Last update (June 29): Finished reworking build for Season 17: Reckoner's Roar, Let's Go Win, Bow Down, Scav Scraps, Undying Loyalty, Booming Voice, and Champion's Kit are all replaced.

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What is this build?

Two axes, zero-second knife cooldown, crazy burst damage, and enough self-healing to easily 1v3 (seriously).

This is a hyper carry build: the win condition is you, every single game. Land your abilities and do your job and you'll win; don't and you'll lose.

Here's what Nomabond, creator of Stadium Builds, said about this build:

• "Hoooly fun. [...] Oooh baybeee pure joy running around choppin people up. I had several times where I would ask for heals only to realize everyone had been dead for several seconds and I was just soloing 3 people on point."

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Will I rank up?!

Maybe!

Using only this build, it took me 42 games to climb from Rookie 5 to All-Star; I ended with an 83% win rate (click for screenshots).

On my second account, it took 42 games, with an 88% win rate (click for screenshots). I haven't tried reaching Legend yet, but I imagine it's doable with enough games!

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⚔️ How to play & counters

How to play

Spam abilities... when the time is right!

This build thrives in close-mid range, but you need to choose your engages carefully.

Use Knife to fish for an out-of-place squishy hero and pull them towards you. Shout, so there's no chance they can run away -- hit them with a headshot to proc [Royal Bullets], which gives you an instant 25 AP from [Superflexor], then make them go boom.

Late-game, you can survive for a crazy long time just from spamming abilities. You have the lowest cooldowns out of the entire Stadium roster (except maybe [Juno]), so have fun abusing [Lumerico Fusion Drive] and [Ironclad Exhaust Ports] to annoy the entire enemy team.

Counters

• [Orisa] is difficult to 1v1 because she's so tanky, and difficult to get past because of her Javelin and Spin. An Orisa who pays attention to you means that you need to buy [Dez’s Damage Dampeners], or you might as well be AFK. Once you have it, you're still wasting your time trying to kill her, so try to walk past her and into her backline
• [Lucio] is similar to Orisa: he can save boops for Carnage, negating your entire playstyle (especially with [Reverb]). Luckily, this is also countered by [Dez’s Damage Dampeners]
• [Kiriko], especially with [Two-Zu], makes Rampage a cosmetic ult. Buying items like [Catalytic Crystal] and [Iridescent Iris] are a waste; instead, go for Carnage upgrades. You can also try taking [Bow Down] and focusing her down while she's stunned, before she has time to cleanse up your wounds
• [Ana] is really annoying. Luckily, neither [Ironclad Exhaust Ports] nor [Lumerico Fusion Drive] are affected by her grenade, but she straight up negates healing items like [Undying Loyalty], so avoid those altogether
  • Some Ana players also take [Time Out], which is super annoying because a.) you have nothing to block it and b.) you need move speed to hit Carnage (and to not get melted)
  • Consider picking up [Cushioned Padding] if Ana is annoying you. It works on her anti-heal, her sleep, [Time Out], and items like [Liquid Nitrogen]
• [Zarya] is rough if you try to axe her, so focus on poking her out with [Royal Bullets] and throwing knives at her backline