6% | 54,396 |
| 9–20 min | Tankbuster | 55% | 45.2% | 110,050 |
| 9–20 min | Compress Cooldown | 55% | 45.0% | 109,991 |
| 9–20 min | Cultist Sacrifice | 47% | 43.5% | 93,376 |
| 9–20 min | Swift Striker | 45% | 44.1% | 91,083 |
| 9–20 min | Mystic Expansion | 41% | 44.4% | 82,715 |
| 9–20 min | Superior Cooldown | 37% | 45.9% | 74,525 |
| 20–30 min | Superior Duration | 44% | 45.9% | 87,392 |
| 20–30 min | Spirit Burn | 41% | 49.2% | 83,192 |
| 20–30 min | Superior Cooldown | 41% | 45.2% | 82,073 |
| 20–30 min | Greater Expansion | 39% | 45.9% | 77,349 |
| 20–30 min | Tankbuster | 31% | 46.0% | 62,923 |
| 20–30 min | Duration Extender | 25% | 46.0% | 50,129 |
| 30 min + | Transcendent Cooldown | 31% | 48.7% | 62,718 |
| 30 min + | Greater Expansion | 23% | 49.5% | 45,312 |
| 30 min + | Boundless Spirit | 22% | 50.4% | 43,869 |
| 30 min + | Spirit Burn | 20% | 49.1% | 39,519 |
| 30 min + | Superior Duration | 15% | 49.5% | 29,387 |
| 30 min + | Arctic Blast | 14% | 49.6% | 28,724 |
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
Barrage5101112
Flying Cloak1289
Enchanter's Satchel34613
Affliction71415The most played full upgrade path (6% of matches, 45.0% won). Flying Cloak is maxed first in 63% of matches.
In-game builds players pick 7 days
- Natan's Pocket Infinite Damage Glitch Editionby :3 · 8,248 players11 of 11 board items15,035 games47.0% won
Early Core
Lane Sustain
Gun Spike
Core
Midgame
Lategame
- SPECIAL DELIVERY – spirit Pocket carry - deadlocked.ggby deadlocked.gg · 9,201 players11 of 11 board items13,130 games41.7% won
- Dewby dew · 4,306 players11 of 11 board items8,891 games45.9% won
- Pocket - Spirit-Initiator [46% WR] [tracklock.gg]by Tracklock · 4,679 players11 of 11 board items6,916 games41.4% won
- Hybrid Tempo - Gamiby Gami · 3,960 players11 of 11 board items5,986 games43.3% won
The build each player had selected when the match started; known for 45% of Pocket games, mostly at higher ranks. The tag counts how many of the finished build's items each one includes.