The Strings of Suradan

A Lute Instead of a Crossbow

The Strings of Suradan is an Immortal weapon for Hoodwink: the squirrel trades her crossbow for a lute and shoots with that instead. It costs under $5, and the offer card separately states how many of the item's two styles have already been unlocked.

What the Styles Are and Why There Are Two

Hoodwink's weapon slot holds the thing she shoots with, and this item replaces it with a stringed instrument.

It reads as a joke right up to the first shot: the animation plays on strumming, and the hero starts firing music. For a character with her personality the idea lands perfectly.

By the flavour text the lute had a name long before it reached Hoodwink's paws, and she keeps quiet about what became of its previous owner.

The hero herself joined the game fairly recently and does not have a long list of cosmetics behind her. This is one of the more noticeable pieces on that list and also one of the cheapest.

How Noticeable the Item Is

The item has two variants of its presentation. The offer card shows how many of them are open on the specific copy — zero out of two, for instance.

Styles open up through the item's own progress as you play, so a copy that already has them saves the buyer that work.

This feeds straight into the price: sellers ask more for unlocked styles. If a particular variant matters to you, that line is what to read, not only the sum.

What It Costs

Hoodwink is a ranged support who holds distance and shoots all game. Her weapon is in her hands continuously and takes part in every attack animation.

Sharpshooter is a case of its own: the hero spends real time aiming, and during those seconds the camera often sits right on her.

So of all the slots on this hero, the weapon returns the most picture per unit of money.

The piece also belongs to a bundle of the same name, so the look can be assembled in full rather than left as a single detail. The parts sell separately and mix with anything else.

Who It Suits

Under $5 for an Immortal puts it in the lower half of the catalogue. Hoodwink is a comparatively new hero and there is no frenzy around her gear.

The live figure is always in the card above, assembled from working offers and moving with the market.

The spread between sellers is small, but styles make it worth opening a few anyway — copies at different stages of progress are priced differently.

Where to Buy The Strings of Suradan

Players who take Hoodwink into support roles regularly and want a cheap way off the default look.

Anyone who enjoys cosmetics that join in on the hero's joke: the lute is the kind of item people mention in chat.

If you are buying with resale in mind, bear in mind that mass-market Immortals on newer heroes rarely climb. Buy it for the picture rather than as a position.

And it makes the hero no stronger in any respect. Hoodwink is mechanically demanding — aiming, charging the shot — and nothing in the catalogue helps with that.

The item is available from this LIS-SKINS page: you need a Steam login and a chosen offer, then payment by card, cryptocurrency or e-wallet.

The lute arrives in your Steam inventory and is switched on through the hero's armoury. Selling it back with a withdrawal is available on the same platform.

Pay attention to the styles line on the offer you pick — more often than not it explains why two similar copies are priced differently.