How to counter Baba in Deadlock

Hybrid hero. Counter items for lane, mid and late game, and tips for the hero you play.

Updated for patch 10-05-2026. Counter profile from 2026-11-06.

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Threat profile

Spirit brawler. Threadsap steals your spirit power to boost her gun, her bench gives her melee resist and lifesteal, Baba's Brew silences or burns, and her ult hexes you into a pigeon.

Key principle

Step off Threadsap's line before it bursts, back off for the 10 seconds her bench is out, check what the Brew does before you stand in it, and leave the Feed The Birds cone early. Cleansing Threadsap gives you your spirit back.

Lane phase items≈ 0-10 min

Enchanter's Emblem nearly all her damage is spirit, and the Brew burn lowers your spirit resist.
Debuff Reducer shortens the Threadsap steal, the Brew silence and burn, and her slows.
Rebuttal parrying her kick stuns her. Parrying the ground pound only blocks the hit, but Rebuttal heals you for it.
Healbane cuts her healing from regen and melee lifesteal.

Mid game items≈ 10-25 min

Counterspell How to use: parry right as Threadsap bursts on you. You take no damage and she should not get to steal your spirit, so her gun stays weak. It should also block the Brew silence if you parry as the pot lands. Her ground pound doesn't need it, a normal parry already blocks that.
Dispel Magic cleansing Threadsap gives back the spirit she stole from you and weakens her gun. It also clears the Brew burn and silence.
Knockdown stun her during Feed The Birds. Any crowd control in the channel stops the extra damage, and the channel lasts 6.5 seconds, so cast it as soon as she starts.
Spirit Resilience core spirit armor against her abilities and the spirit bonus on her bullets.
Blood Tribute toggle it for 35% debuff resist so her steal, silence and slows wear off faster. One of the better performing items against her.
Decay stronger anti heal once she has melee lifesteal on her bench.

Late game items≈ 25 min +

Cursed Relic interrupts Feed The Birds, silences her and should remove her bench buff, since it strips non ultimate buffs.
Spellbreaker cuts her biggest spirit hits, like the pigeon bombard, by 65%.
Divine Barrier cleanses Feed The Birds off a teammate and gives them a 600 barrier.
Witchmail heavy spirit resist against her spirit heavy kit.
Frenzy when she drops you below half health you get move speed, fire rate and debuff resist to fight back. Does better than normal against her.
Armor Piercer for gun heroes. She has low base bullet resist, and your bullets often ignore it completely.
Ethereal Shift become invulnerable when the pigeons are about to land.

Patch note

11-04-2026: Nerfed again. Spirit resist scaling down to 0.5, melee damage growth down 10%, Brew cooldown up to 28s with a slower cycle and weaker burn, and her bench now gives 25% melee and debuff resist instead of 30%. On 10-30 the Threadsap steal was cut to 16s, and cleansing it now returns your spirit.