Minor Update - 09-16-2026
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.3 to +0.45
- - Lady Geist: Essence Bomb T3 damage increased from 26% to 30%
Deadlock / Balance intelligence
Deadlock Lady Geist
Lady Geist stats, build items and patch history. Balance changes have receipts here.
Win rate
51.06%
Wins ÷ observed selections
Pick share
2.23%
Share of all hero selections
Observed selections
526,970
30 complete UTC days
Next nerf odds · estimate
16%
Uncalibrated entertainment model
Sample: 2026-09-17 through 2026-10-16 UTC · Normal mode, ranked + unranked, all ranks. Retrieved . Deadlock API. Observed matches only; not the entire player population. Refreshes hourly; upstream item statistics may be cached for six hours.
Daily performance
Lady Geist win-rate trend
0–100%09-17 → 10-17
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- 09-17: 52.51% · 2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-18: 52.42% · 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-19: 51.50% · 2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-20: 52.04% · 2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-21: 52.36% · 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-22: 52.91% · 2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-23: 53.71% · 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-24: 52.71% · 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-25: 52.66% · 2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-26: 52.81% · 2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-27: 52.96% · 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-28: 52.51% · 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-29: 53.03% · 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- 09-30: 53.20% · 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-01: 53.22% · 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-02: 51.60% · 2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-03: 47.84% · 2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-04: 46.91% · 2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-05: 47.37% · 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-06: 50.30% · 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-07: 49.58% · 2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-08: 49.07% · 2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-09: 49.42% · 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-10: 48.60% · 2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-11: 49.83% · 2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-12: 50.17% · 2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-13: 50.69% · 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-14: 52.71% · 2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-15: 51.92% · 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-16: 51.66% · 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- 10-17: 0.00% · 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
Source: Deadlock API · hero-stats, UTC day
Estimate, not insider information
Will Lady Geist get nerfed?
Our next-balance-patch estimate increases with above-average win rate and pick share. It has not been calibrated against historical nerfs and is not a reliable forecast of Valve’s decisions.
z = −2.2 + 0.35 × (win% − 50) + 0.08 × pick share%
estimate = round(100 ÷ (1 + exp(−z)))Inputs: win 51.06%, pick share 2.23%. Minimum 1,000 observations; otherwise no reading. Patch history below is evidence, not an input to the estimate.
Build research
Lady Geist build items
Most observed item purchases on Lady Geist, not a recommended purchase order. Item win rates are affected by game length, upgrade paths and who can afford the item.
| Item | Win rate | Observations |
|---|---|---|
| Radiant Regeneration | 51.30% | 484,429 |
| Mystic Regeneration | 51.16% | 470,748 |
| Mystic Burst | 51.76% | 430,240 |
| Extra Spirit | 52.16% | 373,640 |
| Mystic Expansion | 52.76% | 363,288 |
| Spirit Lifesteal | 52.77% | 360,390 |
| Tankbuster | 52.94% | 337,168 |
| Improved Spirit | 53.17% | 328,367 |
The paper trail
Lady Geist patch history
Every explicitly attributed change found in the 26 available archive entries. This is the available archive, not a claim of complete lifetime coverage. Linked-only announcements may omit change text.
Minor Update - 07-28-2026
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain changed from 75% Damage to Heal to 100%
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain DPS reduced to provide the same effective heal as before but with less DPS
- - Lady Geist: Malice Damage amplification reduced from 8% to 7%
- - Lady Geist: Malice T3 increased from +7% Damage Amp to +8%
Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain heal reduced from 80% to 75%
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
- - Lady Geist: Essence Bomb self damage changed from 30 + 1.8 scaling to 30% of the damage (base is 90 + 1.2 scaling)
- - Lady Geist: Essence Bomb radius reduced from 9m to 7m
- - Lady Geist: Essence Bomb cooldown reduced from 14.5s to 14s
- - Lady Geist: Essence Bomb T1 increased from -4s to -5s
- - Lady Geist: Essence Bomb T2 also increases radius by +2m
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain cooldown increased from 30s to 34s
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain break range reduced from 30m to 28m
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain T1 DPS increased from +16.2 to +18
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain T2 duration increased from +2s to +2.5s
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain T3 charges increased from +1 to +2
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain T3 now also increases spirit scaling by +0.3
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange cast time reduced from 0.2s to 0.1s
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange post cast hold time reduced from 0.7s to 0.2s
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange T1 cooldown increased from -35s to -60s
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange T2 changed from "On Cast: +35% Fire Rate for 8s" to "Silences enemies within 25m for 3s"
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange T3 changed from "Silences enemies within 25m for 3s" to "On Cast: +60 Spirit Power, +40% Fire Rate and +50% Spirit Resistance for 8s"
11-21-2025 Update
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange T3 radius increased from 15m to 25m
Shop Rework Update
- - Life Drain: You're now only slowed when Life Drain is damaging a target.
Map Rework Update
- - Updated vo - largely remastering pass, some new content.
- - Tracer revisions to lower visual noise when close to tracer.
- - Life Drain is no longer cancellable.
- - Life Drain no longer slows you down if it's not draining life from an enemy.
- - Fixed Soul Exchange flashing on left of hud for <1s.
- - Fixed casting errors that would sometimes happen with Soul Exchange
12-06-2024 Update
- - Lady Geist: Malice can now secure orbs.
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange T2 changed from "-10% Min Health" to "On cast +40% Fire Rate for 8s".
- - Lady Geist: Soul Exchange T3 changed from "On cast, +40% Fire Rate and +40% Spirit Resist for 8s" to "Silences enemies in 15m radius for 3s".
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain duration increased from 2s to 2.5s.
- - Lady Geist: Life Drain T3 changed from "Enemy is Silenced while being Life Drained" to "Ability becomes charged and grants +1 Charge". You can cast multiple Life Drains at the same time on different targets, no Charge Time.