Infernus builds

Core build

17 items · buy in this order as souls allow

1. Extra Spirit
2. Rapid Rounds
3. Improved Spirit
from Extra Spirit
4. Extended Magazine
5. Swift Striker
from Rapid Rounds
6. Healbane
7. Titanic Magazine
from Extended Magazine
8. Spirit Lifesteal
9. Duration Extender
Imbue Afterburn
10. Mystic Vulnerability
11. Toxic Bullets
12. Superior Duration
from Duration Extender
13. Escalating Exposure
from Mystic Vulnerability
14. Spirit Resilience
continuation
15. Ricochet
16. Spiritual Overflow
from Spirit Lifesteal
17. Boundless Spirit
from Improved Spirit

Numbers are the purchase order. Continuation steps are this group's most-bought late items, added so the build runs to the late game.

By stage

“Bought” is the share of this group that bought an item, not a win rate. Swaps are our advice from game text, not measured results.

Early

0–9 min

1
Extra Spirit
95% bought
2
Rapid Rounds
93% bought
3
Improved Spirit
99% bought
4
Extended Magazine
88% bought
5
Swift Striker
93% bought

Optional · not in the order

Grit
30% bought
Extra Regen
23% bought

Mid

9–20 min

6
Healbane
81% bought
7
Titanic Magazine
90% bought
8
Spirit Lifesteal
88% bought
9
Duration Extender
92% bought
Imbue Afterburn
10
Mystic Vulnerability
97% bought
11
Toxic Bullets
100% bought
12
Superior Duration
100% bought

Optional · not in the order

Dispel Magic
47% bought
Spirit Shielding
23% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

HealbaneDebuff Reducer(Debuff Reducer replaces Healbane)
Enemies have several stuns, silences or roots
Why, and what changes
Shortens every debuff on you, and later upgrades into Unstoppable.
1,600 souls · game text: Bonus Health +90 Reduces the duration of all negative effects applied to you. Debuff Resist +25%

Late

20–30 min

13
Escalating Exposure
100% bought
14
Spirit Resilience
33% bought
15
Ricochet
70% bought
16
Spiritual Overflow
71% bought

Optional · not in the order

Spirit Shredder
32% bought
Spirit Rend
32% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

Spirit ResilienceMetal Skin(Metal Skin replaces Spirit Resilience)
Most of the enemy team's damage is bullets
Why, and what changes
Its active makes you immune to bullets for a few seconds.
- Active item: 1 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Bullet Resist +12% Become immune to bullets. Active Movespeed Penalty -1.5m Dash Distance -20% Duration 5.0s

30+

30+ min

17
Boundless Spirit
54% bought

Situational swaps · our advice

Warp Stone
before Boundless Spirit
You need an escape or a gap-closer
Why, and what changes
Teleports you forward and briefly adds bullet resist.
- Adds an item: 11 held at the end instead of 10.
- Active item: 1 of 4 active slots at the end.
3,200 souls · active item · game text: Teleport straight ahead, gaining Bullet Resist. Teleport Range 11m Bullet Resist +30% Buff Duration 6s

Oct 14, 2026 update · Oct 14, 2026–Oct 18, 2026 · updated Oct 18, 2026

Build details

Fixed snapshot: the filters on this site don't change it. Sample: Infernus, normal mode, ranked matches with average rank Phantom or higher, Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 18, 2026 (never more than 14 days): 3,130 matches, 48.1% won. Unranked matches carry no badge, so a rank bracket means ranked matches only.
Playstyle group: the most common trio of 3,200+ soul items by 30:00 was Superior Duration, Escalating Exposure, Toxic Bullets. 918 of 3,130 matches (29%) built all three; 54.2% of them were won. That describes these players, not this exact build.
Items: bought by at least 50% of the group; late items are counted among the 388 matches that reached 35:00. With fewer than 2 late items, the build continues with the group's most-bought late items (at least 30%). Order follows the median purchase order. Imbue targets are the most common choice (20+ records, 40%+ agreement).
Ranked Infernus matches by rank: Mystic 2,594 · Oracle 2,381 · Phantom 2,123 · Ritualist 2,440 · Acolyte 3,630 · Seeker 3,934 · Initiate 1,995 · Emissary 2,168 · Sentinel 2,841 · Ascendant 782 · Eternus 225.
Source: Deadlock API public data lake (data as of Oct 18, 2026). Not claimed: that this is the best build or wins more than alternatives; no win rate is computed for the assembled build.

