The Doorman

Overview

Update history

Movement

Lore

Voice lines

Sounds

Disorienting Map Control Mind Games
Weapon Stats Damage Per Second: 38.1 Bullet Damage: 24+1.25 Ammo: 8 Bullets per sec: 1.59 Reload Time: 2.4s Bullet Velocity: 203m/s Light Melee: 50+1.58 Heavy Melee: 116+3.67 Crit Bonus Scale: -30%
Vitality Stats Health: 755+42 Health Regen: 1 Move Speed: 7.9m/s Sprint Speed: 1.6m/s Dash Speed: 16.1m/s Stamina: 3 Stamina Cooldown: 4.5s
Spirit Stats Spirit Power: 0+1.1
Information
Release Date: August 22, 2025

The Doorman is a Hero in Deadlock. He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye. A brisk ring of his Call Bell leaves nearby enemies disoriented, and his high-speed Luggage Cart knocks them right off their feet. Do you find yourself getting lost easily in the streets of Manhattan? Don't worry, The Doorman is here to provide a shortcut with his Doorway whenever the need arises. And only the most special of enemies get to experience the trip of a lifetime to The Baroness Hotel.

A self-described "Fledgling God" and possibly a cosmic being of some repute, the Doorman planned to experience life on this material plane of humanity for only a few weeks. After a few odd encounters and interactions, he quickly decided to remain as a simple doorman within the New York service industry to continue observing the strange demands that please humans.

The Doorman was released on August 22, 2025 as the third hero of the Six New Heroes update (second winner of hero vote).

Abilities

(1) Call Bell(2) Doorway(3) Luggage Cart(4) Hotel Guest

Call Bell

5.5m

4s

1

7s

18s

Throw out a call bell that deals spirit damage on impact. After a short delay it explodes, dealing additional spirit damage and causing affected enemies to suffer reduced weapon accuracy and movement slow.

Can be shot to detonate early.

On Impact

x0.7

40

Impact Damage

Explosion

x1.2

55

Explosion Damage

Explosion

-40%

Weapon Accuracy

Explosion

-35%

Move Speed

3s  Bell Lifetime 

4s  Duration 

1

+1 Charge

2

+30 Impact Damage
+40 Explosion Damage

5

+4.5m Radius
+26s Bell Lifetime
Improved Scaling

Doorway

50m

15s

0

45s

Place two connected doors in the world. Players and most projectiles entering one door will exit out through the other. The doors will close at the end of the duration.

The two doors must be placed within the doorway distance of each other.

x0

65m

Doorway Distance

On Portal

x0

0

Barrier

On Portal

0s

Barrier Duration

1

20s Duration

2

Grants a Barrier first time traveling through doors

5

+30m Cast Range. +40m Doorway Distance
and scales with Spirit Power.

Notes

• The doors' duration is indicated by a progress bar above them.
• If the player enters a door while carrying the Soul Urn, the urn is dropped at the entrance door. However, the urn can be dropped on the exit side by pushing the player with a cart.

Luggage Cart

20m

6s

0

30s

Send out a luggage Cart that deals spirit damage and pulls enemy heroes along its path.

Can be alt cast with Alternate cast to target friendly heroes instead.

x0.75

60

Cart Damage

If the cart collides with a wall while dragging an enemy, it will deal bonus damage to the targets.

On Wall Hit

x0

0

Impact Damage

On Wall Hit

Stun

0s

Stun Duration

1

80 Cart Damage

2

+25m Cast Range
+75 Damage on wall impact

5

-15s Cooldown and 1.25s stun on wall impact

Hotel Guest

1s

7m

6.5s

0

140s

Send the target's physical body to be a guest at the Baroness Hotel. The guest is to promptly make their way to the exit elevator, where they'll be sent back to their original position.

A stay at the Baroness Hotel is paid for in spirit damage. Failure to check-out on time costs additional spirit damage.

Cost of Stay

x1

75

Damage

Failure to Check-Out

x1.5

125

Damage

While a Guest

6.5s

Duration

While a Guest

{{{value}}}%

Slow

1

1 Stamina Drain and -20 Cooldown

2

+150 Damage
+1.5s Stun on Failure to Check Out

5

Unstoppable while the Baroness is occupied.
15s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out.

Notes

• If the player falls off the platforms, they are sent back to the beginning of the map.
• The player can dodge the damage from Hotel Guest by using abilities and items to become invincible when the timer runs out.
• The player cannot activate abilities that would allow them to teleport back to the Cursed Apple from the Baroness or vice-versa, such as Pocket's Enchanter's Satchel or Mirage's Traveler.

Weapon

Service With A Smile

Heavy Hitter

Medium Range

38 Damage Per Second

Falloff Range

20m ➞ 58m

Background

See The Doorman/Lore for more story content.

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He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye.

While he had only planned to experience life on this plane for a few weeks, The Doorman quickly discovered that the New York service industry was a great way to see the strange demands that please humans.

