Vyper B

#15 of 44Hard Rising
51.2%Win rate
17.1%Pick rate
+2.8Skill gap
+1.4Since the patch
Bonus health Bruiser
1,695 games, 51.4% won · its items add −0.2 win points
Close Quarters1
Rapid Rounds4
ActiveGrit2
Extra Stamina11
Intensifying Magazine3
Swift Striker6↑
ActiveSplit Shot10
ImbueQuicksilver Reload8
Battle Vest5Key
Spirit Shielding7↑
Bullet Lifesteal12
Debuff Reducer16
Burst Fire9↑
Point Blank14↑
Stamina Mastery13↑
Spirit Resilience18Key
ImbueMercurial Magnum15↑
ActiveVampiric Burst17↑Key
ActiveUnstoppable19↑
Faded: parts that get upgraded later into another item.
Buy order
Early game0 – 12 min
- 1

800
- 2

800
- 3

1,600
- 4

800
- 5

1,600
- 6
↑1,600
Mid game12 – 22 min
- 7
↑1,600
- 8

1,600
- 9
↑3,200
- 10

1,600
- 11

800
- 12

1,600
- 13
↑3,200
- 14
↑3,200
- 15
↑6,400
Late game22+ min
- 16

1,600
- 17
↑6,400
- 18

3,200
- 19
↑6,400
Skill path
- 1st
Slither - 2nd
Lethal Venom - 3rd
Petrifying Bola - 4th
Screwjab Dagger
Situational — depends who you face
Indomitableagainst Holliday, Wraith, Bebop
Phantom+, 2026-11-05 to 2026-11-08. Each item measured against players who reached the same minute with the same souls and spent them on something else.
What practice buys
Win rate goes from 50.4% with 10+ games on this hero to 51.1% with 250+.
- 50.4%10+ games1,309
- 53.1%50+ games1,103
- 55.9%100+ games1,717
- 51.1%250+ games3,190
Measured inside one rank band, so the lobby level is held fixed. It does not separate learning the hero from being a better player to begin with.
Questions about Vyper
- Is Vyper good right now?
- Vyper is B-tier, #15 of 44 heroes by win rate in Phantom+ lobbies: 51.2% of matches won, picked in 17.1% of them. Its win rate is up 1.4 points against the previous 15 days.
- What is the best Vyper build?
- The most played build is “Bonus health Bruiser”, which wins 51.4% of its 1,695 matches. The items that add the most to it: Battle Vest, Spirit Resilience and Vampiric Burst. The full buy order, by game phase, is at the top of this page.
- What should I max first on Vyper?
- Max Slither, Lethal Venom and Petrifying Bola, in that order. The skill path above shows which point goes where, level by level.
- What do Vyper players buy against specific heroes?
- Indomitable against Holliday, Wraith and Bebop.
- Is Vyper hard to play?
- It rewards practice: Vyper wins 2.8 points more in Phantom+ lobbies than in Sentinel and below.