Faustian Bargain, or Blood Tastes Like Iron

by Allie1v2Updated 9/3/2026In-Game

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Build ID: 792527 - copy and import it in the Deadlock shop

Description

Breaks how Paige (and Deadlock supports broadly) is normally played by turning your abilities/actives into health and your health into a gun spike and your gun spike into a replacement for a green spike item bundle's worth of stats. (Origin: I saw the Deathy vod where he bought all the shield/barrier items on Paige and had the devilish thought, "If it's all barrier instead of health, how can I use health as a resource instead?" Deathy vod: https://youtu.be/LZBQbYJGnyg)

Skill Path

Recommended ability leveling order for this build

Bookwyrm

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Plot Armor

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The Basics

Essentials for lane and setting up the core. High-Velo/Express and Compressed Cooldown can be delayed/skipped/sold depending on circumstances, but everything else is required. Build grit into whatever barrier you need first.6 items

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The Setup

In addition to Plot Armor, these barriers are going to be your new health bar soon. Buy them all. Don't sell them (the barrier on both shielding items scales with level, so they aren't super dead weight late game even though they're just Tier II). Make sure to upgrade Reactive and Ward when you're able to. Instead of focusing on your health bar, keep track of how many of these + Plot Armor are online instead. All 5 = full health, 0 = nearly dead/I need to run.4 items

The Core

This is the core idea of the build. Keep BT active to maintain a full 10 stacks of berserker at all times (even outside of combat). Your health isn't real, it doesn't matter. Health is merely a vessel for maintaining your stacks. Plot Armor/barrier items are your health now.5 items