Deadlock Patch Notes Tracker

10 Oct 2024 Introduction of Ranked Mode and Balance Changes

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

New

Full patch notes

Heroes

Abrams

Base health reduced from 600 to 570

Health per boon increased from 32 to 34

Fixed shoulder charge sensitivity bugs

Seismic Impact now allows minor movement

Bebop

Sticky Bomb growth increased from 2.5% to 4% per stack

Sticky Bomb now loses 2 stacks on death

Sticky Bomb now has 15 max stacks

Hook range increased from 25m to 30m

Hook now also hits enemy troopers, killing them instantly

Fixed Hook grabbing players from around corners

Hyper Beam movement slow reduced from 30% to 25%

Hyper Beam duration no longer scales with Spirit Power

Hyper Beam duration increased from 8s to 10s

Uppercut now applies a 15% Fire Rate slow in the landing radius

Dynamo

Quantum Entanglement cooldown increased from 12.5s to 15s

Quantum Entanglement T3 now reduces cooldown by 4s

Fixed Kinetic Pulse T2 tooltip

Grey Talon

Arrow cycle time increased from 0.45s to 0.55s

Fixed Rain of Arrows alternate cast

Fixed Guided Owl colliding with nearby objects during cast

Fire Rate no longer scales with Spirit Power

Base bullet damage now scales with Spirit Power

Guided Owl 3s grace period for kill increased to 4s

Fixed Guided Owl grace period requirement change

Movespeed no longer scales with Spirit Power

Base stamina increased from 3 to 4

Haze

Fixation max stacks increased from 30 to 40

Fixation T3 reduced from +0.2 to +0.15

Bullet Dance no longer grants +15% Fire Rate

Bullet Dance base ability now grants 2 Targets Hit Per Shot

Bullet Dance base ability no longer grants +25% Evasion

Bullet Dance T3 now grants +40% Evasion and +2 Bullet Dance Speed

Infernus

Catalyst Damage Amp reduced from 25% to 20%

Catalyst T3 Damage Amp increased from 15% to 20%

Ivy

Improved default camera position

Take Flight control keys are now similar to Vindicta's

Fixed some issues with control on Take Flight when near a wall

Lady Geist

Fixed Essence Bomb damage issue

Life Drain can now be alternate-cast on allied heroes

Added double tap protection for Life Drain

Malice slow duration reduced from 6s to 4s

Malice amp duration reduced from 16s to 13s

Malice stack display added

Lash

Base bullet damage reduced from 10 to 9

Flog Heal vs heroes reduced from 80% to 70%

Flog Heal vs creeps reduced from 30% to 25%

McGinnis

No longer has +25% Spirit Resist

Now has +15% Bullet Resist

Mini Turrets T1 no longer grants +1 charge

Mini Turrets duration reduced from 30s to 24s

Mini Turrets cooldown reduced from 30s to 24s

Mini Turrets health scaling reduced from 30% to 20%

Mini Turrets recharge time reduced from 5s to 3s

Mini Turrets cast range increased from 15m to 20m

Mini Turret damage reduction against troopers/neutrals increased from -40% to -50%

Mini Turret damage reduction against objectives increased from -60% to -70%

Fixed Ricochet not bouncing off Mini Turrets

Mini Turret spawn time reduced from 1s to 0.25s

Mini Turret attack delay reduced from 0.35s to 0.2s

Heavy Barrage radius increased from 4.5m to 5m

Mirage

Tornado now uses a range for its travel distance

Fire Scarabs let the next scarab pass through when target already hit

Djinn's Mark base damage reduced from 16 to 12

Djinn's Mark scaling from spirit power increased from 0.4 to 0.55

Djinn's Mark reveal duration increased from 2s to 3s

Traveler now causes your camera to move to the destination

Traveler T1 is now "+2 m/s"

Traveler T2 is now "-30s cd"

