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Professor Dynamo is a Hero in Deadlock. He is a man of wit, using his brawns and abilities to provide support to his teammates by healing them, teleporting them with him which grants his allies (and himself) a boost to their firing rate, knocking oponents infront of him into the air or, when the time comes, unleashing a Singularity which damages and pulls in enemies.

Teamplay

Initiator

Clutch

Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	48
Bullet Damage:	12.6+0.5
Ammo:	20
Bullets per sec:	3.81
Reload Time:	2.35s
Bullet Velocity:	320m/s
Light Melee:	50+1.58
Heavy Melee:	116+3.67

Information

Voice Actor:	John Patrick Lowrie
Release Date:	April 16, 2024
Internal names:	Prof_dynamo; Prof; Sumo; Jeong

Once just a mere professor for Columbia College, this would change when, letting his excitement get the best of him, he approached a rift in time which reduced his physical body to a small dying star. Although his body may be gone, his spirit and curiosity live on, with the situation only further fueling his desire for knowledge.

Abilities

Release an energy pulse that travels along the ground, dealing spirit damage and applying

knockup.

x1.55

115

Damage

Displacement

1s

Duration

16m Pulse Range

5.5m Pulse Width

1

+1 Charge

2

On Hit: -15% Bullet Resist and -30%</spawn> Move Speed for 4s

5

+135 Damage and +20m Cast Range

Briefly become untargetable while teleporting to the target location. Restores stamina upon use.

Alternate cast: Bring nearby allies with you.

10m

Cast Range

1.4s

Duration

1 Stamina Restored

13m Ally Distance

1

6m Cast Range

2

-6s Cooldown

5

Reduces non-ult debuffs by 50%
Replenishes 1 Charge

While channeling, restore health over time to you and any allies nearby.
You can dash and melee without breaking the channel.

x0.4

30/s

Health Restored

5s

Channel Duration

8m Friendly Heal Radius

1

Aura provides +4m Move Speed during channel

2

-20 Cooldown and +1s Duration

5

Full move and ability use and additionally heals +2.5% of Max Health per second

Create a singularity in your hands, dealing < spirit damage over time, applying stun, and pulling in nearby enemies.

x0.28

75

Damage Per Second

7m Singularity Radius

2.75s Channel Duration

1

2m Singularity Radius

2

0.75s Channel Duration

5

6% Max Health as Damage

Notes

Singularity deals damage of 1.5% max health per second.

Weapon

The Vonnegun

Medium Range

Heavy Hitter

Projectile

48 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

20m ➞ 58m

Update history

Main article: Update history

View the full update history: Dynamo/Update history

Update	Changes
July 28, 2026	Singularity cooldown reduced from 265s to 250s.
June 30, 2026	Rejuvenating Aurora Regeneration increased from 25/s to 30/s. Singularity cooldown increased from 230s to 265s. (Global ult change)
May 22, 2026	Kinetic Pulse T2 reduced from -18% Bullet Resistance to -15%. Kinetic Pulse spirit scaling reduced from 1.65 to 1.55. Quantum Entanglement T3 changed from dispelling non-ult debuffs to reducing the duration of non-ult debuffs by 50%.

Background

See Dynamo/Lore for more story content.

“

As a Scientist, Professor Dynamo always had an inquisitive mind. So when a rift in space and time opened up in central park he was first on the scene to investigate – and while he expected such a majestic sight to be life changing, he was thinking more in a metaphorical way as opposed to having his body atomized and reduced to a tiny dying star.

But while his body is gone, his spirit and lust for knowledge lives on. A tenured professor at Columbia College, Dynamo looks to learn more about his condition while maintaining his class load, after all: he has future minds to inspire.

