Baba’s main threat#
Baba is a brawler: starts and survives close-range fights, soaking damage while dealing plenty back.
The kit is spirit-leaning, so spirit resistance and spirit shields do the most to blunt it.
Abilities to play around#
Ability 1
Threadsap
Weaves a thread that follows your crosshair, then bursts to deal spirit damage and steal enemy Spirit. While Baba holds stolen Spirit, her bullets deal bonus spirit damage.
Play around it Healing or sustain — buy healing reduction (Healbane, Toxic Bullets or Decay) so it’s worth less, and focus burst damage rather than chip damage.
Ability 2
Granny Long Legs
Extends the bench's legs for bonus move speed, higher jumps, and debuff and melee resistance. Light melee becomes a kick; heavy melee a ground pound that knocks up and slows.
Play around it Disable or displacement — this is what starts kills. Track its cooldown and punish the window after it’s used; Debuff Reducer shortens it, and Unstoppable or Indomitable answer the biggest ones.
Play around it Slows — Enduring Speed and Debuff Reducer help you walk out of it.
Ability 3
Baba's Brew
Throws a pot of tea that cycles between a barrier, a silence, or a scalding burn that deals spirit damage over time and reduces spirit resist. Baba can pause or resume the brewing.
Play around it Defensive window — stop shooting into it, reposition, and burst when it ends.
Play around it Silence or disarm — keep a cleanse (Dispel Magic) or Debuff Reducer if this is landing on you every fight.
Ultimate
Feed The Birds
Covers nearby targets in bread, stacking a slow. When the channel ends, pigeons bombard them with spirit damage and hex each into a pigeon.
Play around it Disable or displacement — this is what starts kills. Track its cooldown and punish the window after it’s used; Debuff Reducer shortens it, and Unstoppable or Indomitable answer the biggest ones.
Play around it Slows — Enduring Speed and Debuff Reducer help you walk out of it.
Counter items, with reasons#
Specific answers to this kit
Plated Armor
Vitality · 6,400 souls
Plated Armor prevents the on-shot effects of Threadsap and Baba's Brew.
General answers
General answers are our editorial reading of the kit. Counter items only help if you’re the one being hit — buy for the threat you actually face.
How to beat Baba#
- Dispelling the bread debuff stops further Feed The Birds damage.
- Divine Barrier prevents all Feed The Birds effects.
- Dispel Magic can remove Threadsap and Baba's Brew effects.
- Plated Armor prevents the on-shot effects of Threadsap and Baba's Brew.
Mistakes to avoid
- Fighting them head-on in a narrow space.
- Spending all your burst while their defensive ability is up.
Want to see the hero from the other side? Read the Baba guide, or open the counter-pick helper to plan against a whole enemy team.