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Overview

Update history

Lore

Voice lines

Sounds

Inventor Support Disruption
Weapon Stats Damage Per Second: 72.4 Bullet Damage: 6.08+0.171 Ammo: 66 Bullets per sec: 11.9 Reload Time: 3.29s Bullet Velocity: 650m/s Light Melee: 50+1.58 Heavy Melee: 116+3.67
Vitality Stats Health: 780+52 Health Regen: 2 Spirit Resist: 0%+0.35 Move Speed: 6.7m/s Sprint Speed: 1.6m/s Dash Speed: 14.7m/s Stamina: 2 Stamina Cooldown: 4.5s
Spirit Stats Spirit Power: 0+1.1
Information
Voice Actor: Bennett Abara Release Date: April 24, 2024 Internal namesCodenames used for this hero in the game files: Forge; Engineer

McGinnis is a Hero in Deadlock. She wields a machine gun and her abilities revolve around the usage of structures like Mini Turrets and Spectral Walls, which she can create to support allies and hold down positions to the benefit of her team. If the situation goes awry and Medicinal Specter is insufficient, she can unleash a devastating Heavy Barrage at her enemies.

A talented engineer who started her career from a young age, McGinnis isn't fond of theoretical work, thus spending most of her time working in a mechanics shop, often meddling with the supernatural. While the ethics of brainstorming the occult war machine are grey at best, McGinnis isn't that fussed so long as she gets her paycheck.

Weapon

Services Rendered

Rapid Fire

Medium Range

72 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

20m ➞ 58m

Increases fire rate as the guns spins up

Notes

• Services Rendered takes 2 seconds to spin up, increasing McGinnis' fire rate and bullet spread, and slowly winds down at 25% per second (4 seconds total at max spin) as indicated by the grey indicator around the crosshair.
• The DPS and Bullets per second stats listed in game use the max spin up values.
• Services Rendered's base fire rate starts at 5 bullets per second (Cycle time: 0.2) and spins up to 12.5 bullets per second (Cycle time: 0.08), averaging around 11 Bullets per second per clip at the beginning of a match.

Abilities

Mini Turret

Mini Turret

20m

1

3s

18s

Deploy a turret that shoots enemies, dealing spirit damage over time. The turret expires after a limited lifetime.
Turrets deal reduced damage to troopers and objectives.

x0.42

24

Turret DPS

x9

100

Turret Health

30m

Attack Range

35s  Lifetime 

1

+10 Turret DPS and +10m Attack Range

2

2 Charges

5

+25% Turret Fire Rate and +12s Turret Lifetime

Summons affected by Monster Rounds and Heroic Aura

Notes

• Turrets have % damage resist that decays over s, and 35% melee resist that does not decay.
• Turrets deal 50% damage to Troopers and Denizens and 30% damage to Objectives.
• Turret targeting works as follows:
  • It will initially target the nearest enemy hero in line of sight when it is placed. If no hero is in sight, it will target the nearest enemy unit.
  • It will only switch targets once its initial target dies or leaves sight, or when McGinnis starts shooting a hero in sight, in which case all turrets will attempt to aim at the hero being shot.
  • Shooting a unit or hitting an enemy hero with melee attacks, abilities or items will not change the turret's target.
• Turrets are not affected by weapon damage falloff/ramp up, thus normal falloff and the damage bonuses from Close Quarters, Point Blank and their upgrades do not apply.
• Turrets yield 40 souls + 4 per minute when killed. Part of the bounty can be denied as a Soul Orb.
• Turrets do not receive additional damage from Monster Rounds.

Medicinal Specter

Medicinal Specter

15m

6.5s

0

50s

Deploy a spirit that provides healing to nearby allies.

x0.3

25/sec

Health Regen

6m

Heal Radius

0%

Fire Rate Bonus

0%  Stamina Recovery

0%  Max Health Regen

1

+1.5s Duration

2

-20s Cooldown and provides +100% Stamina Recovery

5

+2% Max HP Regen
+3m Heal Radius
+40% Spirit Resist

Healing amplified by Healing Booster and affected by healing reductionHealing triggers Healing Tempo's unique effect

Notes

• Healing does not stack when multiple Specters cover the same area.
• All of Specter's buffs (including augments from items like Healing Tempo) will linger for 1 second after stepping outside of it's AoE. The linger effect will extinguish alongside Specter if the latter's duration ends before 1 second.