Lore

The Doorman is referred to as a fledgling god (by himself), a Patron (by himself) and a cosmic being. He often refers to the other heroes as "mortals".

The Doorman's motivation in the ritual is to see the Patrons, since he hasn't seen them in a long time. He doesn't seem to have a wish planned as he intends to return to the Baroness after the ritual, although the Patrons goad him to wish back his old power.

"The Doorman" is not the Doorman's real name, but one he uses to "keep himself grounded" to remind himself that he's here to serve, not to rule. There are lines which imply that, a long time ago, Doorman used to slaughter humans, expressing glee at the chance to kill again and be feared during the ritual. The true nature of the Doorman is unknown to most of the cast.

The Doorman likes working at the Baroness since he gets to observe humanity.

The OSIC seem to be aware of the Doorman's true nature, as they consider Doorman participating in the ritual as "overstepping".

The Doorman claims to be able to see the future.

Character interactions

• The Doorman is extremely knowledgeable about every other hero in the game, tormenting them while they're trapped in the Baroness. He doesn't seem to know what Warden wants, which could mean he's telepathic like the Patrons as opposed to being omniscient, since they can't read Warden's desires either.
• The Doorman calls the Patrons "old friends" and refers to them as City Mother and Amber King.
• The Doorman respects Infernus since they both work in the service industry and is apologetic when killing him.
• The Doorman thinks Wraith is a "delight" and is grateful towards her since she's a generous tipper.
• The Doorman thinks Lady Geist is rude and doesn't expect any tips from her.
• The Doorman is actively keeping Paradox out of the Baroness.
• The Doorman has kicked Silver and Vyper out of the Baroness.
• Both Patrons are familiar with the Doorman, expressing surprise and joy at seeing him fighting on their behalf. They respect The Doorman and view his murderous side as "who he was meant to be".
• Mina and Lady Geist don't like talking to The Doorman since they view him as just "the help".
• Venator recognises that Doorman is more ancient and powerful than he lets on.
• Seven knows that Doorman isn't normal and wants to uncover his secrets.

Update history

View the full update history: The Doorman/Update history

Update	Changes
August 12, 2026	Doorway range reduced from 70m to 65m. Luggage Cart: Walker will no longer consider dragged enemies as valid targets to trigger the stomp on until soon after they are dropped off. Similar to the Walker change above, the turrets in the healing area in base now also wait on considering valid targets.
July 28, 2026	Bullet damage rescaled from 26 + 1.19/boon to 24 + 1.25. Call Bell Charge Time increased from 6s to 7s. Doorway duration reduced from 20s to 15s. Doorway T1 duration increased from +15s to +20s. Doorway T3 range reduced from +45m to +40m. Luggage Cart damage reduced from 80 to 60. Luggage Cart T1 increased from +60 Damage to +80. Luggage Cart range reduced from 25m to 20m. Luggage Cart T2 increased from +20m Cast Range to +25m. (Undocumented) Fixed a bug where Doorway range would not properly scale with Spirit and percentage range increases.
July 9, 2026	Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19 (Wiki note: the new scaling gives lower damage even at max Boon 35). Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%. Hotel Guest T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s.

Gallery

• 
  The Doorman portrait
• 
  The Doorman icon
• 
  The Doorman in-game render
• 
  The Doorman poster
• 
  The Doorman reference sheet
• 
  Baroness Hotel reference sheet
• 
  The Doorman name typography
• 
  The Doorman weapon - Service With A Smile
• 
  Doors at 50% duration
• 
  Baroness Hotel map
• 
  Unfinished Doorman model art
• Killstreak portrait for The Doorman.
  Killstreak portrait for The Doorman.
• 
  Critical health portrait for The Doorman.

Trivia

• A possible inspiration for the Doorman is the hero concept Frynd Leeman by player Onennon in the Deadlock forums. Like the Doorman, Frynd is a tall, gaunt, ancient mysterious figure who works a service job (originally an innkeeper) to learn more about humans, and uses keys as his weapon. Abilities include opening door portals in the map, summoning a magic cart, and opening a portal to their domain.
• Every map in the game has a hidden copy of the Baroness Hotel room. The Doorman's ultimate cannot be used in maps that don't have the hotel room.
• The Doorman was one of the heroes in a private build who was accidentally leaked on stream in May 2025.
• The Doorman's Doorway ability summons one orange portal and one blue portal, similar to Valve's game Portal.
• According to developer Kaori, the Doorman's voice actor is a stage actor on his first video game role.
• "At Your Service in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as The Doorman in the Hideout.
• The Doorman had the closest winning difference in the Six New Heroes contest, beating Paige by only 0.85%.

References

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Dynamo

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Graves

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Grey Talon

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Haze

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Holliday

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Infernus

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Ivy

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Kelvin

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Lady Geist

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Lash

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McGinnis

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Mina

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Mirage

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Mo & Krill

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Paige

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Paradox

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Pocket

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Rem

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Seven

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Shiv

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Silver

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Sinclair

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Venator

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Victor

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Vindicta

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Warden

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Wraith

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