Deadlock Minor Update - 07-28-2026 (patch notes)

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Deadlock Minor Update - 07-28-2026
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General

  • Stamina bucket 3 heroes (slowest) have their ground dash time increased from 0.7s to 0.72s and air dash time from 0.49s to 0.51s
  • The Orb Spawners in base that give 10 souls on hit now split to nearby players on expire
  • Fixed the party member / team mate audio volume slider for voice communications

 

Items

Crushing Fists Crushing Fists: Max stacks stun duration increased from 0.5s to 0.75s

Crushing Fists Crushing Fists: Bullet Resist reduction increased from -4% to -5% per stack

Cursed Relic Cursed Relic: No longer has -14% Damage Output innate

Cursed Relic Cursed Relic: Now applies a -25% Damage Output debuff for the 3.25s duration

Diviner's Kevlar Diviner's Kevlar: Spirit power increased from +35 to +40

Echo Shard Echo Shard: Now has a 0.5s post-cast time

Echo Shard Echo Shard: No longer grants +5% Fire Rate

Echo Shard Echo Shard: Cooldown increased from 35s to 30s + the cooldown of the imbued ability

Ethereal Shift Ethereal Shift: Cooldown increased from 35s to 37s

Frenzy Frenzy: Now has +10% Bullet Lifesteal Bullet Lifesteal as an innate

Fury Trance Fury Trance: Active now grants +1m Move Speed

Fury Trance Fury Trance: Active removes move speed penalty when shooting (like Fleetfoot Fleetfoot)

Lifestrike Lifestrike: When hitting a trooper and a hero at the same time, it now always prioritizes healing off the hero (same change for Melee Lifesteal Melee Lifesteal)

Mystic Shot Mystic Shot: Cooldown reduced from 9s to 8s

Mystic Shot Mystic Shot: Spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 0.9

Restorative Locket Restorative Locket: Heal per boon increased from 0.32 to 0.5

Scourge Scourge: No longer grants +17% Debuff Resist innate bonus

Scourge Scourge: Active now grants +20% Debuff Resist (retroactive on application)

Scourge Scourge: Max Health per second reduced from 2.5% to 2.3%

Slowing Bullets Slowing Bullets: No longer grants +15% Weapon Damage

Weighted Shots Weighted Shots: Weapon Damage reduced from +40% to +30%

Spiritual Overflow Spiritual Overflow: Now provides a bonus +10% Spirit Lifesteal Spirit Lifesteal on proc

Spiritual Overflow Spiritual Overflow: Ability Duration reduced from +15% to +13%

Spiritual Overflow Spiritual Overflow: Fire Rate reduced from +32% to +30%

Spirit Burn Spirit Burn: No longer hits enemies in a 12m radius, only affects primary target now

Spirit Burn Spirit Burn: Changed from the cooldown being on the item to being target based

Spirit Burn Spirit Burn: Rem Removed half cooldown against NPC

Spirit Burn Spirit Burn: Explosion damage reduced from 110 to 50

Suppressor Suppressor: Duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s

Tankbuster Tankbuster: No longer procs off of items

Heroes

Apollo Apollo: Riposte Riposte base stun duration increased from 0.6s to 0.8s

Apollo Apollo: Riposte Riposte T3 changed from +1.6s Stun Duration to +60% Bullet, Spirit and Melee Lifesteal Melee Lifesteal against the target for 7s

Billy Billy: Rising Ram Rising Ram T3 reduced from 8% Max Health to 7%

Calico Calico: Ava Ava T2 reduced from +45% Move Speed to +40%

Calico Calico: Ava Ava T3 reduced from +20% damage amp to +18%

Celeste Celeste: Shining Wonder Shining Wonder radius increased from 16.5m to 17.5m

Celeste Celeste: Shining Wonder Shining Wonder damage increased by 10%

Celeste Celeste: Shining Wonder Shining Wonder buffer duration increased from 3s to 3.25s

The Doorman The Doorman: Bullet damage rescaled from 26 + 1.19/boon to 24 + 1.25

The Doorman The Doorman: Call Bell Call Bell Charge Time increased from 6s to 7s

The Doorman The Doorman: Doorway Doorway duration reduced from 20s to 15s

The Doorman The Doorman: Doorway Doorway T1 duration increased from +15s to +20s

The Doorman The Doorman: Doorway Doorway T3 range reduced from +45m to +40m

The Doorman The Doorman: Luggage Cart Luggage Cart damage reduced from 80 to 60

The Doorman The Doorman: Luggage Cart Luggage Cart T1 increased from +60 Damage to +80

The Doorman The Doorman: Luggage Cart Luggage Cart range reduced from 25m to 20m

The Doorman The Doorman: Luggage Cart Luggage Cart T2 increased from +20m Cast Range to +25m