Spectral Wall

Spectral Wall

50m

6s

0

50s

Cast a wall that applies slow on enemies it passes through. Erupt the wall to divide the terrain in half and damage nearby enemies.
After casting, press Fire or Ability 3 to erupt the wall early.

Can be Destroyed with Melee Attacks

x0.731

60

Damage

-20%

Move Speed

Stun

0s

Stun Duration

5m  Minimum Range

5m  Impact Range

2.5s  Slow Duration 

0s  Debuff Duration

1

Amplifies McGinnis's damage by +20% on hit enemies for 7s

2

-20s Cooldown and +2s Duration

5

Deploy 2 Mini Turrets near the wall for 8s
+30% Slow

Summons affected by Monster Rounds and Heroic AuraDebuff duration reduced by Debuff ResistEffect can be dispelledCasting does not break stealth from Veil Walker or Shadow WeaveCC effect suppressed by Unstoppable

Notes

• Spectral wall has a set time of 1.8 seconds to reach it's max range, with its base speed being 27.8m/s. Thus, the speed of the wall increases proportionally to an increase of its range with items like Mystic Expansion or Arcane Surge.
• Individual segments of the wall can be destroyed by 2 heavy Melees.
• The T3 turrets are deployed on the side of the wall facing McGinnis.

Heavy Barrage

Heavy Barrage

36m

8s

0

200s

Unleashes a volley of rockets that home in on a targeted location.

McGinnis is slowed and is still able to use stamina.

x0.2

21

Damage Per Rocket

6

Rockets per second

4.5m

Explosion Radius

8.5m  Min Range

8s  Duration 

0s  Slow Duration

1

Applies 30% movement and dash slow for 1s

2

-45s Cooldown and +6s Duration

5

+2m Radius and +15 Damage per Rocket with increased spirit scaling

Debuff duration reduced by Debuff ResistCC effect suppressed by Unstoppable

Notes

• Deals 50% damage to objectives.
• Currently does not trigger Diviner's Kevlar. This is likely a bug.
• The slow applied to McGinnis can be reduced by Movement Slow Resist items such as Enduring Speed and can also be cleansed for the duration of Unstoppable.
• Her base speed (6.8m/s) is reduced by 38.2% to 4.2m/s, at 10m/s her speed will be reduced by 43% to 5.7m/s.

Background

See McGinnis/Lore for more story content.

“

Maggie McGinnis always had a knack for building things. At 4 she was using Lincoln Logs to recreate architectural marvels. At 10 she built and rewired a custom light fixture for her parent's anniversary. At 15 she designed a machine that refined the souls of the dead...that last one got a little more attention than the Lincoln Logs.

Now the head of Fairfax Industries Military R&D department, McGinnis spends her time in the machine shop, not in a lab. She's not interested in theory, to her science is magic you can touch.

Lore

McGinnis' wish is unknown, although it's implied that she's using the ritual as a chance to test some weaponry. In The Binding of Oathkeeper, McGinnis helps Lady Geist due to the chance to "harness the power of a God".

McGinnis' first name is Margaret, but she goes by Maggie.

Maximilian Fairfax "paraded McGinnis incessantly" to the New York elite when he first discovered her as a genius teenage inventor. McGinnis was famously known as a "kid genius".

As the head engineer of Fairfax Industries Military R&D department, McGinnis brainstorms the occult war machines. While it's unknown where McGinnis' inventions have been used, it's said that she may be resposible for millions of deaths. As a "notorious misanthrope", McGinnis doesn't really care about the deaths she's caused or the sins of Fairfax Industries. McGinnis thinks ethics are for scientists "that can't think big enough".

While McGinnis doesn't love working for Fairfax Industries, she's content with being a "wage slave" since she gets paid a fortune. McGinnis was worried that she would lose her job when Fairfax lost the sovereignty of the Island of Cadenza to the US Government.

