Baba
Tier
A
Win rate
51.9%
Pick rate
40.8%
The kit

Abilities

What each ability does, in the game's own words and numbers. T1, T2 and T3 are the three upgrades you buy with ability points.

The game has no clip for this ability
Ability 128s

Threadsap

Threadsap

Weave a scraggly thread that follows your crosshair before bursting along its path, dealing spirit damage and stealing enemy Spirit, increased in effectiveness for Baba. While holding stolen Spirit, Baba deals bonus spirit damage with every bullet.

10Spirit Stolen per Hit
175%Stolen Spirit Effectiveness
8Spirit Damage Per Bullet
22sDebuff Duration
45Max Spirit Stolen
50Damage
  1. T1+8 Spirit Damage Per Bullet
  2. T2-12s Cooldown +8s Debuff Duration
  3. T3+1 Charge On Hit: Pull enemies 7m
The game has no clip for this ability
Ability 232s

Granny Long Legs

Granny Long Legs: jump high and kick anyone nearby with spirit-charged legs.

Your bench's legs extend, granting bonus move speed, higher jumps, Debuff Resistance and Melee Resistance. Light Melee: Perform a kick that knocks enemies back. Heavy Melee: Perform a ground pound that applies knockup, slow, and deals spirit damage. Hold Crouch / slide to charge a high jump, release to jump.

5mMove Speed
30%Debuff Resist
30%Melee Resist
10mLight Melee Knockback
75Heavy Melee Damage+0.6 per spirit power
50%Heavy Melee Movement Slow
4sHeavy Melee Slow Duration
  1. T1+2.5m Move Speed
  2. T2-7.0s Cooldown
  3. T3+15% Resists +50% Melee Lifesteal
The game has no clip for this ability
Ability 327s

Baba's Brew

Brew Baba's special pot of tea, then throw it to ignite or silence enemies, or shield allies

Brew a pot of tea that applies a magical effect in an area when thrown, cycling over time between a soothing barrier, Silence, or scalding burn that deals spirit damage over time and reduces spirit resist. Press to pause or resume brewing.

Soothing Brew
90Barrier+0.7 per spirit power
8sBarrier Duration
Silencing Brew
3sSilence Duration
Scalding Brew
12Burn DPS+0.152 per spirit power
-15%Burn Spirit Resist
8sBurn Duration
  1. T1+3m Radius
  2. T2-14s Cooldown
  3. T3+33.33% Brew Effectiveness
The game has no clip for this ability
Ultimate150s

Feed The Birds

Cover targets in front of you with bread, adding a stacking slow . When the channel ends a flock of pigeons bombard the targets, dealing spirit damage and hexing each target into a pigeon, increasing in both damage and duration based on bread count.

450Max Damage+1.6 per spirit power
2.75sMax Pigeon Duration
3.5sTime To Max Stacks
32%Max Slow
  1. T1+4m Cast Range +32% Max Slow
  2. T2-55s Cooldown
  3. T3+125 Max Damage +125 Spirit Scaling +0.5s Max Duration

What to level first

Point 1 → 15
Threadsap12515
Granny Long Legs4910
Baba's Brew36811
Feed The Birds7121314

unlocks upgrades·The most common path in its most played build · 9,380 matches

In numbers

How it plays

Per-match averages in Phantom+, September 30 to October 15, against the other heroes in the same band.

39%accuracy Less than 100% of heroes
33,885souls per matchLess than 95% of heroes
117.5last hits per matchLess than 93% of heroes

Against the other heroes

Assists15.0avg. 12.8
Damage taken34,536avg. 30,843
Deaths6.1avg. 5.9
Kills5.1avg. 5.7
Objective damage4,760avg. 6,995
Damage to heroes26,303avg. 30,636
Last hits117.5avg. 154.0
Souls33,885avg. 37,344
Accuracy39%avg. 55%

By rank

line = 50%
Sentinel and below#13 of 4251.4%
Mystic / Ritualist#14 of 4250.9%
Emissary / Oracle#17 of 4250.2%
Phantom+#11 of 4251.9%

Win rate over time

Phantom+ · last 30 days
32%34%36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%56%58%60%62%Patch Oct 15before 51.9%Oct 6Oct 9Oct 12Oct 15
Matchups

Who to fear

Win rate in the matches where each hero was on the other team (or the same one), September 30 to October 15. Only pairs with 100+ matches.

