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Rem is an Hero in Deadlock.

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Weapon Stats
Damage Per Second:	61.5
Bullet Damage:	16+0.34
Ammo:	13
Bullets per sec:	3.85
Reload Time:	2s
Bullet Velocity:	160m/s
Light Melee:	58+1.58
Heavy Melee:	116+3.16
Crit Bonus Scale:	-20%

Information

Internal names:	Familiar

Abilities

Throw your trusty pillow inflicting spirit damage and heavy

knockback.

Landing hits reduces the cooldown of your other abilities.

x1.6

75

Damage

-45%

Fading Move Speed

Displacement

0.4s

Duration

3s Debuff Duration

5s Cooldown On Pillow Hit

1

-7s Cooldown

2

+2m Radius and applies -35% Fire Rate

5

+100 Damage and +1 Charge

Jump to an ally and nap alongside them. Both you and the ally receive a burst heal based on missing health followed by lingering regeneration.

Hop between allies with Ability 2 to apply the heal, once per ally.

You are knocked off if stunned by an ultimate ability.
You can use items and all self-casts target your ally instead.

x0.03

15%

Missing Health Burst

x0.4

42/s

Health Restored

2s Regen Duration

1

-8s Cooldown

2

35% Bonus Item Range, Duration, and Barrier Effectiveness while napping

5

+15% Spirit Power and +35 Spirit Power while napping and for 10s after napping
Improved Spirit Scaling

Signal a Helper to lend a hand. They can collect boxes, do Sinner's Sacrifices, or be sent to support allies and troopers.

Follow a hero: Provides a short burst of spirit resist and fading move speed.

Follow a trooper: Provides healing, damage, resists, and allows tagging along. When no hero is around, souls from trooper kills are split amongst the team.

Can be cast during Tag Along. Helpers will take a nap for 15.1s after following someone.

Following Hero:

12%

Spirit Resist

Following Hero:

3m

Move Speed

Following Hero:

8s

Duration

Following Trooper:

30%

Damage / Resists

Following Trooper:

x0.14

8/s

Trooper Heal

Following Trooper:

50s

Duration

1

+1 Helper
+1.5m/s Move Speed

2

+1 Helper
+15% Trooper Damage and Resist

5

+1 Helper
+15% Spirit Resist

Cast your gaze forward, piercing walls and floors. Enemies in the gaze are slowed, have reduced dash distance, and cannot use movement abilities.

When the channel ends they fall asleep before waking up to a splitting headache that deals heavy spirit damage.

