Deadlock Patch Notes Tracker

07 Nov 2024 Major update with various hero, item, and general gameplay changes and improvements.

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

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Heroes

Abrams

Reverted Melee attack speed reduction

Shoulder Charge can now again use left/right strafe to slightly change direction

Shoulder Charge now carries momentum at the end of the charge

Siphon Life spirit scaling increased from 0.3 to 0.36

Infernal Resilience Damage Regen reduced from 15% to 14%

Infernal Resilience Damage Regen duration increased from 18s to 20s

Infernal Resilience T3 reduced from +8% to +7%

Fixed an issue where Seismic impact would travel more downwards instead of the facing direction

Bebop

Sticky Bomb damage gained per hero impact increased from 1% to 1.5%

Sticky Bomb damage gained per hero kill reduced from 5% to 4%

Sticky Bomb T3 changed from Disarm to -30% Damage Penalty for 5s

Sticky Bomb now calculates its damage at detonation time rather than cast time

Sticky Bomb now has 2x cast range when used on allies

Hook damage reduced from 40 to 10

Hook damage now has spirit scaling of 2x

Hyper Beam now goes on cooldown for 3 seconds when canceled during precast

Dynamo

Now gains 1% Bullet Resist per Boon

Fixed Quantum Entanglement sometimes not moving you to the destination properly

Singularity now deals 1.5% Max HP in the base ability

Singularity T3 increased from 3.8% to 4%

Singularity Base DPS reduced from 60 to 45

Grey Talon

Base bullet damage reduced from 27 to 24

Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 1.41 to 1.62

Falloff range rescaled from 22m->58m to 18m->54m

Rain of Arrows strafe distance with stamina reduced by 30%

Charged Shot hitbox size reduced by 20%

Haze

Bullet Dance no longer hits 2 targets

Bullet Dance now grants +30% Fire Rate

Bullet Dance now allows you to use items during it

Sleep Dagger T3 now also causes targets to wake up with -40% Fire Rate

Infernus

Catalyst slow reduced from 40% to 35%

Afterburn buildup per bullet/headshot reduced from 10%/16% to 9%/14%

Ivy

Watcher's Covenant Fire Rate spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3

Watcher's Covenant Bullet Lifesteal spirit scaling increased from 0.2 to 0.3

Lash

Ground Strike can now be cast while on the zipline

Fixed interaction between Mirage's tornado and Death Slam

Ground Strike now pulls enemies to the ground with you

McGinnis

Mini Turrets DPS reduced from 60 to 40

Mini Turrets health reduced from 20% max HP to 15%

Mirage

Bullet size reduced from 6 to 5

Tornado speed reduced from 20m to 18m

Tornado Lift Duration reduced from 1.1s to 1s

Fire Scarabs T2 reduced from -15% Bullet Resist to -10%

Paradox

Bullet velocity increased from 411 to 525

Time Wall no longer has charges

Time Wall no longer deals 10% Max Health Damage

Time Wall cooldown reduced from 37s to 25s

Time Wall T2 is now Deals 10% Max Health Damage

Kinetic Carbine Max Damage Amp increased from 85% to 100%

Paradoxical Swap time to complete the swap reduced from 0.5-1.5 to 0.3-0.6

Pocket

Barrage spirit scaling increased from 0.4 to 0.5

Light melee damage increased from 63 to 75

Vindicta

Base bullet damage reduced from 15 to 13

Bullet damage growth per boon increased from 0.65 to 0.8

Stake duration increased from 1.75s to 2s

Flight T2 reduced from +8s to +6s

Crow Familiar tick rate changed from every 0.5s to every 1s

Assassinate starts at 25% power instead of 50% power

Viscous

The Cube health regen now scales with spirit at 0.2

Goo Ball down dash ability moved from T3 to base ability

Goo Ball size now increases with range upgrades

Fixed some hit detection issues with Goo Ball

Warden

Now has +1 Sprint

Bullet Velocity increased from 213 to 290

Last Stand now goes on cooldown if you die or the ability is interrupted while cast