McGinnis is aware and makes it known that Spectral Wall usually backfires on her team.

McGinnis' equipment and weaponry is powered by souls.

McGinnis likes to drink beer.

Character interactions

• In The Binding of Oathkeeper, one possible storyline includes McGinnis building a new ward for Lady Geist.
• McGinnis consistently mistakes Kelvin's name for "Kevin". Most of McGinnis' pings for Kelvin include a variant where she calls him "Kevin".
• McGinnis accuses Calico of stealing her ideas.
  • It's possible this is referring to Calico's old lore as a weapons dealer, as Calico used to use turrets while she was in Hero Labs.
• McGinnis wants to talk to Shiv and "fix him".
• McGinnis wants to sample Viscous' goo.
• McGinnis doesn't frequent Infernus' bar, Jezebel's, because she finds it "too fancy". She does, however, want to go when infernus offers her free drinks.
• McGinnis is impressed by the craftsmanship used to create Bebop and shows interest in hiring his creator, Ms. Shelly.
• McGinnis offers help to remove Seven's headgear.
• McGinnis offers to upgrade Dynamo's body.
• McGinnis appreciates what Ivy has done for New York.
• McGinnis makes fun of Grey Talon and Infernus for not using guns.
• Pocket loathes McGinnis due to her work for Fairfax Industries.
• Seven criticizes McGinnis for her lack of creativity.
• The Doorman calls McGinnis "the brightest mind humanity has to offer".
• Apollo's father is a "fan" of McGinnis.
• Mina and Wraith call McGinnis "Fairfax's pet genius".
• Paradox is interested in McGinnis' research and the secrets she holds for Fairfax. McGinnis has been trying to keep Paradox out of her lab.

Update history

View the full update history: McGinnis/Update history

Update	Changes
August 12, 2026	Bullet damage base and growth values reduced by 5%. Spirit Resist per boon reduced from +0.625% to +0.35%. Mini Turret no longer shoot heroes on ziplines. Mini Turret no longer have 80% decaying resist for the first 6s. Mini Turret health increased from 90 + 7.8/boon to 100 + 9/boon. Medicinal Specter T1 changed from "Provides +40% Spirit Resist" to "+1.5s Duration". Medicinal Specter T3 no longer increases duration by +1.5s. Medicinal Specter T3 now also increases spirit resistance by +40%.
June 30, 2026	Heavy Barrage cooldown increased from 175s to 200s. (Global ult change) Heavy Barrage T1 reduced from -55s Cooldown to -45s. (Global ult change)
June 11, 2026	Mini Turret DPS rescaled from 30+0.39 to 24+0.42 (break even at 200 spirit power). Mini Turret T3 Fire Rate reduced from +30% to +25%. Fixed some rare cases where Heavy Barrage would stop working. Heavy Barrage DPS reduced from 22.5 to 21.

Gallery

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  McGinnis portrait
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  McGinnis icon
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  McGinnis in-game render
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  McGinnis select background
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  McGinnis reference sheet
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  McGinnis name typography
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  Previous McGinnis portrait
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  Original McGinnis portrait
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  McGinnis model before the 2025-05-08 Update
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  McGinnis 2024 Winter skin
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  McGinnis visual novel art
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  McGinnis visual novel art - Dress
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  McGinnis weapon - Services Rendered
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  Temporary McGinnis icon (2024-09-12 update)
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  Forge portrait (Neon Prime)
• 
  Gloat icon for McGinnis.
• 
  Critical health icon for McGinnis.

Trivia

• In Neon Prime, McGinnis was named Forge. She had a relationship with Astro (Holliday). She trained fighting with Lash in his dojo.
• McGinnis' design is similar to popular depictions of the American World War II cultural icon Rosie the Riveter - notably the red headband, blue shirt, jeans overalls, red socks and bulky physique.
• McGinnis and Bebop are currently tied for the highest base ammo count at 66.
• In The Binding of Oathkeeper artwork, McGinnis has a mermaid tattoo in her left shoulder.
• McGinnis' Heavy Barrage sound effects were changed to sound less like a real air raid siren.
• "Tinkering in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as McGinnis in the Hideout.

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