Build file · 25 Oct to 2 Nov
Violet build and item order
What Violet players buy, what a long game ends with, what changes against each enemy, and the in-game builds they pick.
The Violet build in brief
Most Violet players open with Extra Charge and Extra Spirit, then pick up Radiant Regeneration (around 14 minutes, 89% of games) and Rapid Recharge (around 18 minutes, 90% of games).
The build splits in the mid game: the most common big buys from 9 to 20 minutes are Radiant Regeneration (64%), Rapid Recharge (62%) and Tankbuster (15%).
In games past 35 minutes, a finished Violet carries about 11 items, 41.4k souls, 67% of them spirit; most end with Rapid Recharge (93%), Radiant Regeneration (90%) and Boundless Spirit (81%).
Beyond the core items, the commonest big buy from 20 to 30 minutes is Superior Cooldown (37% of games); the late-game duel sets it against Torment Pulse (20% of games).
In long games, players pick Spirit Lifesteal or Weapon Shielding: of those who buy either, 7% buy both.
The clearest change by opponent: against Haze, Violet players buy Metal Skin at about ×4.61 the usual rate (23,449 buyers; adjusted, with small samples pulled towards ×1).
The most used in-game build is "MAX SPIRIT VIOLET [Lockbuilds.com]" by Harvester, picked in 47,035 games (51% won).
The finished build 7 days · games over 35 min (51%)
What Violet 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 220,604 long games (51% of Violet games).
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| Slot | Item | Held | Bought | Sold or upgraded | Buy time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Mystic Shot | 40% | 48% | 17% | ~14:14 | 1,600 |
| Vitality | Healing Booster | 51% | 71% | 27% | ~13:23 | 1,600 |
| Vitality | Spirit Shielding | 43% | 55% | 22% | ~13:36 | 1,600 |
| Spirit | Rapid Recharge | 93% | 94% | 1% | ~18:20 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Radiant Regeneration | 90% | 91% | 1% | ~14:06 | 3,200 |
| Spirit | Boundless Spirit | 81% | 81% | 1% | ~30:25 | 6,400 |
| Spirit | Tankbuster | 77% | 78% | 1% | ~25:10 | 3,200 |
| Flex (spirit) | Escalating Exposure | 43% | 43% | 1% | ~34:48 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Spirit Burn | 42% | 42% | 1% | ~35:17 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Transcendent Cooldown | 41% | 42% | 1% | ~34:08 | 6,400 |
| Flex (spirit) | Torment Pulse | 40% | 41% | 3% | ~24:08 | 3,200 |
| Weapon, alternate | Spiritual Overflow | 27% | 27% | 1% | ~33:57 | 6,400 |
| Vitality, alternate | Stamina Mastery | 33% | 34% | 2% | ~24:42 | 3,200 |
| Vitality, alternate | Healbane | 21% | 25% | 18% | ~17:54 | 1,600 |
| Vitality, alternate | Indomitable | 18% | 18% | 1% | ~36:55 | 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, ★ Violet is Violet players only.
The 8 clearest changes in what Violet players buy, across every enemy. Pick enemies above the board to see one lineup.
Lifts compare how often Violet 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 | ×4.61 | 23k | ★ +2.2 pts over tier III · 23k buyers, Violet only |
| Lash | Counterspell | ×2.32 | 23k | — |
| Deadman Danny | Knockdown | ×1.77 | 25k | — |
| Haze | Plated Armor | ×1.95 | 14k | — |
| Baba | Rebuttal | ×2.47 | 6.0k | — |
| Apollo | Slowing Hex | ×1.89 | 11k | — |
| Shiv | Dispel Magic | ×1.59 | 18k | — |
| Victor | Healbane | ×1.28 | 50k | — |
What you hold, minute by minute 7 days
Each band is one item: the share of Violet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic Shot | 1% | 14% | 29% | 40% | 45% | 46% | 46% | 44% |
| Spiritual Overflow | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 15% | 22% |
| Other weapon items | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Extra Regen | 52% | 54% | 28% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Spirit Shielding | 0% | 14% | 41% | 50% | 52% | 54% | 53% | 50% |
| Healing Booster | 2% | 18% | 49% | 65% | 68% | 69% | 68% | 61% |
| Stamina Mastery | 0% | 0% | 2% | 8% | 20% | 27% | 30% | 32% |
| Other vitality items | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Extra Spirit | 59% | 83% | 69% | 21% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Improved Spirit | 3% | 22% | 37% | 54% | 65% | 45% | 26% | 25% |
| Boundless Spirit | 0% | 0% | 1% | 4% | 16% | 38% | 63% | 79% |
| Mystic Regeneration | 33% | 69% | 29% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Radiant Regeneration | 0% | 25% | 60% | 79% | 85% | 87% | 89% | 89% |
| Extra Charge | 35% | 76% | 73% | 26% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Rapid Recharge | 0% | 5% | 33% | 64% | 80% | 88% | 91% | 92% |
| Mystic Burst | 4% | 25% | 30% | 33% | 18% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Tankbuster | 0% | 0% | 4% | 16% | 39% | 62% | 72% | 76% |
| Torment Pulse | 0% | 1% | 4% | 12% | 25% | 33% | 37% | 40% |
| Superior Cooldown | 0% | 0% | 2% | 9% | 28% | 45% | 41% | 39% |
| Transcendent Cooldown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 5% | 13% | 23% | 35% |
| Escalating Exposure | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 21% | 37% |
| Spirit Burn | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 19% | 35% |
| Other spirit items | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Items held, in all | 2.6 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 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 Violet 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: 67% → 49%. By souls at purchase: 56–62%.