Traveler T3 fire rate increased from 20% to 30%

Mo & Krill

Combo T1 now grants +30% Bullet Resist While Channeling

Combo cooldown reduced from 95s to 75s

Paradox

Bullet growth per boon increased from 0.33 to 0.45

Time Wall bullet duration reduced from 1s to 0.7s

Fixed Time Wall not being spawned when looking down while casting

Paradoxical Swap cooldown increased from 48s to 65s

Paradoxical Swap range reduced from 30m to 25m

Paradoxical Swap T1 now reduces cooldown by 15s

Paradoxical Swap T3 now increases range by 20m

Pulse Grenade radius reduced from 7m to 6m

Pulse Grenade Damage Amp per Stack increased from 5% to 6%

Pulse Grenade T3 no longer increases Damage Amp by 2%

Pulse Grenade T3 now also increases the radius by 1m per pulse

Pocket

Shotgun falloff start reduced from 22m to 16m

Enchanter's Satchel damage now respects line of sight

Enchanter's Satchel now shows an aoe indicator for Pocket while channeling

Affliction DPS Spirit Power scaling reduced from 0.4 to 0.34

Barrage radius reduced from 6.5m to 4.5m

Barrage T3 now also increases radius by 2m

Seven

Base regen increased from 1.5 to 3

Movespeed scaling with Spirit Power reduced from 0.028 to 0.02

Lightning Ball T3 increased from +1m to +2m

Shiv

Slice and Dice Spirit damage scaling increased from 1.2 to 1.3

Slice and Dice T1 improved from -3.75s to -4s

Rage decay rate reduced from 0.35 to 0.25

Rage buffer duration increased from 7s to 12s

Vindicta

Reverted recent falloff damage changes

Fall off increased from 58m (default) to 64m

Bullet damage growth per boon reduced from 0.79 to 0.55

Flight duration no longer scales with Spirit Power

Flight T2 now increases flight duration by 6s

Flight speed above base now scales at 50% effectiveness

No longer has -10% base bullet resist

Health growth per boon reduced from 20 to 15

Gun cycle time increased from 0.22 to 0.26

Stake duration reduced from 2s to 1.75s

Assassinate bonus souls is now unsecured

Shooting while flying now has similar speed impact as on the ground

Flight air acceleration decreased a little

Crow Familiar % damage no longer affects Mid Boss

Viscous

Goo Ball no longer triggers on hit effect while in Ethereal Shift

Fixed Superior Stamina dash count not working with Goo Ball

Goo Ball stun duration reduced from 1s to 0.7s

Splatter base damage reduced from 100 to 90

Splatter T2 reduced from +70 to +60

Splatter Spirit damage scale increased from 1.5 to 1.9

Fixed Instant Cast not working for Puddle Punch

Warden

Alchemical Flask cooldown reduced from 14s to 12s

Alchemical Flask damage increased from 55 to 65

Alchemical Flask T1 is now +1 Stamina Reduction

Alchemical Flask T2 is now +50 Damage

Last Stand channel duration reduced from 2.2s to 2s

Last Stand range increased from 12m to 13m

Wraith

Card Trick spirit scale reduced from 1.2 to 1.1

Card Trick generation via melee reduced by 50%

Yamato

Power Slash cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10.5s

Power Slash T2 now also reduces cooldown by 2s

Shadow Transformation no longer grants you bullet and spirit resist

Shadow Transformation duration reduced from 4.5s to 4s

Weapon Items

Monster Rounds

Weapon Damage vs NPCs reduced from 35% to 30%

Restorative Shot

Weapon Damage reduced from 8% to 7%

Basic Magazine

Ammo increased from 24% to 26%

Melee Charge

Cooldown increased from 10.5s to 16s

Long Range

Ammo increase from 20% to 25%

Tesla Bullets

Spirit scaling increased from 0.13 to 0.16

Alchemical Fire

Now behaves like other grenades and does not bounce off walls

Base DPS increased from 45 to 55

Toxic Bullets

Buildup is now 15% slower

Frenzy

Low HP threshold increased from 40% to 50%

Ricochet

Range reduced from 14m to 11m

Silencer

Spirit Power increased from 12 to 18

Vampiric Burst

Added ammo on active increased from +50% to +75%

Cooldown reduced from 37s to 34s

Spiritual Overflow

No longer grants +20% Fire Rate

Upon full build-up, grants +35% Fire Rate

Activated Spirit Power increased from +45 to +50

Vitality Items

Healing Rite

Regen duration increased from 17s to 19s

Extra Regen

Regen increased from 2.8 to 3

Ammo increased from 8% to 10%

Extra Stamina

Stamina Recovery increased from 14% to 16%

Fire Rate reduced from 7% to 6%

Now gives +25 Health

Extra Health

Weapon Damage increased from 5% to 6%

Enduring Speed

Movespeed bonus reduced from 1.4 to 1.1

Slow resist reduced from 40% to 35%

Restorative Locket

Spirit Resist increased from 8% to 10%

Now grants +1 Sprint

Return Fire

Cooldown increased from 25s to 30s

Active bullet resist reduced from 25% to 20%

Combat Barrier

Weapon Damage reduced from 25% to 22%

Fortitude