Last Stand T3 no longer grants unstoppable during channel

Last Stand now grants +50% Spirit Resist during channel

Wraith

Telekinesis cast time increased from 0.6 to 0.7

Telekinesis damage reduced from 200 to 175

Yamato

Shadow Transformation now affects the grapple time speed

Shadow Transformation duration increased from 4s to 6s

Shadow Transformation no longer prevents death

Shadow Transformation now grants +60% Bullet and Spirit Resist

Shadow Transformation now heals for 30% hp

Shadow Transformation duration now extends by 2s whenever you get a kill in it

Weapon Items

Close Quarters

No longer grants +85 Bullet Shield Health

Now grants +5% Bullet Resist

Restorative Shot

No longer grants +7% Bullet Resist

Now grants +90 Bullet Shield

Now procs on orb shots for NPC heal value

Melee Charge

No longer grants +1 HP Regen

Weapon Damage reduced from 12% to 10%

Long Range

Long range Weapon Damage reduced from 40% to 30%

Now grants +10% Weapon Damage

Berserker

Bullet Resist increased from 7% to 9%

Active Reload

Now grants +50 Health

Slowing Bullets

Spirit Power increased from +5 to +6

Sharpshooter

Long range Weapon Damage reduced from 70% to 50%

Now grants +20% Weapon Damage

Alchemical Fire

Now grants +1 Sprint

Heroic Aura

Cooldown reduced from 32s to 25s

Intensifying Magazine

Time to reach Max Damage reduced from 3s to 2.7s

Toxic Bullets

Damage changed from 5% of Current Health to 2.5% of Max Health

Shadow Weave

Detection range increased from 18m to 22m

Glass Cannon

Health loss reduced from -15% to -12%

Frenzy

Low HP bullet resist increased from 45% to 55%

Lucky Shot

Fixed it causing proc effects to roll twice whenever it procced

Silencer

Now grants +12% Spirit Resist

Vampiric Burst

Cooldown reduced from 34s to 30s

Vitality Items

Extra Health

Weapon Damage increased from 6% to 7%

Healing Rite

Duration increased from 19s to 20s

Bullet Armor

Bullet Resist increased from 25% to 26%

Return Fire

Duration reduced from 7s to 6s

Healing Nova

Now grants +6% Ability Range

Combat Barrier

Fire Rate increased from 6% to 7%

Debuff Reducer

Health increased from +75 to +125

Healbane

Healing reduction increased from -40% to -45%

Reactive Barrier

Restores 1 stamina on proc

Spirit Armor

Spirit Resist increased from 20% to 22%

Divine Barrier

No longer grants +8% Ability Range

Now grants +6 Spirit Power

Restorative Locket

No longer grants +5 Spirit Power

Now grants +25% Melee Resistance

Metal Skin

No longer blocks melee damage

Debuff Remover

Debuff Resistance increased from 35% to 40%

Cooldown reduced from 48s to 45s

Veil Walker

Ammo increased from 12% to 15%

Weapon Damage increased from 10% to 15%

Fortitude

Health increased from 365 to 400

Lifestrike

Bullet resistance increased from 8% to 10%

Soul Rebirth

Removed from the game

Inhibitor

Slow reduced from 25% to 20%

Siphon Bullets

Now grants +15% Weapon Damage

Phantom Strike

Now grounds any flying targets on impact

Spirit Items

Ammo Scavenger

Duration increased from 35s to 45s

Mystic Burst

Now triggers on your base damage, rather than how much the target receives

Slowing Hex

Now uses Enduring Spirit as a component

Now gains +10% Spirit Lifesteal and +75 Bonus Health

Spirit Power reduced from 5 to 4

No longer grants +1 Sprint

Damage reduced from 70 to 40

Withering Whip

Bullet Resist reduction reduced from -14% to -11%

Cooldown reduced from 22s to 18s

Now deals 50 Spirit Damage

Decay

Now grants +1.5 HP Regen

Now grants +8% Ability Duration

Healing reduction increased from -50% to -70%

Bleed Damage reduced from 3.1% to 1%

Cooldown reduced from 45s to 33s

Improved Cooldown

Cooldown Reduction reduced from 16% to 14%

Spirit Shield improved from 75 to 100

Now grants +10% Ammo

Superior Cooldown

Now grants +15% Ammo

Improved Burst

Now triggers on your base damage, rather than how much the target receives

Max HP damage reduced from 9% to 8%

Magic Carpet

Now grants +10% Ability Range

General Changes

- Added Trapper to Hero Labs
- Added support for Hero Labs in Private Lobbies, Private Bot Games and Sandbox
- Added Quickbuy feature for the shop
- Pre-compiling shaders, map, and resources on the dashboard
- Added visual indicator for item types in builds
- Recent Purchases log added to the Shop
- Support for new Steam Game Recording Timeline API
- Added option to force game focus when unpaused
- UI adjustments for Active Reload indicator
- Added "Frenzied" text display with Frenzy usage
- New Social tab in Settings with Streamer Mode and chat visibility options
- Hero Stats visibility adjusted on HUD
- Bots attack Shrines and Patron more aggressively
- Various bug fixes including those for heroes, items, and gameplay mechanics
- Animation and sound updates for several heroes
- Steam Input support enhancements

