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Tesla Bullets
Cost		3,200
Tier		3
Passive			0.2s
Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy.
33 x0.19 Shock Damage 15% Proc Chance 4 Max Jumps 8m Jump Radius
Upgrades To: Capacitor
Internal name: upgrade_chain_lightning
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Tesla Bullets
Cost		3,200
Tier		3
Enhanced
Passive
Your bullets have a chance to shock your target. The shock will jump to a nearby enemy.
58 x0.19 Shock Damage 15% Proc Chance 4 Max Jumps 8m Jump Radius
Upgrades To: Capacitor
Internal name: upgrade_chain_lightning
Sounds

Tesla Bullets is a Tier 3 Weapon Item that can be purchased from the Shop for  3,200.

It is a component of Capacitor.

Notes

• Shock Damage is considered Spirit Damage and is reduced by Spirit Resist.
• Although in general Tesla Bullets deals higher DPS the higher the Fire Rate, the scale is not linear. There are points at which having a higher fire rate will result in lower DPS, since more bullets will be shot during the cooldown.

Update history

View the full update history: Tesla Bullets/Update history

Update	Changes
May 22, 2026	Proc cooldown reduced from 0.25s to 0.2s.
November 21, 2025	Shock damage reduced from 40 to 33. Shock damage spirit power growth increased from 0.14 to 0.19.
October 2, 2025	Fixed proc rate being improved with general cooldown reduction.

Trivia

• Tesla Bullets is one of several items to feature in promotional posters around the Map.
• Tesla Bullets is named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla, known for his contributions to the scientific understanding of electricity.
  • One of his most iconic creations, the Tesla coil, arcs bolts of electricity into its surroundings, much like Tesla Bullets.
• This item is very similar in its functionality to the Ukulele, one of the most recognizable items from the Risk of Rain franchise, which similarly gives the player a random chance to spark bolts of chain lighting when hitting enemies.
  • The Risk of Rain games were created by Hopoo Games, of which most of the core development team now works at Valve Corporation, with the eponymous Hopoo even being a developer on Deadlock itself.

Gallery

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  Poster for Tesla Bullets.

External Links

• Tesla/Capacitor DPS calculator (values may be outdated)

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