Vindicta is a carry hero who can deal a lot of damage and be active throughout the game. However, to do this, the player must have certain skills: aim well and take an advantageous position in battle. Therefore, it can be said that successful play for her largely depends on the player’s skills.
Vindicta was one of the victims of the infamous Salem Witch Trials, presided over by Judge John Hathorne. However, she was given a second chance at life when her spirit returned to the living world during the first Maelstrom, an event that opened the supernatural to the public.
Vindicta – Deadlock Character Guide.
Vindicta now wages a one-woman war against the descendants of Hathorne and their neo-inquisition, protecting the world from supernatural threats. She is not afraid to kill to protect the innocent from her enemies, and is willing to destroy as many opponents as it takes to achieve this goal.
Content
- Pros and cons
- Capabilities
- Items
- Early game
- Mid game
- Late game
- Additional items
- How to counter
- Heroes
- Items
- Gameplay
Pros and cons
| Pros | Cons |
| · High damage;
· Mobility; · Survival with Flight. |
· Low health;
· Requires sniper skills. |
Capabilities
Vindicta is especially effective when she can deal damage from a distance without putting herself in harm’s way. Her Flight ability allows her to stay away from enemies and attack them from a safe distance. Once she’s done, Vindicta uses her Assassinate ability to finish off the enemy. This ability grants the player bonus souls after killing an enemy hero.
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Getting as many souls as possible is key to getting ahead of the enemy team or recovering from a bad start in lane. Assassinate deals bonus damage to enemies if they are below half health (less than 50%), making it especially effective against fleeing or weakened enemies.
| Name | Effect | Indicators | Pumping |
| Stake | Throw a projectile that will tether enemies within the landing radius. Movement will be limited to the length of the tether. | Radius : 8 meters. Cooldown : 40 seconds. Tether duration : 2.25 seconds. Damage : 60. Tether length : 6 meters. Slow : 30%. Capture radius : 8 meters. |
1 AP: Adds 0.75 seconds to the bind time.
2 AP: Reduces cooldown by 20 seconds. 5 AP: Tethered enemies will be disarmed. |
| Flight | Jumping up into the air will cause you to fly. In this state, you have more ammo and deal more damage with Spiritualism. | Duration : 8 seconds (increases by 0.2 from Spiritism). Cooldown : 40 seconds. Spiritism damage per bullet : +10. Skill casting time : 2 seconds. |
1 AP: Adds 50% of your ammo while in the air.
2 AP: Reduces cooldown by 15 seconds. 5 AP: Adds 12 Spiritual damage per bullet. |
| Crow Familiar | You direct your raven familiar to a point, dealing damage and inflicting bleeding on hit. | Cooldown : 25 seconds Damage : 50 (increases by 1 point per Spiritism) Bleeding damage : 3% of health per second Debuff duration : 6 seconds (increases by 0.04 per Spiritism). |
1 AP: Raven ricochets to 2 targets within 15 meters.
2 AP: Reduces cooldown by 17 seconds. 5 AP: Adds 3% Bleed Damage and 40% Healing Reduction. |
| Control Shot / Assassinate | You make an aimed shot from a rifle. Additionally, you deal more damage to enemies with less than 50% health. When you kill with the ult, you will receive additional souls. | Cooldown : 50 seconds. Charge time : 1.6 seconds. Damage : 160 (increases by 1 point per Spiritism). Additional damage : 145 (increases by 1.6 per Spiritism). Additional souls per kill : 250. |
1 AP: Reduces cooldown by 20 seconds.
2 AP: Adds 140 bonus damage. 5 AP: Another 600 bonus souls per kill. |
Items
To effectively play Vindicta, it is recommended to first level up the ultimate. This will allow you to get early kills in the early and mid-game. This method of play will allow you to farm souls faster and get the necessary items for the late game.
Early game
- High-Velocity Mag/Speed Shop
- Extra Health/Additional Health
- Mystic Burst/Mystic Pulse
- Extra Spirit/Additional Spiritism
- Extra Stamina/Additional Stamina
- Extra Charge/Additional charges
- Quicksilver Reload/Mercury Reload
Early on in the game, most items provide useful stats that will come in handy in any situation. High-Velocity Mag makes it easier to hit and increases weapon damage and bullet resistance. Headshot Booster will help you finish off an enemy or a creep in the lane.
Extra Health gives stamina and weapon damage. Mystic Burst and Extra Spirit increase ability damage. Extra Stamina makes the character more mobile.