Lore

Dynamo lost his body 50 years before the ritual, during the first Maelstrom.^[1]^[2]

Dynamo is married to a woman named Marla.^[3] They have been married for 31 years.^[4]

Dynamo was friends with Maximilian Fairfax and the godfather of Pocket, Maximilian's eldest child. According to Dynamo, they are no longer friends. Dynamo calls him "a complicated man".^[5]

Dynamo has not touched an Astral Gate since his body was transformed.^[6]

Dynamo designed his own gun.^[7]

In a Winter season voice line, Dynamo says he didn't sleep the night before the Maelstrom because he was "afraid of death".^[8]

Character interactions

McGinnis built Dynamo's body.^[5]
Ivy's sister, Sophia Arroyo, is studying at university under Dynamo.^[9]^[5] Ivy worries her fighting Dynamo during the ritual would preconceive him against Sophia.^[10]
Dynamo is Pocket's godfather. He recognizes Pocket and says he would have helped them if he knew they were alive.^[5]
Haze tells Dynamo that OSIC agent Marlowe has an offer for Dynamo to join them. Dynamo mistakes Marlowe for his wife, Marla.^[5]
Dynamo and Kelvin are friends. They last saw each other at the Black Château, before Kelvin disappeared.^[5]
Dynamo warns Wraith not to take advantage of his students who frequent her establishment.^[5]

Gallery

Portrait
Minimap icon
In-game render
Model sheet
Weapon - The Vonnegun
A crest of the sun used to show Quantum Entanglement's destination
Previous portrait
Dynamo's model before the 2025-05-08 Update
Winter skin
Concept art
Visual novel art
Visual novel art - Tuxedo
Concept art - "Lil' Dynamo"
Sumo (Neon Prime)
Sumo using Black Hole (Neon Prime)

Trivia

Dynamo is also referred to as prof (Professor) in the game files.
Dynamo was named Sumo in Neon Prime, and later renamed to Jeong. He was renamed to Dynamo still during Neon Prime.
Dynamo is voiced by John Patrick Lowrie,^[11] who is known for voicework in other popular Valve titles (e.g. Sniper in Team Fortress 2, Pudge in Dota 2.)
- In The Binding of Oathkeeper, Dynamo was voiced by Fred Tatasciore, as John wasn't available for recording. These voice lines have since been re-recorded with John.^[12]
The name of Dynamo's weapon, the Vonnegun, is a homage to American author Kurt Vonnegut.
When casting Quantum Entanglement, a crest of the sun with a planetary body orbiting around it appears as a destination marker. The crest is styled after Renaissance depictions of the sun, as it sports a hatched style and a serene face.
In a concept artwork and in The Binding of Oathkeeper, Dynamo had a different design in which his head had a different shape and was attached to his body, and he wore gloves.
One of Dynamo's early concept designs was a paranormal pizza delivery guy called Lil' Dynamo.^[13]

References

↑ Warden's backstory - "Most people think the supernatural came into the world 50 years ago. (...) When the portal opened in Central Park, Warden’s parents realized not only was everything they were told was true, they were unprepared."
↑ Dynamo's in-game voice line (lost match) - "It's okay, I've... I've grown used to this body. I can wait another fifty years."
↑ Dynamo's in-game voice line - "For a minute there, I thought Marla was going to be a widow!"
↑ Dynamo and Kelvin conversation
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 Dynamo conversations
↑ Dynamo and Grey Talon conversation
↑ Dynamo and McGinnis conversation
↑ Dynamo's in-game voice line - "T'was the night before the Maelstrom, and all through the house, a Columbia professor got no sleep because he was afraid of death."
↑ Ivy's in-game voice line (killed Dynamo) - "I think I just beat up Sophie's professor."
↑ Ivy's in-game voice line (killed Dynamo) - "Please don't take that out on Sophie, professor!"
↑ 2024-11-29 - @johnpatricklowr on X - "Glad to be the voice of Dynamo in the new Valve game Deadlock!"
↑ 2025-02-25 - Kaori; Deadlock Discord - "Fred just was stepping in to record temp stuff when JPL was unable to record so it was always going to be replaced"
↑ 2024-08-10 - Yoshi, Deadlock Discord - "Reminds me of a pizza delivery concept we didn't go with" (...) "That was a version of dynamo yeah, he had a diff ability then"