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Skill order

Rows in ability-slot order

The most common choice at each point among these 918 players; 158 used this exact order.

Infernus skill order: unlocks and upgrades in order, one row per ability in slot order
NapalmNapalm					Napalm: Ability unlocked, step 5				Napalm: 1 AP upgrade, step 9		Napalm: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Napalm: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
Flame DashFlame Dash			Flame Dash: Ability unlocked, step 3	Flame Dash: 1 AP upgrade, step 4						Flame Dash: 2 AP upgrade, step 10			Flame Dash: 5 AP upgrade, step 13
AfterburnImbued by Duration ExtenderAfterburn, imbued by Duration Extender	Afterburn: Ability unlocked, step 1	Afterburn: 1 AP upgrade, step 2				Afterburn: 2 AP upgrade, step 6		Afterburn: 5 AP upgrade, step 8
Concussive CombustionConcussive Combustion							Concussive Combustion: Ability unlocked, step 7							Concussive Combustion: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Concussive Combustion: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Concussive Combustion: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings

The last point (Concussive Combustion 5 AP) completes the order: many matches end before every point is spent, so it's placed where the 455 players who got that far usually took it.

Napalm

Flame Dash

AfterburnImbued by Duration Extender

Concussive Combustion

Gunfernus Perfected [Lockbuilds.com]

by HarvesterVersion 310Guide updated Oct 17, 2026Guide #579362

Matches started with it: 3,894
Won: 49.2%
Players: 3,267
In-game favourites: Not available (not match usage)

Items, as published

1Laning Phase
Author's category · Buy from Left to Right. This build does not revolve around dealing damage with Flame Dash, so save it mostly for escaping.
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  By the time you get 800 souls, if you are almost on full hp then skip this and get Extended Magazine directly. Get the healing only if you are taking extreme damage in your fights.
2. 2
  Extended Magazine
  More Bullets = Easier to proc Afterburn.
3. 3
  Rapid Rounds
  To start proccing your Afterburn as quickly as possible.
4. 4
  Extra Spirit
  Infernus is all about spirit DoT. Ez early damage increase.
5. 5
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
6. 6
  Healbane
  Stop them from healing.
7. 7
  Titanic Magazine
  Built from Extended Magazine
  More bullets = more chances of proccing afterburn.
8. 8
  Spirit Lifesteal
  Since you need to start with some lifesteal.
2Laning Phase (Optional)optional
Author's category
1. 1
  Fleetfoot
2. 2
  Rebuttal
3. 3
  Healing Rite
3Mid game
Game stage · Select from Left to Right
1. 1
  Swift Striker
  Built from Rapid Rounds
2. 2
  Mystic Vulnerability
  Key item for early infernus builds. Builds up to Escalating Exposure which is the heart and soul of this build.
3. 3
  Spirit Shredder
  Builds up to Spirit Rend and stacks with Crippling Headshot.
4. 4
4Situationaloptional
Author's category · Pick by Damage type
1. 1
  Warp Stone
  If you not having trouble escaping then skip this. Really useful against Haze.
2. 2
  Spirit Shielding
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
  You need, I need it, we all need it. Probably the most imporant item in the game at the moment. Removes every sort of ability and status effects on you.
5Late game
Game stage · This is when you start doing real damage
1. 1
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
  Every ability of your will apply stacks of EE on your opponents.
2. 2
  Leech
  Built from Spirit Lifesteal
  This build was initially a Flame Dash focused build so I had included Infuser. But now that this a hybrid build, Leech is a better option.
3. 3
  Crippling Headshot
6Anti-Heal (If you are unable to out damage)
Author's category
1. 1
  Spirit Burn
7Late Optionaloptional
Author's category · Buy according to the situation. Can replace Infuser with Leech if trying to avoid Active items.
1. 1
  Indomitable
  Really overpowered if you are constantly getting silenced to being slept.
2. 2
  Juggernaut
3. 3
  Ethereal Shift
4. 4