After pumping the ultimate, it is worth thinking about items to improve it in order to more effectively implement the superpower. Long Range will increase weapon damage if the enemy is more than 15 meters away. And the Extra Recharge item will reduce the recovery time of the ultimate.
Quicksilver Reload will give you the ability to deal more damage, you will be able to instantly reload your weapon by using flight.
Mid game
- Long Range/Long Distance
- Active Reload/Active reload
- Bullet Lifesteal
- Bullet Armor/Bullet armor
- Spirit Armor/Spirit Armor
- Bullet Resist Shredder/Shooting Sickness
- Duration Extender/Duration Extender
In the mid-game, we continue to collect items that enhance the Assassinate ability. For example, the Long Range item can be upgraded to Sharpshooter. Take Improved Cooldown or Superior Cooldown to ult more often.
Active Reload and Bullet Resist Shredder are key items that will make Vindicta dangerous even without a super ability. But it is also worth remembering about defense, so take Bullet Armor, Spirit Armor and Bullet Lifesteal. If you play aggressively, your choice is Combat Barrier and Enchanter’s Barrier.
Late game
- Pristine Emblem/Pristine Emblem
- Lucky Shot/Удачаный стойка
- Siphon Bullets
- Ricochet/Рихокет
- Improved Bullet Armor/Improved Bullet Armor
- Improved Spirit Armor/Improved Spirit Armor
Towards the end of the game, the ult’s effectiveness decreases, as enemies have already farmed defensive items and built up damage resistance. Therefore, it will become more difficult to one-shot enemies with the ult, but there are a number of items that are useful at this point. Siphon Bullets will allow you to steal the maximum amount of health from targets, and Glass Cannon makes the character more aggressive.
Many late-game items are buffs to previously acquired items, so upgrade them: Pristine Emblem is effective against enemies with a large amount of health, Lucky Shot and Ricochet are universal options for increasing weapon damage.
Additional items
- Superior Cooldown/Superior Ability Cooldown
- Superior Duration/Superior Duration
- Warp Stone/Transfer Stone
- Unstoppable/Unstoppable
Of the expensive items, you may need Unstoppable to survive enemy mass ultimates. Warp Stone to be able to save yourself in a hopeless situation. And Superior Cooldown and Superior Duration are an improvement of previously acquired items for spiritualism.
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How to counter
Heroes
Bebop can pull Vindicta to him with his Hook, killing you early in the fight. If there are no allies nearby, you can take fatal damage.
The Watcher is able to immobilize the enemy with the third skill “Binding Word”. If you do not have time to move away to a sufficient distance, the character will be fixed and become an easy target.
The combination of Phantom’s Telekinesis and Super Rapid Fire skills makes her an extremely dangerous opponent. You will be defenseless against her and will take a lot of damage in a short time .
Items
Superior Stamina/Superior Stamina – Increases the number of jumps and dashes, giving you a chance to avoid death from Vindicta’s ult.
Debuff Remover – will allow you to reset the root effect from the first skill or remove bleeding, thereby avoiding death.
Ethereal Shift/Disembodiment – If you are low on health, use this item and you will become invulnerable to damage. This will allow you to withstand a shot from the ult.
Knockdown/Нокдаун – If Vindicta is in the air, use Knockdown to bring her down from the sky to the ground. She will be immobilized for 2 seconds, allowing you to deal damage to her or prevent her from escaping.
Gameplay
In the early stages of the game, it is necessary to use the main mechanics to compensate for the weakness of the character. Do not look at the long cooldown of the Raven, it is very useful if you learn to hit it. The combination of Flight and Stake will allow you to immobilize the enemy and kill him. If you are in a position that allows you to unexpectedly use Deadly Shot, then you are great. If something is stopping you, you can always take to the air and deal even more damage with the ult.
After leveling up your superpower, your goal is to get as many kills as possible with it. It’s important to remember that the Assassinate ability is best used to finish off enemies. This will guarantee you bonus souls and deal extra damage to enemies with health below 50%.
Keep an eye on your opponents’ health and the map as a whole, in case there’s an easy kill on the next lane. Be careful when moving between lanes: use the opportunity to collect extra souls from neutral creeps and buffs from boxes and urns.
Vindicta is a fairly fragile character, so proper positioning is key in the game. Try to stay behind or near allies who can protect you. Also, use Flight to get out of reach of enemies and deal damage from afar.
If the game is too long and the enemies are already unkillable, then the ult won’t help you and you’ll have to use regular shooting. But if you’ve farmed well and have the right items, then the damage will be even greater than with the ult. In the best-case scenario, you collect extra souls from kills, buy strong items and finish the game.