Misc Changes

- Troopers no longer change soul sharing rules after laning phase ends
- Hero Kill gold increased over time
- Neutral Creeps soul reward reduced by 5%
- Troopers and Walkers gameplay tweaks
- Cosmic Veils added to Mid entrances
- Warehouse redesigns and other environmental changes

Weapon Items

Close Quarters

No longer grants +85 Bullet Shield Health

Now grants +5% Bullet Resist

Restorative Shot

No longer grants +7% Bullet Resist

Now grants +90 Bullet Shield

Now procs on orb shots for NPC heal value

Melee Charge

No longer grants +1 HP Regen

Weapon Damage reduced from 12% to 10%

Long Range

Long range Weapon Damage reduced from 40% to 30%

Now grants +10% Weapon Damage

Berserker

Bullet Resist increased from 7% to 9%

Active Reload

Now grants +50 Health

Slowing Bullets

Spirit Power increased from +5 to +6

Sharpshooter

Long range Weapon Damage reduced from 70% to 50%

Now grants +20% Weapon Damage

Alchemical Fire

Now grants +1 Sprint

Heroic Aura

Cooldown reduced from 32s to 25s

Intensifying Magazine

Time to reach Max Damage reduced from 3s to 2.7s

Toxic Bullets

Damage changed from 5% of Current Health to 2.5% of Max Health

Shadow Weave

Detection range increased from 18m to 22m

Glass Cannon

Health loss reduced from -15% to -12%

Frenzy

Low HP bullet resist increased from 45% to 55%

Lucky Shot

Fixed it causing proc effects to roll twice whenever it procced

Silencer

Now grants +12% Spirit Resist

Vampiric Burst

Cooldown reduced from 34s to 30s

Vitality Items

Extra Health

Weapon Damage increased from 6% to 7%

Healing Rite

Duration increased from 19s to 20s

Bullet Armor

Bullet Resist increased from 25% to 26%

Return Fire

Duration reduced from 7s to 6s

Healing Nova

Now grants +6% Ability Range

Combat Barrier

Fire Rate increased from 6% to 7%

Debuff Reducer

Health increased from +75 to +125

Healbane

Healing reduction increased from -40% to -45%

Reactive Barrier

Restores 1 stamina on proc

Spirit Armor

Spirit Resist increased from 20% to 22%

Divine Barrier

No longer grants +8% Ability Range

Now grants +6 Spirit Power

Restorative Locket

No longer grants +5 Spirit Power

Now grants +25% Melee Resistance

Metal Skin

No longer blocks melee damage

Debuff Remover

Debuff Resistance increased from 35% to 40%

Cooldown reduced from 48s to 45s

Veil Walker

Ammo increased from 12% to 15%

Weapon Damage increased from 10% to 15%

Fortitude

Health increased from 365 to 400

Lifestrike

Bullet resistance increased from 8% to 10%

Soul Rebirth

Removed from the game

Inhibitor

Slow reduced from 25% to 20%

Siphon Bullets

Now grants +15% Weapon Damage

Phantom Strike

Now grounds any flying targets on impact

Spirit Items

Ammo Scavenger

Duration increased from 35s to 45s

Mystic Burst

Now triggers on your base damage, rather than how much the target receives

Slowing Hex

Now uses Enduring Spirit as a component

Now gains +10% Spirit Lifesteal and +75 Bonus Health

Spirit Power reduced from 5 to 4

No longer grants +1 Sprint

Damage reduced from 70 to 40

Withering Whip

Bullet Resist reduction reduced from -14% to -11%

Cooldown reduced from 22s to 18s

Now deals 50 Spirit Damage

Decay

Now grants +1.5 HP Regen

Now grants +8% Ability Duration

Healing reduction increased from -50% to -70%

Bleed Damage reduced from 3.1% to 1%

Cooldown reduced from 45s to 33s

Improved Cooldown

Cooldown Reduction reduced from 16% to 14%

Spirit Shield improved from 75 to 100

Now grants +10% Ammo

Superior Cooldown

Now grants +15% Ammo

Improved Burst

Now triggers on your base damage, rather than how much the target receives

Max HP damage reduced from 9% to 8%

Magic Carpet

Now grants +10% Ability Range

other patch notes

19 Mar 2025 Sprint speed increased for all heroes.

16 Mar 2025 Neutral bounty adjustments and item changes

Nerfs

13 Mar 2025 Patch notes focusing on hero and item balancing adjustments.

Nerfs

Balances

25 Feb 2025 Deadlock Map Rework Update

Balances

11 Feb 2025 Hero and item balance adjustments

Nerfs

Balances

27 Jan 2025 General, hero, and item balance changes.

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

19 Jan 2025 Balance adjustments to multiple heroes and items.

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

17 Jan 2025 Introduction of four new heroes: Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair

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

Nerfs

Balances