Hurting them is fine, but vexing them is even better.
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).
Service With A Smile can pierce through enemies. It deals 50% less damage after the first target.
Doorman can gain stacks from Split Shot by hitting multiple players with the same projectile, and it also makes pierced projectiles deal 100% damage to all targets.
Note: Doorman's in-game weapon stats incorrectly list 1.47 bullets per second and 43 DPS. This is a bug.
Abilities
Call Bell
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.
A thrown bell travels 45m forward or until it hits an obstacle, whichever happens first. The travel range is not affected by ability range increases like Greater Expansion.
T3 upgrade allows "stacking" several bells at once. This can be done for preparing high-damage bursts for the victim of Hotel Guest.
Notes
A thrown bell travels 45m forward or until it hits an obstacle, whichever happens first. The travel range is not affected by ability range increases like Greater Expansion.
T3 upgrade allows "stacking" several bells at once. This can be done for preparing high-damage bursts for the victim of Hotel Guest.
Doorway
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.
The doors' duration is indicated by a progress bar above them, and a counter above the ability button.
Doors cannot be closed for 8s after the second door is placed. This is not affected by either Cooldown Reduction items (e.g. Superior Cooldown) or Witchmail.
If the player enters a door while carrying the Soul Urn, the urn is dropped at the entrance door.
T3 upgrade allows making portals between the spawn room and Base Guardians. making it a powerful defensive tool as pushing an enemy into spawn is often enough to kill them outright.
Some Ability Range investment allows placing portal between the spawn room and walkers, making this maneuver easier to execute.
With big enough investment into Ability Range and Spirit Power it is possible to make a portal between Spawn room and Midboss room.
Notes
The doors' duration is indicated by a progress bar above them, and a counter above the ability button.
Doors cannot be closed for 8s after the second door is placed. This is not affected by either Cooldown Reduction items (e.g. Superior Cooldown) or Witchmail.
If the player enters a door while carrying the Soul Urn, the urn is dropped at the entrance door.
Tips
T3 upgrade allows making portals between the spawn room and Base Guardians. making it a powerful defensive tool as pushing an enemy into spawn is often enough to kill them outright.
Some Ability Range investment allows placing portal between the spawn room and walkers, making this maneuver easier to execute.
With big enough investment into Ability Range and Spirit Power it is possible to make a portal between Spawn room and Midboss room.
Luggage 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.
Luggage Cart does not stun or interrupt but applies forced movement. Enemies can still use abilities and items while being dragged. Some abilities can be used to free the player from being pulled, e.g. Unstoppable.
Using an ally cart on Doorman himself while carrying the Soul Urn makes the player drop the urn. However, this does not happen when using the cart on an ally carrying the urn.
Luggage Cart can push enemies (and allies) through open Doorway.
Notes
Luggage Cart does not stun or interrupt but applies forced movement. Enemies can still use abilities and items while being dragged. Some abilities can be used to free the player from being pulled, e.g. Unstoppable.
Using an ally cart on Doorman himself while carrying the Soul Urn makes the player drop the urn. However, this does not happen when using the cart on an ally carrying the urn.
Tips
Luggage Cart can push enemies (and allies) through open Doorway.
Hotel Guest
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.
When returning from the Baroness, players receive a fading Time Slow for 1s.
If the player falls off the platforms, they are sent back to the beginning of the map.
Players can avoid the damage by becoming invincible, such as with Ethereal Shift or Dynamo's Quantum Entanglement, or by blocking the damage with Counterspell. This works both on a successful exit (if used before the fadeout) and a failed one. However, in the latter case, it will still trigger the T3 cooldown reduction.
Target is frozen in place and cannot act during channel time. The target's channels are cancelled upon entering the Baroness (except Ivy's Air Drop which is ended immediately, but will drop the bomb/ally if she holds one). Channeling abilities with cast delays can still activate if the delay started before Hotel Guest's channel and end before entering, such as Yamato's Power Slash.
Applying movement slow to a target before casting Hotel Guest (e.g. Call Bell, Cold Front) makes it more likely the victim triggers extra damage and T2/T3 upgrades.
The "turning keys" animation on target's body is a good indicator to time throwing a Call Bell or launching Luggage Cart into returning victim.
Notes
When returning from the Baroness, players receive a fading Time Slow for 1s.
If the player falls off the platforms, they are sent back to the beginning of the map.
Players can avoid the damage by becoming invincible, such as with Ethereal Shift or Dynamo's Quantum Entanglement, or by blocking the damage with Counterspell. This works both on a successful exit (if used before the fadeout) and a failed one. However, in the latter case, it will still trigger the T3 cooldown reduction.
Target is frozen in place and cannot act during channel time. The target's channels are cancelled upon entering the Baroness (except Ivy's Air Drop which is ended immediately, but will drop the bomb/ally if she holds one). Channeling abilities with cast delays can still activate if the delay started before Hotel Guest's channel and end before entering, such as Yamato's Power Slash.
Tips
Applying movement slow to a target before casting Hotel Guest (e.g. Call Bell, Cold Front) makes it more likely the victim triggers extra damage and T2/T3 upgrades.
The "turning keys" animation on target's body is a good indicator to time throwing a Call Bell or launching Luggage Cart into returning victim.
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.
A possible inspiration for the Doorman is the hero concept Frynd Leeman by player Onennon on 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.
The Doorman has longer taunt voice lines that play for an enemy if they are killed inside the Baroness.
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.
According to leaks and datamining, a previous version of the Baroness was designed more like a randomized labyrinth in which players had to find the exit door.
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.[1]
"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%.[2]
References
↑2025-08-19 - Kaori; Deadlock Discord - "[Doorman's voice is a] stage actor, this is his first video game"
38 Damage Per Second
Split Shot by hitting multiple players with the same projectile, and it also makes pierced projectiles deal 100% damage to all targets.
Call Bell
5.5m
4s
1
7s
18s
spirit damage on impact. After a short delay it explodes, dealing additional 
slow.
x0.7
40
-40%
-35%
3s
Bell Lifetime
1
Greater Expansion.
Hotel Guest.
Doorway
50m
65m
0
Superior Cooldown) or 
Witchmail.
Luggage Cart
pulls enemy heroes along its path. 
Stun
stun on wall impact
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist
Triggers Reactive Barrier
Effect can be dispelled
Disable prevented by Indomitable
CC effect suppressed by Unstoppable
Unstoppable.
Doorway.
Hotel Guest
Ethereal Shift or 
Dynamo's 
Quantum Entanglement, or by blocking the damage with 
Counterspell. This works both on a successful exit (if used before the fadeout) and a failed one. However, in the latter case, it will still trigger the T3 cooldown reduction.
Pocket's 
Flying Cloak or 
Mirage's 
Traveler. 
Sinclair also cannot cast 
Spectral Assistant while inside the Baroness.
Ivy's 
Air Drop which is ended immediately, but will drop the bomb/ally if she holds one). Channeling abilities with cast delays can still activate if the delay started before Hotel Guest's channel and end before entering, such as 
Yamato's 
Power Slash.
Call Bell, 
Cold Front) makes it more likely the victim triggers extra damage and T2/T3 upgrades.
Luggage Cart into returning victim.
Paige by only 0.85%.[2]