Radiant Regeneration
347,449 buyers · 52.5% won overall
most buy it 10–16 min
52.5% of all its buyers won.
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Rapid Recharge
350,458 buyers · 52.5% won overall
most buy it 13–21 min
52.5% of all its buyers won.
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Torment Pulse
141,525 buyers · 54.3% won overall
most buy it 19–27 min
54.3% of all its buyers won.
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Tankbuster
268,301 buyers · 53.3% won overall
most buy it 20–28 min
53.3% of all its buyers won.
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Boundless Spirit
245,473 buyers · 56.2% won overall
most buy it 25–33 min
56.2% of all its buyers won.
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Transcendent Cooldown
114,884 buyers · 55.5% won overall
most buy it 27–38 min
55.5% of all its buyers won.
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Escalating Exposure
113,430 buyers · 60.2% won overall
most buy it 29–38 min
By the clock: 67% → 49%. By souls at purchase: 56–62%.
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Spirit Burn
110,735 buyers · 60.1% won overall
most buy it 29–39 min
By the clock: 67% → 51%. By souls at purchase: 56–62%.
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For Escalating Exposure 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 Violet 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
158,124 games · 55.1% won · 73% reach 30 min
Torment Pulse at 20–30 min
86,521 games · 52.5% won · 75% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.4% | 34% | 31% | 51.7% | |
| 55.3% | 14% | 13% | 53.4% | |
| 56.2% | 14% | 13% | 55.8% | |
| 57.9% | 31% | 31% | 55.9% | |
| 53.3% | 14% | 18% | 53.2% | |
| 57.9% | 13% | 17% | 56.7% | |
| 56.5% | 45% | 52% | 54.9% | |
| 58.9% | 30% | 38% | 56.8% | |
| under 6% | 32% | 54.1% |
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 60%, 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 (51%)
Items Violet 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
Spirit Lifesteal or Weapon Shielding: only 7% buy both.
Only Spirit Lifesteal52.7% won · 66,784 games
Both7%
Only Weapon Shielding50.0% won · 37,466 games
Spirit Lifesteal-only buyers won 2.8 pts more than Weapon Shielding-only buyers. Out of 111,614 long games with either.
Sets
1.9× as likely together
14% of long games · 31,470 games
2.0× as likely together
12% of long games · 26,625 games
1.9× as likely together
11% of long games · 24,109 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 Spirit | 81% | 52.2% | 350,279 |
| 0–9 min | Mystic Regeneration | 75% | 52.5% | 321,999 |
| 0–9 min | Extra Charge | 70% | 52.7% | 301,661 |
| 0–9 min | Extra Regen | 58% | 52.1% | 250,045 |
| 0–9 min | Grit | 34% | 52.4% | 145,783 |
| 0–9 min | Mystic Burst | 22% | 52.0% | 95,849 |
| 9–20 min | Radiant Regeneration | 64% | 52.3% | 273,838 |
| 9–20 min | Rapid Recharge | 62% | 53.0% | 266,813 |
| 9–20 min | Healing Booster | 51% | 52.3% | 220,861 |
| 9–20 min | Spirit Shielding | 41% | 52.5% | 176,285 |
| 9–20 min | Improved Spirit | 35% | 52.2% | 151,109 |
| 9–20 min | Mystic Shot | 29% | 52.8% | 124,337 |
| 20–30 min | Tankbuster | 43% | 53.0% | 185,239 |
| 20–30 min | Superior Cooldown | 37% | 53.9% | 158,112 |
| 20–30 min | Boundless Spirit | 31% | 55.7% | 133,305 |
| 20–30 min | Improved Spirit | 23% | 52.5% | 97,099 |
| 20–30 min | Rapid Recharge | 22% | 52.2% | 94,670 |
| 20–30 min | Torment Pulse | 20% | 53.7% | 86,514 |
| 30 min + | Boundless Spirit | 28% | 54.2% | 118,854 |
| 30 min + | Escalating Exposure | 20% | 56.1% | 86,257 |
| 30 min + | Spirit Burn | 20% | 56.0% | 85,644 |
| 30 min + | Transcendent Cooldown | 18% | 52.6% | 77,369 |
| 30 min + | Superior Cooldown | 15% | 53.8% | 63,720 |
| 30 min + | Spiritual Overflow | 11% | 54.9% | 45,818 |
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
Living Ink36812
Flow State491013
Still Life12511
Abstract Landscape71415The most played full upgrade path (3% of matches, 53.6% won). Living Ink is maxed first in 51% of matches.
In-game builds players pick 7 days
- MAX SPIRIT VIOLET [Lockbuilds.com]by Harvester · 27,321 players9 of 11 board items47,035 games51.0% won
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- Scribblenauts Gameplay!!!by fapworthy nonbinary hagmaxxer™ · 10,844 players11 of 11 board items17,594 games53.5% won
- The Violet build that was promised 3000 years ago.by Sαωαηо · 8,550 players11 of 11 board items14,698 games51.7% won
- NA #1 ARTIST - SHMUCKby Little Shmuck · 8,918 players9 of 11 board items14,514 games55.0% won
- twitch.tv/osesby oses/```````````````````` · 8,325 players8 of 11 board items14,064 games51.7% won
The build each player had selected when the match started; known for 46% of Violet games, mostly at higher ranks. The tag counts how many of the finished build's items each one includes.