x1.6

120

Wake Damage

x3.1

100

Sleep Damage Threshold

25%

Move/Dash Slow

19m Radius

4s Sleep Duration

0.5s Min Sleep Time

30% Channel Damage Resist

1

-1 Stamina On Wake and no Stamina Regen while sleeping

2

+3m Radius and +0.75s Sleep Duration

5

-55s cooldown
Reduced damage and unstoppable while channeling

Weapon

Long Night

Burst Fire

Medium Range

62 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

20m ➞ 58m

Update history

View the full update history: Rem/Update history

Update	Changes
June 30, 2026	Tag Along healing per second spirit scaling reduced from 0.66 to 0.4. Tag Along T3 missing health spirit scaling reduced from +0.02 to +0.016. Lil Helpers Spirit Resist reduced from 15% to 12%. Lil Helpers T1 changed from "+1 Helper" to "+1 Helper and +1.5m/s Move Speed". Lil Helpers T2 changed from "+8% Spirit Resist and +1.5m/s Move Speed" to "+1 Helper and +15% Trooper Damage and Resist". Lil Helpers T3 changed from "+2 Helpers and +20% Trooper Damage and Resist" to "+1 Helper and +15% Spirit Resist". Naptime cooldown increased from 175s to 200s. (Global ult change) Naptime T3 reduced from -65s Cooldown to -55s. (Global ult change)
May 22, 2026	Pillow Toss charge time reduced from 9s to 8s. Pillow Toss T3 increased from +90 to +100 Damage. Tag Along burst heal now also applies to secondary allies that you jump to. Tag Along lingering heal duration reduced from 3s to 2s (values rebalanced to be the same overall heal just faster). Tag Along T2 Barrier and Item Duration/Range effectiveness increased from 25% to 35%. Tag Along T3 now also increases Missing Health Heal from 0.03 to 0.05 and Regen Per Second from 0.66 to 1.0. Tag Along can now be cast through veils. Reduced lockout period after ejecting from Tag Along from 1s to 0.3s. Tag Along time to fly to your ally is now 50% faster. Tag Along heal duration is now displayed on the HUD as well as the healthbar icon. Tag Along: fixed specific abilities/items that could kill Rem while he's napping. Tag Along now allows friendly auras to affect Rem. Tag Along eject is no longer affected by debuff resistance and now launches upwards slightly more to prevent hitting the ground. Tag Along eject no longer briefly restricts movement abilities and input. Naptime now provides +30% damage reduction in the base ability (T3 still adds +50%).
April 30, 2026	Fixed a bug with Naptime that allowed you to attack while casting it. Pillow Toss recharge timer reduced from 10s to 9s.

Background

Lore

Rem's motivation in the ritual is to find a way back to his home.^[1]^[2]

Rem molts.^[3]

Rem is a child and a familiar.^[4]^[5] He has a family who misses him.^[6]

Character interactions

Nobody knows what specific species Rem is.^[7]^[8]
Haze is friends with Rem and promises to help him get home.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] She doesn't want Rem to participate in the ritual because it's unsafe.^[13]
Seven warns Rem to stay away from anyone who mentions the OSIC, claiming that they won't help Rem get home.^[14]

Gallery

Rem's card.
Rem in-game render.
Rem's typography.
Rem splash art from the vote screen.
"Vote for Rem" poster/spray from the 1/23/26 major update
Damaged "Vote Rem" poster.
Rem voter sticker.
Rem's minimap icon.
Rem's shadow in the hideout
Rem's pillow hint at the hideout.
Gloat portrait for Rem.
Critical health portrait for Rem.
Thanks for voting Rem!
Why would you damage him? You monster!

Trivia

Rem was originally leaked in November 2025 with a screenshot of the character's select screen.^[15] On 20th January 2026, Rem was teased in the Hideout with a pillow in a chair.
Rem's name references Rapid Eye Movement, a unique and active phase of sleep where most dreaming occurs, characterized by fast brain waves, increased heart rate, and rapid, darting eye movements behind closed lids.

References

↑ The Hidden King's in-game voice line (Rem start): "There's no need to be scared, Rem. Once you complete the ritual, the Hidden King will find your way home."
↑ Shopkeeper's in-game voice line (Rem buys T4 item): "Hope you find your way home, kid."
↑ Shopkeeper's in-game voice line (Rem buys T4 item): "Please don't molt in my shop."
↑ The Archmother's in-game voice line (enemy Rem killstreak): "The Guided Hand will not be bested by a child with a pillow!"
↑ Krill's in-game voice line (Rem killed): "We took down the familiar."
↑ The Hidden King's in-game voice line (Rem start): "Your family misses you, Rem, and once you summon the Hidden King, you will see them again."
↑ Rem And Holliday Conversation 1
↑ Shopkeeper's in-game voice line (Rem buys t4 item): "I don't know what you are, but I love that you have money."
↑ Rem And Haze Conversation 3
↑ Rem And Haze Conversation 2 - "I'm going to get you home."
↑ Haze's in-game voice line (killed Rem): "Forgive me, Rem..."
↑ Haze's in-game voice line (killed Rem): "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
↑ Rem And Haze Conversation 1 - "You shouldn't be here. <-> It's not safe."
↑ Rem And Seven Conversation 3 - "Listen to me. If the ritual fails and you are on your own, stay away from anyone who mentions the OSIC! <-> They will not help you get home. Trust me."
↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadlockTheGame/comments/1p8n6mb/rem_character_select_screen_thingy_leak/