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An old-time socialite with a necromantic pact, Lady Geist is a terrifying foe that consumes her own health for her abilities while draining the life away from enemies. Sacrificing her life force to launch Essence Bombs and blood shards of Malice, Lady Geist can make up the lost health with a Life Drain tether to a nearby opponent. After being brought low by her own abilities or enemy attacks, she can conduct a Soul Exchange and swap health with her opponent, making them vulnerable to followup attacks from her revolver.

Lifesteal

Self Damage

Fatale

Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	43.8
Bullet Damage:	Hero Not Found+1.65+1
Ammo:	9
Bullets per sec:	2.12
Reload Time:	2.59s
Bullet Velocity:	828m/s
Light Melee:	Hero Not Found+2.67+1.58
Heavy Melee:	Hero Not Found+4.91+3.67

The Toast of the Town, Lady Geist was famed by all and invited to every ball and gala in the city... until her beauty faded in her old age and left her with only memories and stories of her glory. In desperation, she formed a pact with a powerful spirit and bound it by powerful wards until she was safe and young again. All she needs to do now is feed on the life force of her fellows to maintain her beauty... and hope desperately that the Oathkeeper will stay bound.

Abilities

Sacrifice some of your health to launch a bomb that deals damage after a brief arm time.
Self damage type is Spirit and can be mitigated.

x1.22

90

Damage

30%

Health Cost

0.65s Arming Duration

1

-5s Cooldown

2

+2m Radius and +50 Damage.

5

Bombs leave a toxic mess on the ground, dealing 26% of the original damage per second, for 6s.

Create a tether that drains enemy health over time and heals you. Target must be in line of sight and within max range to drain. You can shoot and use other abilities during the drain, but your move speed is reduced.
Alternate cast to give health to friendly Heroes.

x0.323

24

Damage Per Second

100% Damage to Heal

28m Max Tether Range

1

13 Damage Per Second

2

2.5s Duration

5

Enables and Grants +2 Charges. Increases spirit scaling.

Sacrifice some of your health to launch blood shards that apply a stack of Malice. Each stack slows the victim and increases the damage they take from you. The slow effect decreases over time.

x0.558

23

Damage

9%

Health Cost

3 Blood Shards

5 Max Stacks

Effect Per Stack:

7%

Damage Amplification

Effect Per Stack:

15%

Movement Slow

9s Debuff Duration

4s Slow Duration

1

-3s Cooldown

2

+25.2 Damage and +4 Blood Shards

5

+8% Damage Amp

Swaps health levels with an enemy target. There is a minimum health percentage that enemies can be brought down to and a minimum amount of health received based on victims current health.

30%

Enemy Min Health

30%

Min Health Received

1

-50s Cooldown

2

Silence enemies within 25m for 3s

5

On cast, +60 Spirit Power, +40% Fire Rate and +50% Spirit Resistance for 8s.

Weapon

Johann's Gift

Medium Range

Heavy Hitter

44 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

17m ➞ 48m

Background

“

Once, Lady Jeanne Geist was the toast of the town. But as time passed and her beauty faded she found herself further and further from her glory days in High Society until finally she was nothing more than a frail woman in a nursing home, telling stories of a glorious past. And that’s when Oathkeeper revealed himself. A powerful spirit from another plane, Oathkeeper offered her a path to reclaim her past glories… he could restore her youth; all she had to do was drain the essence of the living to sustain herself.
Geist was torn. Obviously murder was ghoulish business, and undoubtedly Oathkeeper was not an entity that could be trusted… but still, the thought of having a second chance of reliving her youth was too good to pass up. And so she concocted a plan; after making a pact with Oathkeeper she would bind and ward him, limiting his influence and pull over her. Oathkeeper would still get fed; but on her terms, not his.
However, as years have turned to decades; the strength of the Ward has weakened, and Oathkeeper hungers more than he ever has in the past...

— A FATE'S TALE

Update history

Main article: Update history

View the full update history: Lady Geist/Update history

Update

Changes

July 28, 2026

Life Drain changed from 75% Damage to Heal to 100%.
Life Drain DPS reduced to provide the same effective heal as before but with less DPS.
Malice Damage amplification reduced from 8% to 7%.
Malice T3 increased from +7% Damage Amp to +8%.

June 30, 2026

Soul Exchange cooldown increased from 190s to 220s. (Global ult change)
Soul Exchange T1 reduced from -60s Cooldown to -50s. (Global ult change)

April 30, 2026

Life Drain heal reduced from 80% to 75%.

Street Brawl:

Essence Bomb range reduced by 15%.

Visual Novel

Main Article: The Binding of Oathkeeper

Trivia

Lady Geist is currently the only hero who holds her gun in the left hand, as Oathkeeper is in her right arm in-game. However, in The Binding of Oathkeeper artwork, Oathkeeper is in her left arm.
Lady Geist during Deadlock Pre-Alpha (Neon Prime) was named Ghost.
Lady Geist, also known as Jeanne or "Oma" was born in 1815^[1]
Lady Geist was married to a German artist named Johann Geist^[2]^[3], with whom she had a son called Walter who in turn had a son that he named after his father Johann^[1]
Lady Geist is French.^[3]
Lady Geist has the lowest health regen in the game at 1, Same as Abrams.
Lady Geist funded Kelvin's Arctic expedition.^[4]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lady Geist Full Novel @ 32:02
↑ The New York Oracle - "The Museum of Modern Art recently announced a special gallery showcasing the work of late German artist Johann Geist."
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Lady Geist Full Novel @ 14:13
↑ Kelvin and Lady Geist conversation (kelvin_match_start_ghost_kelvin_convo01_01) - "I never got to say thank you for your patronage, Lady Geist." (...) "I'm serious! Obviously the expedition didn't go as planned, but we wouldn't have had the opportunity were it not for your funding."