Drifter Drifter: Rend Rend spirit scaling reduced from 1.8 to 1.7

Drifter Drifter: Rend Rend T3 silence duration reduced from 2.3s to 2s

Dynamo Dynamo: Singularity Singularity cooldown reduced from 265s to 250s

Haze Haze: Sleep Dagger Sleep Dagger wake up time spirit scaling reduced from 0.003 to 0.002

Haze Haze: Sleep Dagger Sleep Dagger damage spirit scaling reduced from 2.8 to 2.2

Haze Haze: Sleep Dagger Sleep Dagger T2 changed from “-17s Cooldown and Applies 15 Fixation Fixation Stacks” to “+1s Sleep Duration and Applies 15 Fixation Fixation Stacks”

Haze Haze: Sleep Dagger Sleep Dagger T3 changed from “+1s Sleep Duration and -50% Move and Dash Speed for 3s on wake-up” to “-17s Cooldown and -50% Move and Dash Speed for 3s on wake-up”

Haze Haze: Fixation Fixation T3 reduced from +0.14 per Stack to +0.11

Haze Haze: Fixation Fixation T3 now also scales with Weapon Damage (0.0003)

Ivy Ivy: Stone Form Stone Form T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.7 to +1.5

Kelvin Kelvin: Frozen Shelter Frozen Shelter cooldown reduced from 195s to 185s

Lady Geist Lady Geist: Life Drain Life Drain changed from 75% Damage to Heal to 100%

Lady Geist Lady Geist: Life Drain Life Drain DPS reduced to provide the same effective heal as before but with less DPS

Lady Geist Lady Geist: Malice Malice Damage amplification reduced from 8% to 7%

Lady Geist Lady Geist: Malice Malice T3 increased from +7% Damage Amp to +8%

Mina Mina: Sanguine Retreat Sanguine Retreat recast time increased from 3.5s to 4s

Mina Mina: Sanguine Retreat Sanguine Retreat T3 cast range increased from +3m to +4m

Mirage Mirage: Fire Scarabs Fire Scarabs duration reduced from 7s to 5s

Mirage Mirage: Fire Scarabs Fire Scarabs T2 reduced from +2 Charges to +1 Charge

Mirage Mirage: Fire Scarabs Fire Scarabs T2 now also increases duration by 2s

Mirage Mirage: Dust Devil Dust Devil T3 no longer increases Lift Duration by +0.3s

Mirage Mirage: Fixed Djinn's Mark Djinn's Mark T3 still being -1s Cooldown instead of -0.75s

Mo & Krill: Burrow Burrow cooldown no longer starts after the conclusion of the ability, now starts immediately

Mo & Krill: Combo Combo now lets you cast items while using it

Paige Paige: Rallying Charge Rallying Charge cooldown reduced from 220s to 210s

Pocket Pocket: Flying Cloak Flying Cloak T3 reduced from -11s Cooldown to -10s

Pocket Pocket: Affliction Affliction DPS reduced by ~6% (also reduces the spirit scaling and the upgrades)

Shiv Shiv: Stamina regen increased from 5.5s to 6s

Shiv Shiv: Killing Blow Killing Blow recast window reduced from 20s to 16s

Silver Silver: Gun falloff range reduced from 20m->46m to 17m→42m

Silver Silver: Slam Fire Slam Fire now does 100% bonus damage against NPCs (troopers and neutrals, not objectives)

Silver Silver: Lycan Curse Lycan Curse precast time increased from 0.2 to 0.3

Silver Silver: Lycan Curse Lycan Curse precast movespeed reduced from 7.6m to 2.5m

Silver Silver: Lycan Curse Lycan Curse T1 reduced from +20% Resists to +15%

Venator Venator: Sprint speed reduced from 1.5m to 1m

Venator Venator: Bullet falloff range reduced from 20m-51m to 18m-47m

Venator Venator: Ira Domini Ira Domini cooldown no longer starts after the conclusion of the ability, now starts immediately

Venator Venator: Ira Domini Ira Domini blessed stakes damage increased from 100 to 115

Viscous Viscous: Splatter Splatter damage reduced from 70 to 55

Viscous Viscous: Splatter Splatter spirit ratio reduced from 0.8 to 0.7

Viscous Viscous: Splatter Splatter base bounce count increased from 1 to 2

Viscous Viscous: Splatter Splatter T3 bounce count reduced from +2 to +1

Viscous Viscous: The Cube The Cube T3 reduced from -25s Cooldown to -20s

Viscous Viscous: Puddle Punch Puddle Punch slow duration reduced from 4s to 3s

Viscous Viscous: Puddle Punch Puddle Punch slow increased from -20% to -30%

Viscous Viscous: Puddle Punch Puddle Punch cooldown reduced from 24s to 21s

Viscous Viscous: Goo Ball Goo Ball T2 increased from +10% Resists to +20%

Yamato Yamato: Flying Slash Flying Slash T2 reduced from +40 Spirit Power to +35

Yamato Yamato: Flying Slash Flying Slash T3 charges from +2 to +1

Yamato Yamato: Flying Slash Flying Slash T3 Charge Time increased from 4s to 5s

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