Best Seven Deadlock build: Unstoppable Ultimate

Connor Knudsen

Connor Knudsen

We love this Seven build in Deadlock and think you will, too.

Seven's ultimate is one of the best in all of Deadlock, so why not build around it? That was our thought with this Unstoppable Ultimate build that can turn you into a monster in the late game thanks to some great Spirit DPS and cooldown reduction.

Seven build (Image via esports.gg)
Seven build (Image via esports.gg)

Best Seven build for insane damage

Build name to search: Seven Unstoppable Ultimate - esports.gg

Seven is not only simple to play in Deadlock, but he can also very easily become a damage-dealing machine thanks to his large area of effect (AoE) in his ultimate. Here's what you will need to scale this build most effectively.

Early game

Use Lightning Ball to pressure early and go for an aggressive playstyle in the laning phase.

Item Type
Item
Vitality
Enduring Spirit
Spirit
Extra Spirit
Spirit
Mystic Reach
Spirit
Infuser
Vitality
Spirit Lifesteal

Mid game

Begin to scale Spirit and upgrade your ultimate before you have flex slots. Play a bit more conservatively.

Item Type
Item
Vitality
Bullet Armor
Weapon
Soul Shredder Bullets
Spirit
Mystic Vulnerability
Spirit
Improved Cooldown
Weapon
Tesla Bullets

Late game

Everything is now about getting your ultimate online. Begin using flex slots for Spirit upgrades.

Item Type
Item
Spirit
Superior Cooldown
Spirit
Superior Duration
Spirit
Improved Spirit
Vitality
Improved Bullet Armor
Spirit
Duration Extender

Uber late game

Focus on getting your ultimate off in open areas with a good line of sight and watch the enemy team crumble.

Item Type
Item
Spirit
Escalating Exposure
Spirit
Diviner's Kevlar
Spirit
Mystic Reverb
Spirit
Boundless Spirit
Weapon
Spiritual Overflow
Vitality
Leech

Seven abilities and upgrades

Seven's Storm Cloud is what this build is centered around, but all of these abilities will benefit from the Spirit items you can get from the shop.

  • Lightning Ball: Shoot a ball of lightning that travels in a straight line. Does damage to all targets in its radius. Slows down when damaging enemies and stops if it hits the world.
  • Static Charge: Apply a charge to a target enemy hero. After a short duration, the static charge stuns and damages enemies within the radius.
  • Power Surge: Power up your weapon with a shock effect, making your bullets proc shock damage on your target. This shock damage bounces to enemies near your target. Occurs once per burst shot.
  • Storm Cloud: Channel a storm cloud around you that expands over 3 seconds and damages all enemies within its radius. Enemies do not take damage when they are out of the line of sight.
Ability upgrade order (Image via esports.gg)
Ability upgrade order (Image via esports.gg)

Strengths and weaknesses of this Seven build in Deadlock

As fun as this build is to play, it isn't perfect and you will run into some counter play. Here are the main strengths and weaknesses that we have encountered with this build.

Strengths
Weaknesses
Very large and powerful AoE damage
Low single-target burst damage
Very easy to play
Semi-limited mobility
Strong early landing utility
Easily countered by crowd control during ultimate

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