Health increased from +300 to +325

Lifestrike

Heal increased from 55% of melee damage to 65%

Superior Stamina

Stamina Recovery increased from 20% to 25%

Veil Walker

Speed increased from 3 to 4

Majestic Leap

Cooldown increased from 23s to 26s

Rescue Beam

Cast range reduced from 36m to 32m

Leech

Weapon Damage increase from +15% to +20%

Spirit Power increased from +12 to +18

Siphon Bullets

HP Steal Per Bullet increased from 45 to 50

Spirit Items

Extra Spirit

Spirit Power increased from 9 to 10

Ammo Scavenger

Spirit Power Per Soul reduced from 2 to 1

Max Stacks increased from 10 to 20

Withering Whip

No longer grants +50 Health

Now grants +100 Bullet Shield

Cooldown reduced from 26s to 22s

Cold Front

Cooldown reduced from 34s to 28s

Mystic Vulnerability

Fixed it stacking with Escalating Exposure

Slowing Hex

Slow reduced from 30% to 25%

Improved Spirit

Spirit Power increased from +23 to +28

Improved Burst

Max Health damage reduced from 9% to 7%

Knockdown

Cooldown reduced from 48s to 40s

Ethereal Shift

Can no longer end it early

Torment Pulse

Pulse interval fixed and not reduced with cooldown reduction

Superior Cooldown

Now grants +100 Spirit Shield

Escalating Exposure

Spirit Resist On Damage reduced from -15% to -12%

Amp Per Stack reduced from 6% to 5%

Duration reduced from 15s to 12s

Refresher

Cooldown increased from 212s to 230s

Mystic Reverb

Slow reduced from 50% to 40%

General Changes

- Added a 3rd casting mode, Quick Cast (shows range/radius/etc on key down, then on key up acts like Instant Cast).
- Added input buffering for ability usage.
- Now displaying a unique ID for builds in the build browser.
- Added the ability to swap players on both teams in private lobbies and shuffle players.
- Added 'Allow Duplicate Heroes' setting in Private Lobbies.
- Added per-player voice volume slider.
- Pausing is no longer allowed in the first three minutes of the game.
- Added Thai and Indonesian localization.
- Replaced the temp Yamato VO with a new translation.
- Added Stomp AoE range indication when Walker is about to use the ability.
- Updated the way status effects are shown above the healthbar.

Misc Changes

- Troopers attack range vs Lane Guardians reduced from 13.5m to 12m.
- Players now need to be within 19m to attack a Lane Guardian.
- Guardians now take 70% less damage from troopers at the start of the game; this reduces by 10% per minute.
- Guardian damage vs players increased by 20%.
- Medium Camps spawn time changed from 7 min to 5 min.
- Hard Camps spawn time changed from 7 min to 8 min.
- Teleporters open time changed from 10 min to 8 min.
- Trooper spawn/bounty lane end time changed from 10 min to 8 min.
- Vaults spawn time/interval changed from 10/5 to 8/4.
- Golden Statues and Breakables spawn time changed from 3 min to 2 min.
- Golden Statues bonuses upgrade time changed from 15 min to 10 min.
- Golden Statue Health buff increased from 15/20 to 20/30.
- Golden Statues now have a tier 3 upgrade at 25 minutes.
- Mid Boss now has 15 regen.
- Mid Boss creep buff rescaled from 70% to 50/70/90% for the 1/2/3rd mid boss death.
- Mid Boss rejuv respawn rescaled from 50% to 40/50/60% for the 1/2/3rd mid boss death.
- Urn now causes the runner to be revealed on the minimap.
- Heavy Melee against the urn runner now causes them to drop the urn.
- Urn delivery now gives each player on your team a Golden Statue permanent buff.
- Urn bounty increased by 15%.
- Urn now falls down from the sky a little bit faster.
- Comeback formula weighted a bit less on team vs team net worth calculation.
- Percentage of deniable orbs from objectives rescaled from 54.55/66.67/100/0% to 35%.
- Shields no longer reduce damage or get depleted by NPC units.
- All heroes' movespeed increased by 0.3 (Enduring Speed reduced by 0.3).
- Bullet and Spirit Lifesteal now stack diminishingly.
- Teleporters now grant +3 m/s for 5s after arriving.
- Updated teleporter locations.
- Moved teleporters to travel between outer lane Walkers.
- Added teleporters in the underground tunnels.
- Changed underground teleporters to go between Subway and Tunnel on the same side.
- Widened stairs from Shrines back to player spawn area.
- Added ledge to mantle back up to player spawn area from pit.
- Added bridge and stair to upper level of Subway Entrance building from outer lane Walker arenas.
- Added upper level connection through Subway Entrance building.
- Moved Guardians back slightly further from stairs to canal.
- Widened channels surrounding Mid Temple slightly.
- Widened archways between Mid Temple channels.
- Garage and Night Club: Changed ropes to take you to second floor and added back stairs to roof.

