Graves hero reveal in Deadlock on January 30, 2026

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Graves hero reveal in Deadlock on January 30, 2026

Graves Graves Prefers The Dead

Today's bone-chilling addition to the Cursed Apple is none other than...

Graves Graves

The dead have been making a whole lot of demands lately, and only Graves Graves has the courage to oblige. That severed lich hand she found in the cemetery has proven itself a valuable ally, allowing her to latch onto her enemies and steal their power for herself. Her curiosities about the passage of life are further put to use with Jar of Dead Jar of Dead, collecting the remains of the fallen, shaking them up, and throwing them back at her enemies to grant those remorseful spirits a final shot at revenge. With Grasping Hands Grasping Hands she strikes a deep crack in the earth, allowing those down below to grab onto enemies' ankles and stop them from escaping her reach. And when all else fails, a Borrowed Decree Borrowed Decree will summon the dead to fight alongside her. - Death is coming.


Graves Graves is available in-game now! Keep your votes coming over the weekend, as the third hero from our Old Gods, New Blood update will be released on Monday February 2nd at 2pm PST.

Graves Graves’ abilities

1. Jar of Dead Jar of Dead
Passive: Collect death when anything dies nearby and store it in your Jar of Dead Jar of Dead.

Active: Throw a jar to summon Deadheads that repeatedly deal  spirit damage to enemies.

Deadheads follow you instead if there's no nearby enemies, and prioritize the target of your weapon.

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2. Grasping Hands Grasping Hands
Unearth a line of grasping hands, dealing  spirit damage and applying  immobilize to enemies when they pass through.

Alt-Cast Alternate cast rotates the orientation of the wall.

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3. Essence Theft Essence Theft
Your weapon steals  weapon damage and  spirit resist over time, up to a maximum amount per target.

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4. Borrowed Decree Borrowed Decree
Create a gravestone at a target location that summons ghouls over time. Enemies can destroy the gravestone with two heavy melees.
Ghouls shamble towards the enemy base, dealing  melee damage. They explode when they approach a hero or objective, dealing  spirit damage in an area and applying a brief slow

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Background

The daughter of high-power defense attorneys, Darcy Graves Graves grew up in a home where every conversation was a debate, argument, or negotiation. It was exhausting. But while her parents were often too busy meeting with clients or working on cases to bond with her, the dead were always there to listen.

Graves Graves enjoyed her time in the cemetery. It was a quiet place to calm her thoughts and talk through her problems...but one day her one-sided conversations started to change.

It began with a faint whisper. A woman's voice that seemed to respond to Graves Graves' complaints. Intrigued, the teenager listened...and followed the voice's instructions until it guided her to a lead-lined box buried in Van Cortlandt Park. But while most high school students would freak out if they were to unearth a severed lich hand, Graves Graves was certainly not most teens. The hand now free of its prison, the lich's voice grew stronger... It had spent years looking to find a student she could pass her knowledge to, and Graves Graves was eager to learn.

Now a fledgling necromancer, Darcy balances not only her homework at Blackmore Academy...but the demands of graveyard denizens, each of whom have their own unfinished business that they seek her aid in resolving.

Graves from Deadlock

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