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{{Infobox hero
| key = hero_mirage
| voice_actor = Fareed Ward<ref>2025-06-10 - [[Kaori (developer)|Kaori]]; [https://discord.com/channels/1231286446472691825 Deadlock Discord] - ''"Fareed is in fact currently employed by the djinn"''</ref>
| release_date = September 26, 2024
| codenames = Sandeep
| pronouns = He/Him
}}{{Quotation
| 2 = Your life is my life.
}}
'''Mirage''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. He is agile and uses powerful wind-based abilities for disruption. By throwing out Fire Scarabs and transforming into a Dust Devil, Mirage can damage, lift up, steal life and elude his targets while applying Djinn's Mark to enemies to enhance his attacks. When the time is right, he can Travel across the map in an instant to assist his allies, hunt down weak foes and take care of objectives. 

An emissary of the Djinn ambassador [[Nashala Dion]], Mirage is a diplomatic bodyguard who is charged with carrying and protecting the djinn's vessel.  

Mirage was released on [[Update:September 26, 2024|September 26, 2024]]. 

== Weapon ==
{{WeaponCard|key=hero_mirage}}

== Abilities ==

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Mirage
| ability_num = 1
| notes =
* Applying Fire Scarabs several times to a single enemy only refreshes the duration of the ability.
| interactions =
{{AbilityInteraction | interaction = Healing | state = partial | text =
Healing from Fire Scarabs:
* is '''not''' increased by [[Healing#Healing_Amp|Healing Amp]] (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Healing Booster}});
* does get reduced by [[Healing Reduction]];
* triggers {{ItemIcon|Healing Tempo}}'s unique passive;
}}
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Mirage
| ability_num = 2
| notes       =
* Mirage is [[Status Effects#Invincibility|Invincible]] when casting Dust Devil.
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Mirage
| ability_num = 3
| notes       =
* Djinn's Mark is considered a damage-over-time ability. Thus, the damage won't knock a hero off a [[Ziplines|zipline]], and it cannot be blocked by {{ItemIcon|Counterspell}}.
* The damage scales with Mirage's Spirit Power at the moment the marks trigger, not when each stack was applied. Temporary Spirit Power changes (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Infuser}} or {{ItemIcon|Focus Lens}}) therefore affect all currently active stacks.
| interactions =
{{AbilityInteraction | interaction = plated armor | state = disabled | text =
Neither "Deflection" nor "On-Hit Prevention" on Plated Armor protect against Djinn's Mark.
}}
}}

{{AbilitySection
| hero_name   = Mirage
| ability_num = 4
| notes =
* Using Traveler makes Mirage drop the {{PageRef|Soul Urn}}.
}}

== Backstory ==

{{Fates_Tale|mirage}}

== Update history ==
{{Update history}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Mirage card.png|Mirage portrait
File:Mirage MM.png|Mirage icon
File:Mirage Render.png|Mirage in-game render
File:Mirage select background.png|Mirage select background
File:Mirage Reference Sheet.png|Mirage reference sheet
File:Mirage name.svg|Mirage name typography
File:Mirage brazilian.svg|Mirage's Brazilian typography
File:Mirage polish.svg|Mirage's Polish typography
File:Mirage russian.svg|Mirage's Russian typography
File:Mirage schinese.svg|Mirage's Simplified Chinese typography
File:Mirage spanish.svg|Mirage's typography for Spanish and Spanish-Latin America
File:Mirage turkish.svg|Mirage's Turkish typography
File:Mirage ukrainian.svg|Mirage's Ukrainian typography
File:Mirage Weapon.png|Mirage weapon - Promises Kept
File:Mirage card old.png|Previous Mirage portrait
File:Mirage Render Old.png|Mirage's model before the [[Update:December 6, 2024|2024-12-06 Update]]
File:Mirage winter.png|Mirage 2024 [[Seasonal events#Winter|Winter skin]]
File:Nashala.png|Nashala model (unused)
File:Mirage Unreleased model.png|Mirage's model before his official release
File:Mirage Gloat .png|Gloat portrait for Mirage.
File:Mirage Critical.png|Critical health portrait for Mirage.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* Mirage became known in the player community for his screaming voice lines at release (the frequency of which was later reduced according to patch notes),<ref>{{Update link|October|10|2024}} update -  ''"Mirage still loves the Djinn, but he yells about them less frequently."''</ref> as well as his unused "Akira laser" screams. This has been acknowledged by developer [[Kaori (developer)|Kaori]], who joked that Mirage's voice actor Fareed Ward could be easily identified by his screams,<ref>2025-06-10 - [[Kaori (developer)|Kaori]]; Deadlock Discord - ''"Fareed is in fact currently employed by the djinn (...) like. come on. there's no hiding that scream"''</ref> and referenced in voice lines by {{HeroIcon|Mina}}, {{HeroIcon|Silver}} and {{HeroIcon|Vyper}}.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Mirage): ''"You don't have to yell everything, Jesus!"''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Silver}}'s in-game [[Silver/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Mirage): ''"Won't have to hear that guy scream about the Djinn for a while."''</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vyper|file=Viper kill mirage 03.mp3|transcription=Anything to stop that guy from yelling about the Djinn!}}</ref>
* Nashala has an unused human-sized model in the game files.
* Mirage's model was updated in the [[Update:December 6, 2024|2024-12-06 Update]].
* Mirage carries Nashala in the bottle in his hand. In his previous model, it used to be attached to his chest.
* Mirage's first official model wasn't shipped in the game files until he was officially released. However, the model was leaked a couple weeks earlier by an updated portrait art.
* Mirage's pre-release model was based on {{HeroIcon|Paradox}}'s model with a modified {{HeroIcon|McGinnis}} head.
* "Dreaming of Wyoming in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Mirage in the [[Hideout]].

== References ==
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