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An ability is a unique skill of a hero that does damage, grants utility, or both. All heroes have 4 base abilities that are unlocked throughout the early stages of the game using ability unlocks, and upgraded via ability points. Abilities can be either active, passive, or partially passive, and will define how a hero plays, scales, builds and wins using a specific strategy.

== Ability unlocks ==

Abilities are unlocked with [[File:Ability_unlock_icon.png|24x24px]] '''Ability Unlocks''' earned at {{Souls|600}}, {{Souls|1100}}, {{Souls|2000}} and {{Souls|3800}} soul thresholds ([[Boon]] levels 0, 2, 4 and 7). The first 3 non-ultimate abilities can be unlocked in any order, while the ultimate ability can only be unlocked at level 7. Ability unlocks cannot be refunded.

 

[[File:Maximum Charges on Ability Upgrades.png|thumb|{{HeroIcon|Infernus}} {{AbilityIcon|Napalm}} showing the 3 levels of upgrades an ability can have, at 1, 2 and 5 points. (Upgrades may be outdated)]]

{{Ap}} '''Ability Points''' are earned at every [[boon]] that does not give an ability unlock. These are used to upgrade the power of unlocked abilities, granting additional bonuses and better stats. All abilities have 3 tiers for upgrades, costing 1, 2, and 5 points to unlock. Unspent points are shown under the player's ability icons.

 

The player can refund an upgrade by clicking its slot up to 10 seconds after unlocking it, if they haven't used any abilities in that time window.

 

All 32 ability points can be earned by leveling up.

A '''channeled''' ability is an ability that requires channeling it for a duration, indicated by a filled bar slowly diminishing on the characters HUD. The channel can be stopped before the channel duration is complete, and will go on cooldown after it's first press before the channel duration has completed. Channeled abilities often prohibit the player from [[movement]] but this is not a rule. F. ex. {{AbilityIcon|Kelvin}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Arctic Beam}} allows walking around though at a slowed movement speed and crouching, but not [[Dash|dashing]] and [[jumping]] (the jumping key is default the key to cancel channeling). {{AbilityIcon|Dynamo}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Singularity}} blocks all movement inputs from the player while channeling. Channeled abilities can be stopped preemptively by and opponent by using a [[Status Effects|stun]] or [[Status Effects|interrupt]], but a [[silence]] or [[Status_Effects#Displace|displacement]] will not stop an ongoing channeled ability. This does not affect the cooldown of the ability.

[[File:Bonus Ability Charges.png|thumb|An ability with charges, showing 3 ready charges on the left and 5 ready charges on the right.]]

{{AbilityTable|charges|collapsed=yes}}

A passive ability is an ability that is not directly activatable by the player, but by some condition of the game. Passive abilities can not be turned off or deactivated in any way after they have been unlocked. A passive ability can affect either the hero itself, such as {{AbilityIcon|Abrams}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Infernal Resilience}} or an enemy hero such as {{AbilityIcon|Infernus}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Afterburn}}, and heroes with a passive ability will often have this ability as a defining trait signifying how they are played and built.  

|{{HeroIcon|Abrams}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Infernal Resilience}}

|{{HeroIcon|Graves}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Essence Theft}}

|{{HeroIcon|Drifter}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Bloodscent}}

|{{HeroIcon|Haze}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Fixation}}

|{{HeroIcon|Holliday}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Crackshot}}

|{{HeroIcon|Infernus}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Afterburn}}

|{{HeroIcon|Mina}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Love Bites}}

|{{HeroIcon|Victor}}

|{{AbilityIcon|Shocking Reanimation}} (Has a cooldown)

* {{AbilityIcon|Billy}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Blasted}} which has a passive component of reloading ammo and marking enemies, but can be activated. The passive effect persists through the active cooldown.

* {{AbilityIcon|Mirage}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Djinn's mark}} which can be activated early, but the mark will build and trigger even if silenced.

* {{AbilityIcon|Shiv}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Bloodletting}} has both deferring damage as a passive, and an active to clear said deferred damage.

Abilities can [[Scaling|scale]] their properties based on other stats.

 

Most abilities scale on [[Spirit Power]], but they can also scale with [[Boon|Boons]], [[Melee Damage]] and [[Weapon Damage]]. The scaling type of an ability usually indicated its damage type, but there can be exceptions, such as {{AbilityIcon|Paradox}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Kinetic Carbine}} scaling with Weapon Damage but dealing Spirit Damage. The scaling type is indicate by the icon next to the scaling integer, while the damage type is indicated by the icon next to the damage value.

 

 

Some abilities apply their spirit scaling not in increased damage, but in other aspects of how they work.  These vary wildly, and include {{AbilityIcon|Lash}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Death Slam}} which increases its throwing range, and {{AbilityIcon|McGinnis}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Medicinal Specter}} which extends its duration.

[[File:Spirit icon.png|frameless|20x20px]][[Spirit Damage]] is the main form of ability damage in [[Deadlock]], and the vast majority of abilities will deal all or some of its damage as [[File:Spirit icon.png|frameless|20x20px]] spirit damage. This damage is generally split into two parts: the '''base damage''' represented by an integer, and the '''spirit scaling''' '''damage''' represented by a percentage of the heros [[Spirit Power|spirit power]]. The base damage is a base value that can only be changed via leveling up the ability using {{Ap}} '''Ability Points''', the spririt scaling damage can be increased by obtaining more [[File:Spirit icon.png|frameless|20x20px]]spirit power via [[Item|items]], [[Golden Statue|golden statues]], [[Powerup|powerups]] or the [[rejuvenator]].

[[File:Melee damage light.png|frameless|20x20px]] '''[[Melee Damage|Melee damage]]''' means that the ability will deal a percentage of the hero's current [[File:Melee damage light.png|frameless|20x20px]] melee damage on contact. This will also apply any effect currently attributed to the melee of the hero, such as {{ItemIcon|Spirit Strike|size=30px}} or {{ItemIcon|Melee Lifesteal|size=30px}}. Conversely, this also means the damage is reduced by a hero's [[Damage Resistance#Melee Resist|melee damage resist]] from items like {{ItemIcon|Close Quarters|size=30px}}. Some heroes can upgrade their abilities to instead apply heavy [[File:Melee damage light.png|frameless|20x20px]] melee damage, and this will apply item effects that benefit from this such as {{ItemIcon|Melee Charge|size=30px}}. This will not, however, work with mechanics needing heavy melee attacks such as a [[Sinner's Sacrifice|sinner's sacrifice]], [[powerup]] or a [[rejuvenator]].

{{AbilityTable|melee|collapsed=yes}}

Some abilities will have no damage dealt, but will instead provide the hero with some sort of utility to use while playing. This is a wide topic and can be anything from {{AbilityIcon|Calico}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Ava}} providing mobility and eventually [[File:Health regen.png|frameless|20x20px]][[Health Regen|health regeneration]], {{AbilityIcon|Mo & Krill}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Sand Blast}} providing a [[File:Status Disarm.png|frameless|20x20px]]disarm status effect on enemies, and {{AbilityIcon|Paige}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Plot Armor}} providing a barrier and weapon damage.