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'''Heroes''' are the playable characters of ''[[Deadlock]]''.

There are currently '''{{Heroes count|Released}}''' heroes available, with more to be released as the game develops.{{Hero Navbox}}
==Overview==
Heroes come in a wide variety in Deadlock, each with their own specialisations and playstyles. Each hero wields their own unique primary weapon which has its own name, stats and weapon type. Weapons are affected by [[Weapon]] Class [[Items]] and are the primary means of dealing damage for most heroes. Some weapons possess an alternate fire mode activated with <code>RMB</code>.

Besides their weapons, heroes also possess 4 unique abilities with a variety of effects. Some abilities are completely passive, and will always be active regardless (such as {{HeroIcon|Abrams}}' {{AbilityIcon|Infernal Resilience}}), though most are simply activated with their respective bindings (<code>1</code>, <code>2</code>, <code>3</code>, <code>4</code> by default). Abilities come with up to 3 upgrades, which can be purchased with an increasing number of [[Ability Points]]. Abilities most often scale with [[Spirit Power]].

Heroes have set base stats that they can improve through [[Level|leveling up]] or purchasing [[items]]. They also have additional [[Level#Power Increases|Power Increases]], gained at specific levels which grant bonuses to specific stats. Heroes can hold up to 9 individual items at a time. This can be increased to 12 items if [[Extra Slots]] are unlocked. Some hero stats are also affected by [[Spirit Power]], referred to as Spirit Scaling.

'''{{Heroes count|Released}}''' heroes are available in the current alpha build, with additional characters confirmed for future releases.

==List of Heroes and Abilities==
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== Model Sheets ==
Gallery of unofficial hero reference sheets.
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== Unused Heroes ==
There are a number of heroes in ''Deadlock'' that can, or could only be accessed using [[console commands]]. Some of them are older heroes inherited from [[Neon Prime|''Neon Prime'']], while others were added to the game more recently. Some of these heroes were playable in the [[Hero Labs]] experimental gamemode, and were later removed.

* {{HeroIcon|Boho}}
* {{HeroIcon|The Boss}}
* {{HeroIcon|Cadence}}
* [[Druid]]
* {{HeroIcon|Fortuna}}
* {{HeroIcon|Graf}}
* {{HeroIcon|Gunslinger}}
* {{HeroIcon|Kali}}
* {{HeroIcon|Rutger}}
* {{HeroIcon|Skyrunner}}
* {{HeroIcon|Swan}}
* {{HeroIcon|Thumper}}
* {{HeroIcon|Tokamak}}
* {{HeroIcon|Vandal}}

===Hero Labs heroes===
Heroes that were playable in the [[Hero Labs]] gamemode, and removed along with it.

* {{HeroIcon|Fathom}}
* {{HeroIcon|Raven}}
* {{HeroIcon|Trapper}}
* {{HeroIcon|Wrecker}}

== Trivia ==

* At one point in early development, the Heroes were called '''Fates'''.<ref>2024-08-14 [[Yoshi]]; Deadlock Discord - ''"We had them called The Fates at some point earlier on, but we stuck with heroes for now. We'll probably rename them in the future."''</ref> The Hero backstories were previously called ''"A Fate's Tale"''.
* In the French localization, the Heroes are called '''Occultistes'''.

== References ==
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