Grey Talon

Grey Talon
Weapon: "The Mourning Comes"
BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	40.9
Bullet Damage:	22.5 +1.46 x0.07
Ammo:	17
Bullets per sec:	1.82
Reload Time:	2.35s
Bullet Velocity:	495m/s
Light Melee:	63 +2.67
Heavy Melee:	116 +4.92
Falloff Range:	18m → 54m
Vitality Stats
Health:	700 +60
Health Regen:	1.5
Move Speed:	6.3x0.014m/s
Stamina:	4
Information
Voice Actor:	Robbie Daymond
Release Date:	April 16, 2024
Voice Lines:	Grey Talon/Quotes
Codenames:	Archer; Orion

“

Delivers long range skill-shots

A cunning predator, Grey Talon uses a combination of deadly accuracy, traps, and clever positioning to bring down the toughest of opponents.

Grey Talon is a Hero in Deadlock. He is a clever, long-range combatant that uses his powerful bow in combination with traps and mystical flight to pin down and destroy his foes. With the ability to charge his arrow shot for powerful effect, Grey Talon can harry his foes at a distance before launching a guided Spirit Owl to finish them off.

A founder of the monster hunting organisation The Baxter Society, Grey Talon happily retired after 40 years of service to support his extended family. He was living well until he was alerted that that his son and daughter-in-law had died in a mysterious house fire. Now, he hunts the perpetrators of the arson, bow in hand.

Abilities

Charged Shot

9999s

1

4s

17s

Charge up a powerful shot that pierces through enemies. Hold 1 or to hold the shot.

x1.12

90

Damage

1

+1 Charges

2

+65 Damage

5

Improved damage scaling and -3s Charge Delay

x1.12

Rain of Arrows

7s

35s

Launches you high in the air, allowing you to glide slowly. While airborne, you gain Weapon Damage and multishot on your weapon.
for reduced jump height.
Press Space to cancel the glide.

5

Weapon Multishot

4

Weapon Damage

1

-14s Cooldown

2

While airborne, +5 Weapon Damage and weapon damage applies 40% movement slow for 1.5s

5

While airborne, +30% Bullet Lifesteal and +30% Spirit Lifesteal

Spirit Snare

6.2m

34s

Throw out a trap that begins to arm itself. Once armed, the trap will trigger when an enemy enters its radius, applying Curse and Movement Slow that interrupts, Silences, Disarms, and prevents item usage.
Hit the trap with a Charged Shot to detonate early with increased radius.

1.75s

Tether Duration

30

Damage

20s

Lifetime

2s  Arm Time

30%  Move Speed

30%  Charged Shot Radius

1

-20s Cooldown

2

+0.75s Tether Duration

5

Grey Talon deals +30% more Bullet Damage to enemies hit by Spirit Snare for 10s

Guided Owl

14s

127s

After 1.5s cast time, launch a spirit owl that you control and which explodes on impact, damaging and stunning enemies. Hold Forward to accelerate the owl.
Press Space to release control. Gain permanent Spirit Power for each enemy hero killed with Guided Owl.

x0.937

250

Damage

12m

Explosion Radius

5  Spirit Power Per Kill

1

+100 Damage

2

-47s Cooldown

5

After hit, kills enemies that are below 22% Health

Notes

• If Grey Talon dies while controlling the owl, it will automatically detonate.

Weapon

Weapon Stats	Falloff Range 18m - 54m 41 Damage Per Second
The Mourning Comes
Medium Range Heavy Hitter Projectile

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
May 8, 2025	Base Bullet Damage spirit power scaling reduced from 0.09 to 0.07. Spirit Snare: Added physical elements to the AoE visuals. Charged Shot T3 Spirit Power scaling reduced from 1.3 to 1.2. (Unlisted) Foley SFX has been updated.
April 17, 2025	HP regen reduced from 2.5 to 1.5 Move Speed spirit scaling reduced from 0.025 to 0.014 Charged Shot damage reduced from 100 to 90 Charged Shot spirit scaling reduced from 1.6 to 1.2 Charged Shot T3 spirit scaling increased from +0.9 to +1.3
February 25, 2025	Guided Owl accelerate has been updated from M1 to 'W' by default. Better visual feedback for Spirit Snare when triggered. Fixed Spirit power bonus from Guided Owl always being visible in the active player stats. Fixed a bug that caused Grey Talon's Owl explosion sound to not be heard by the caster if they detonated it early with a keypress. Updated vo - largely remastering pass, but some new content.

Background

“

A founding member of "The Baxter Society", Wesley Grey Talon spent close to 40 years hunting monsters that preyed on man before finally deciding to find a replacement and lay down his bow. Grey Talon's duties had meant that he never spent much time with his wife and kid, and now that his son had started a family of his own he realized that this was his last chance to reconnect with the people he loved.

Retirement suited Wesley. He made up for lost time with his wife. He doted on his grandkids. He cooked dinner for the whole family every Wednesday. He was happy.

Then he got the call.

The authorities claimed that it was a freak accident... that the fire consumed his son's house before anyone got a chance to escape. But Wesley knew better. His son's wife was an Ixian who could snuff out flame with a thought. If their bodies were found burned they had to be dead long before there was a fire.

And so Grey Talon has picked up his bow once more, and when he finds who's responsible there will be a bloody reckoning.

— A FATE'S TALE

Lore

Grey Talon believes the Friends of Humanity are behind the murder of his family.

Grey Talon chose Shiv as his replacement in the Baxter Society.

Grey Talon's son was named Nathan.

Grey Talon has visited South Ixia and said it was "beautiful".

Character interactions

• Grey Talon and Vindicta have hunted the Friends of Humanity together and regard each other as friends.
• Grey Talon says his "stepdaughter" is Ixian, like Abrams. However, it seems that the intended term was "daughter-in-law", as evidenced by Talon's background and Abrams' response.
• Haze knows Grey Talon. She refers to him by his first name and knew his late son, Nathan.
• Yamato respects Grey Talon for his age and skill.
• Warden says he looked up to Grey Talon and apologizes for killing him.
• Calico compares Holliday's introverted personality to Grey Talon's.
• Calico calls Grey Talon "a relic of a bygone era", but also says she will mourn his death.
• Holliday likes Grey Talon due to their shared goal of revenge.
• Calico, McGinnis and Vyper comment on Grey Talon's health, due to his age.

Gallery

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Minimap Icon
• 
  In-game render
• 
  Winter skin
• 
  Model sheet
• 
  Weapon - The Mourning Come
• 
  Work-in-progress new model

Trivia

• Grey Talon's current model is inherited from his design in Neon Prime, in which he was called Orion.
• Grey Talon's bow was originally called Koschei.
• Gray Talon is currently the only hero whose Bullet Damage is directly affected by Spirit Power.
• Grey Talon has been affectionately nicknamed "Grandma" by the playerbase.

See also

• Grey Talon/Quotes

References

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