Deadlock Minor Update - 07-01-2026 Patch Notes

Valve released a minor Deadlock update on August 12, 2026, featuring balance changes for Apollo, Billy, Doorman, Drifter, Holliday, Ivy, Lash, McGinnis, Paige, Seven, Vindicta, Vyper, and Wraith.

Deadlock Ranks and Matchmaking Update: July 30, 2026 (Patch notes)

Chester Rushing reveals how he landed the role of Apollo, worked with Valve on Ixian pronunciation, recorded around 1,700 voice lines, and learned to play his own Deadlock hero.

Deadlock July 28, 2026 update: stamina and soul orb changes, item balance for Echo Shard, Spirit Burn and Scourge, plus Haze, Viscous, Yamato and more.

Deadlock Minor Update 07-09-2026 changes Urn Runner speed, stamina recovery, Urn voice range, Unstable Rift warning time, Rift Troopers resistances and objective bounty distribution. The patch also includes balance changes for Scourge, Billy, Doorman, Drifter, Graves, Haze, Holliday, Mirage, Pocket, Shiv, Silver, Victor, Viscous and Yamato, with key updates to Bloodletting, Killing Blow, Lycan Curse, Shocking Reanimation and Flying Sl

In addition to the June 30, 2026 update, Valve released another patch that affected only the hero Shiv.