Weapon Items

Monster Rounds

Weapon Damage vs NPCs reduced from 35% to 30%

Restorative Shot

Weapon Damage reduced from 8% to 7%

Basic Magazine

Ammo increased from 24% to 26%

Melee Charge

Cooldown increased from 10.5s to 16s

Long Range

Ammo increase from 20% to 25%

Tesla Bullets

Spirit scaling increased from 0.13 to 0.16

Alchemical Fire

Now behaves like other grenades and does not bounce off walls

Base DPS increased from 45 to 55

Toxic Bullets

Buildup is now 15% slower

Frenzy

Low HP threshold increased from 40% to 50%

Ricochet

Range reduced from 14m to 11m

Silencer

Spirit Power increased from 12 to 18

Vampiric Burst

Added ammo on active increased from +50% to +75%

Cooldown reduced from 37s to 34s

Spiritual Overflow

No longer grants +20% Fire Rate

Upon full build-up, grants +35% Fire Rate

Activated Spirit Power increased from +45 to +50

Vitality Items

Healing Rite

Regen duration increased from 17s to 19s

Extra Regen

Regen increased from 2.8 to 3

Ammo increased from 8% to 10%

Extra Stamina

Stamina Recovery increased from 14% to 16%

Fire Rate reduced from 7% to 6%

Now gives +25 Health

Extra Health

Weapon Damage increased from 5% to 6%

Enduring Speed

Movespeed bonus reduced from 1.4 to 1.1

Slow resist reduced from 40% to 35%

Restorative Locket

Spirit Resist increased from 8% to 10%

Now grants +1 Sprint

Return Fire

Cooldown increased from 25s to 30s

Active bullet resist reduced from 25% to 20%

Combat Barrier

Weapon Damage reduced from 25% to 22%

Fortitude

Health increased from +300 to +325

Lifestrike

Heal increased from 55% of melee damage to 65%

Superior Stamina

Stamina Recovery increased from 20% to 25%

Veil Walker

Speed increased from 3 to 4

Majestic Leap

Cooldown increased from 23s to 26s

Rescue Beam

Cast range reduced from 36m to 32m

Leech

Weapon Damage increase from +15% to +20%

Spirit Power increased from +12 to +18

Siphon Bullets

HP Steal Per Bullet increased from 45 to 50

Spirit Items

Extra Spirit

Spirit Power increased from 9 to 10

Ammo Scavenger

Spirit Power Per Soul reduced from 2 to 1

Max Stacks increased from 10 to 20

Withering Whip

No longer grants +50 Health

Now grants +100 Bullet Shield

Cooldown reduced from 26s to 22s

Cold Front

Cooldown reduced from 34s to 28s

Mystic Vulnerability

Fixed it stacking with Escalating Exposure

Slowing Hex

Slow reduced from 30% to 25%

Improved Spirit

Spirit Power increased from +23 to +28

Improved Burst

Max Health damage reduced from 9% to 7%

Knockdown

Cooldown reduced from 48s to 40s

Ethereal Shift

Can no longer end it early

Torment Pulse

Pulse interval fixed and not reduced with cooldown reduction

Superior Cooldown

Now grants +100 Spirit Shield

Escalating Exposure

Spirit Resist On Damage reduced from -15% to -12%

Amp Per Stack reduced from 6% to 5%

Duration reduced from 15s to 12s

Refresher

Cooldown increased from 212s to 230s

Mystic Reverb

Slow reduced from 50% to 40%

other patch notes

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16 Mar 2025 Neutral bounty adjustments and item changes

Nerfs

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Nerfs

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Balances

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Nerfs

Balances

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Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

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Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

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12 Jan 2025 Patch note update with balance changes to items and hero abilities reducing various effects and bonuses.

Nerfs

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