IVVortex Web
Vortex Web is a spirit item in Deadlock.
How Vortex Web is performing now
Pick rate measures the share of ranked player-match records across every rank containing this item. Win rate is descriptive, not causal: expensive items and winning game states can inflate results. Lock Lab always shows the sample and adjusts hero-specific results against each hero's own all-ranks baseline. Read the full methodology →
Who builds Vortex Web most often
- ADJ. WR
- 51.9%
- ITEM SHARE
- 25.3%
- ADJ. WR
- 50.0%
- ITEM SHARE
- 22.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 52.7%
- ITEM SHARE
- 17.5%
- ADJ. WR
- 54.5%
- ITEM SHARE
- 8.4%
- ADJ. WR
- 53.4%
- ITEM SHARE
- 3.7%
- ADJ. WR
- 54.3%
- ITEM SHARE
- 2.5%
- ADJ. WR
- 51.8%
- ITEM SHARE
- 1.8%
- ADJ. WR
- 51.6%
- ITEM SHARE
- 1.1%
Ability amplification
Vortex Web is a spirit item in Deadlock.
Vortex Web functions as ability amplification within the Spirit shop. The strategic value is improving the damage, reach, cadence, or utility of an ability-led game plan. Because it is a late-build investment, the right comparison is the fight pattern it unlocks versus the other purchases that the same 6,400 souls could complete.
When Vortex Web belongs in the build
- Your important abilities directly benefit from the documented effect.
- The purchase strengthens a repeatable cast pattern rather than a rare best-case combo.
- You can still meet your defensive and mobility needs after buying it.
- Your key ability is limited by positioning rather than statistics.
- Weapon output or survivability is deciding fights instead.
- The effect overlaps with another purchase without creating a new breakpoint.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Across the current all-ranks sample, Vortex Web is purchased at about 28:19, or 71% through the average recorded match. That places it in the later portion of the observed build path. Compare that timing with the next objective and the defensive answers already visible in the lobby.
Vortex Web is being purchased less often in the 7d change window (-6.6 points), while its observed win rate moved +0.5 points. The high confidence label reflects 41,108 purchases. These are descriptive results: build cost, game state, and hero selection can all move item win rate without the item causing the outcome.
Paige, The Doorman, Ivy currently produce the largest reliable Vortex Web samples, accounting for 26,642 recorded purchases among the three leaders. Treat that as evidence of common fit, then compare each hero's adjusted result and complete build path before copying the purchase.
What else the same budget can buy
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COMPARE ITEM →How Vortex Web has changed
- Fixed the debuff losing gravity modification when upgraded from Slowing Hex
- Now has a unit target option where it will vacuum enemies around that target
- Will now only unit target when used with alt cast
- Ability Range reduced from +10% to +8%
Vortex Web in Deadlock builds
Item strength depends on hero kit, purchase timing, lobby rank, and the current patch. Use the hero pages below to compare this item against complete build paths instead of treating a single item as universally optimal.
Transparent reference, original analysis
Live performance and purchase timing come from community-indexed match records. Lock Lab's rates, comparison windows, confidence labels, and hero-affinity analysis are original calculations—not official Valve recommendations.
VIEW ANALYTICS SOURCE ↗Current-patch all-ranks sample · refreshed automatically