Deadlock Patch Notes Tracker

17 Apr 2025 Major balance update on trooper AI, item stats, and hero abilities

Buffs

Nerfs

Balances

New

Full patch notes

Heroes

Bebop

Base stamina reduced from 3 to 2

Base regen reduced from 3 to 1.5

No longer gains +1% Spirit Resist Per Boon

Calico

Base ammo reduced from 12 to 9

Gun damage growth reduced by 25%

Gloom Bombs T1 and T2 swapped

Grey Talon

HP regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.5

Move Speed spirit scaling reduced from 0.025 to 0.014

Charged Shot damage reduced from 100 to 90

Charged Shot spirit scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.2

Charged Shot T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.9 to +1.3

Haze

Sleep Dagger now causes the target to be unable to slide while drowsy

Sleep Dagger T2 now also reduces Stamina Regeneration by 60% for 6s

Bullet Dance Fire Rate increased from +30% to +35%

Bullet Dance T2 increased from -40s Cooldown to -50s

Holliday

Base gun damage reduced from 29 to 26

Gun damage growth increased from 1.53 to 1.72

Lasso bonus bounce pad duration reduced from 1.5 to 1s

Fixed being able to Heavy Melee while casting Lasso

Ivy

Headshot hitbox is smaller now (no longer includes the ears)

Fixed visibility issues with Air Drop

Kelvin

Base Spirit Resist reduced from 15% to 0

Now gains +1% Spirit Resist per boon

Base Sprint reduced from 2 to 1.5

Frozen Shelter cooldown increased from 130s to 140s

Frozen Shelter T2 Cooldown increased from -40s to -50s

Lady Geist

Fixed some cases where Life Swap did not work

Lash

Ground Strike base damage reduced from 90 to 75

Death Slam lock-on time increased from 0.6s to 0.7s

McGinnis

Mini Turrets tracking speed increased by 15%

Mini Turrets bullet velocity increased by 10%

Mini Turrets T3 now also increases duration by 18s

Mirage

Base Health reduced from 550 to 500

Djinn's Mark T1 slow reduced from 80% to 60%

Fire Scarabs Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -10% to -8%

Mo & Krill

Burrow T2 reduced from +140 Damage to +100

Burrow spirit scaling increased from 1.4 to 1.7

Combo DPS reduced from 60 to 40

Combo spirit scaling increased from 1.1 to 1.3

Paradox

Kinetic Carbine T2 reduced from -10s Cooldown to -8s

Pocket

Base bullet damage reduced from 4.5 to 3.9

Bullet damage growth increased from 0.28 to 0.32

Enchanter's Satchel damage reduced from 100 to 70

Enchanter's Satchel T2 damage increased from +80 to +110

Seven

Storm Cloud lightning bolt damage reduced from 150 to 100

Storm Cloud lightning bolt radius increased from 6m to 7m

Sinclair

Bullet damage reduced from 23 to 20

Fixed Rabbit Hex Damage Amp not affecting allied damage

Rabbit Hex Damage Amp reduced from 25% to 15%

Rabbit Hex Damage Amp spirit scaling reduced from 0.1 to 0.06

Rabbit Hex T3 now also increases Damage Amp by +5%

Rabbit Hex Move Speed increased from 15% to 22%

Rabbit Hex no longer deals 80 damage

Vexing Bolt min damage reduced from 75 to 65

Vexing Bolt max damage reduced from 150 to 130

Vindicta

Crow Familiar Cooldown increased from 26s to 28s

Crow Familiar T3 Spirit and Bullet Resist Reduction reduced from -12% to -8%

Warden

Base health increased from 550 to 575

Base regen increased from 2 to 3

Fixed Phantom Strike and Warp Stone working through Binding Ward capture

Weapon Items

Hollow Point Ward

Spirit Shield reduced from 95 to 70

Weapon Damage reduced from 20% to 18%

Vitality Items

Healing Rite

Total HP Regen reduced from 370 to 350

Cooldown increased from 64s to 70s

Healbane

Heal on kill changed from 350 to 275

Enchanter's Barrier

Reduced from 300 to 250

Combat Barrier

Reduced from 325 to 275

Divine Barrier

Cooldown increased from 30s to 40s

Restorative Locket

Range to gain charges reduced from 50m to 35m

Heal per stack reduced from 32 to 30

Debuff Reducer

Health reduced from 125 to 75

Debuff Reduction reduced from 28 to 24%

Fortitude

Weapon Damage reduced from 27% to 23%

Out of combat time increased from 10s to 13s

Phantom Strike

Cooldown increased from 26s to 30s

Spirit Items

Spirit Strike

Spirit Resist Reduction reduced from 12% to 8%

Decay

Health Regen reduced from 1.5 to 1

Spirit Power reduced from +7 to +4

Cooldown increased from 33s to 36s

Knockdown

Now removes all momentum and brings heroes straight down

Ethereal Shift

Moved from Tier 3 to Tier 4

Can now be canceled early

Duration increased from 3.5s to 4s

Max speed during activation increased from 2m/s to 3m/s

Echo Shard

Cooldown increased from 21s to 23s

General Changes

- Soul Orbs no longer have special duplication rules before 8 minutes.
- Wave interval increased from 25s to 30s (bounty values adjusted by the same ratio)
- Guardians attack range reduced from 38.1m to 35m
- Guardians melee attempt range reduced from 6.1m to 5m
- Guardians melee damage range reduced from 8m to 7m
- Players can no longer Parry troopers
- Medic Trooper: Heal no longer has charges (was 3)
- Medic Trooper: Cooldown reduced from 35s to 6s
- Troopers will no longer aggro to you when you shoot them while they are attacking a Guardian
- Urn now reveals you immediately
- Urn will no longer wait indefinitely for someone nearby to pick him up. He'll ignore loiterers after 20 seconds in aggregate and start running back home
- Heavy Melee Cancel momentum is significantly reduced

Misc Changes

- First urn is now considered for comeback mechanics (15% NW delta)
- Urn now has a visual indication on the model to indicate if its a side favored pickup
- Fixed Debuff Resistance affecting Urn pickup time