Build · 59.6% in 9,380 matches

Minute by minute

When each item of the recommended build is finished, on the median.

Radiant Regeneration
Healing Booster
Reactive Barrier
Restorative Locket
Healbane
Torment Pulse
Spirit Snatch
Superior Cooldown
Metal Skin
Greater Expansion
Superior Duration
Boundless Spirit
  1. 9′Radiant Regeneration
  2. 11′Healing Booster
  3. 13′Reactive Barrier
  4. 13′Restorative Locket
  5. 14′Healbane
  6. 16′Torment Pulse
  7. 20′Spirit Snatch
  8. 23′Superior Cooldown
  9. 23′Metal Skin
  10. 25′Greater Expansion
  11. 26′Superior Duration
  12. 29′Boundless Spirit

Soul investment

  • Weapon damage—0 souls
  • Bonus health+46%9,600 souls
  • Spirit power+7525,600 souls

The core build · 12 items9,380 games, 59.6% won · its items add +2.2 win points

Skill path

The order most players level abilities in, step by step.
Threadsap◆123
Granny Long Legs◆12
Baba's Brew◆123
Feed The Birds◆123

Buy order

Early game0 – 12 min
  1. 800Extra Regen
  2. 800Mystic Regeneration
  3. 800Spirit Strike
  4. 3,200Radiant Regeneration↑
  5. 800ActiveGrit
  6. 1,600Healing Booster↑Key
Mid game12 – 22 min
  1. 1,600Reactive Barrier↑Key
  2. 1,600ActiveRestorative LocketKey
  3. 1,600HealbaneKey
  4. 800ImbueMystic Expansion
  5. 3,200Torment PulseKey
  6. 1,600ImbueCompress Cooldown
  7. 3,200Spirit Snatch↑
  8. 1,600ImbueDuration Extender
Late game22+ min
  1. 800Extra Spirit
  2. 3,200ActiveMetal Skin
  3. 3,200Superior Cooldown↑Key
  4. 1,600Improved Spirit↑
  5. 3,200Greater Expansion↑Key
  6. 3,200Superior Duration↑Key
  7. 6,400Boundless Spirit↑Key

Every purchase in order, components included — a tier 4 is built, not bought. The arrow marks a step that upgrades something already bought.

Situational — depends who you face

  • Dispel Magicagainst Infernus, Mirage, Shiv
  • Unstoppableagainst Dynamo, Abrams, Warden
  • Counterspellagainst Lash, Rem, Pocket
  • Spirit Rendagainst Mirage, Victor, Rem
  • Burst Fireagainst Dynamo, Lady Geist, Warden

Phantom+, 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-15. Each item measured against players who reached the same minute with the same souls and spent them on something else.

Lore

There are a few things most denizens of The Cursed Apple hope to experience at some point in their lives.<br><br>See a Broadway show.<br>Ice Skate at Rockefeller Center during Christmas season.<br>Get yelled at by the Central Park Pigeon Lady.<br><br>Because Baba is more than just an old woman that feeds spirit pigeons in the park... she's an institution. A force of nature woven into the very lore of New York City. Is it true that she's sat at the same bench every day for the past 50 years, rain or shine? Maybe. Is she REALLY the leader of The Soho Coven? Who's to say. One thing's for sure though... she's a New Yorker. And she's not going to sit back and watch a bunch of tourists tear apart Manhattan in pursuit of power.

Base attributes

Health
780+45 per boon
Health regen
2.5/s
Move speed
6.5 m/s
Sprint speed
+1.6 m/s
Stamina
2
Melee
50 / 116light / heavy
Spirit power
+1.1per boon

Weapon

Bullet damage
8.8 ×3+0.41 per boon
Fire rate
3.23/s
DPS
85.253.5 with reload
Clip
15
Reload
2.5 s
Damage per clip
396

Match data from the public deadlock-api.com snapshot · Hero and item art from Valve

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