Skill order

Published by the guide's author (not measured from matches).

Skill order published in Gunfernus Perfected [Lockbuilds.com], one row per ability in slot order
NapalmNapalm							Napalm: Ability unlocked, step 7					Napalm: 1 AP upgrade, step 12			Napalm: 2 AP upgrade, step 15

NapalmNapalm			Napalm: Ability unlocked, step 3						Napalm: 1 AP upgrade, step 9	Napalm: 2 AP upgrade, step 10			Napalm: 5 AP upgrade, step 13				Napalm: 1 AP upgrade, step 18	Napalm: 2 AP upgrade, step 19	Napalm: 5 AP upgrade, step 22
Flame DashFlame Dash		Flame Dash: Ability unlocked, step 2				Flame Dash: 1 AP upgrade, step 6	Flame Dash: 2 AP upgrade, step 7	Flame Dash: 5 AP upgrade, step 8
AfterburnAfterburn	Afterburn: Ability unlocked, step 1				Afterburn: 1 AP upgrade, step 5						Afterburn: 2 AP upgrade, step 11	Afterburn: 5 AP upgrade, step 12
Concussive CombustionConcussive Combustion				Concussive Combustion: Ability unlocked, step 4										Concussive Combustion: 1 AP upgrade, step 14	Concussive Combustion: 2 AP upgrade, step 15	Concussive Combustion: 5 AP upgrade, step 16

NapalmNapalm				Napalm: Ability unlocked, step 4								Napalm: 1 AP upgrade, step 12		Napalm: 2 AP upgrade, step 14
Flame DashFlame Dash		Flame Dash: Ability unlocked, step 2			Flame Dash: 1 AP upgrade, step 5				Flame Dash: 2 AP upgrade, step 9	Flame Dash: 5 AP upgrade, step 10
AfterburnAfterburn	Afterburn: Ability unlocked, step 1		Afterburn: 1 AP upgrade, step 3				Afterburn: 2 AP upgrade, step 7	Afterburn: 5 AP upgrade, step 8
Concussive CombustionConcussive Combustion						Concussive Combustion: Ability unlocked, step 6					Concussive Combustion: 1 AP upgrade, step 11		Concussive Combustion: 2 AP upgrade, step 13		Concussive Combustion: 5 AP upgrade, step 15

NapalmNapalm					Napalm: Ability unlocked, step 5					Napalm: 1 AP upgrade, step 10	Napalm: 2 AP upgrade, step 11			Napalm: 5 AP upgrade, step 14
Flame DashFlame Dash			Flame Dash: Ability unlocked, step 3	Flame Dash: 1 AP upgrade, step 4		Flame Dash: 2 AP upgrade, step 6									Flame Dash: 5 AP upgrade, step 15
AfterburnAfterburn	Afterburn: Ability unlocked, step 1	Afterburn: 1 AP upgrade, step 2						Afterburn: 2 AP upgrade, step 8	Afterburn: 5 AP upgrade, step 9
Concussive CombustionConcussive Combustion							Concussive Combustion: Ability unlocked, step 7					Concussive Combustion: 1 AP upgrade, step 12	Concussive Combustion: 2 AP upgrade, step 13			Concussive Combustion: 5 AP upgrade, step 16