Update:August 15, 2024

The 08-15-2024 Update is an update for Deadlock, released on the 15th of August 2024. Among a series of general, hero and item changes, it also marks the introduction of the hero Shiv.

Previous Update: 08-06-2024 Update | Next Update: 08-16-2024 Update

New Hero

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51 Damage Per Second

General Changes

Gameplay Changes

• Games can now be watched by an unlimited number of spectators.
• Spectator games now have a 1 minute delay.
• Improved smoothing of spectator camera position and angles.
• Pause cooldown per player increased from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
• You can now use the melee hotkey while zoomed to exit zoom and perform a melee attack.

Localization

• Added localization for Simplified Chinese, Russian, Brazilian Portugese, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Turkish, Ukrainian, Czech and French. These are currently a work in progress.
• Language can be selected from the settings menu.

Matchmaking

• Matchmaking windows are now open 1 hour earlier in all regions.

• You can now prioritize your roster into three groups to indicate your preference ordering to the matchmaker: Selected, Priority and High Priority.

Builds

• You can now author a suggested ordering of ability upgrades.
• You can now add per-item author comments by right clicking on items while editing builds that will show up in the item tooltip for users of the build.
• Fixed a bug that allowed published build data to overwrite local changes to a published build.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the last used hero build from loading when it was not a favored build.
• Hovering items in the shop will now highlight their components, or which item they are components of.

Shop Changes

• Reworked the Hero Stats UI in the Shop.
• Hero Stats in the shop have been expanded and are now broken up by Weapon, Vitality and Spirit. Various additional stats that were previously hidden have been added here.
• Individual stats can now be hovered over to see a breakdown of all the bonuses contributing to a value, including things like golden statues.
• Added descriptive gun information to each hero.
• Added Spirit Power Impact panel that displays the effect of spirit power on your abilities and items.
• Using an active item or ability now removes the undo option for the item/ability.

Settings

• Added Outgoing Damage as a UI display mode that you can toggle through.
• Added a setting to let you customize the ability cancel hotkey (Default is spacebar)
• Added a "Friends Only" checkbox to filter the watch tab.
• Added an option to control zoom sensitivity.
• Added customization options for your crosshair.
• Added a video setting to reduce some flashing effects.

Visual Changes

• Improved visual clarity of Icon not found (). Grey Talon's Icon not found (). Immobilizing Trap armed state.
• Replaced the Soul Urn drop parachute with new effects.
• Improved Icon not found (). Abrams' Icon not found (). Siphon Life and Icon not found (). Seismic Impact effects to not obstruct player view as much.
• Various visual adjustments on highlight and strobe effects being too loud in some cases.
• Updated bullet whizby sounds for nearly all characters.
• Updated Icon not found (). Haze's Icon not found (). Sleep Dagger cast, projectile loop and whizby.
• Updated Icon not found (). Haze's Icon not found (). Smoke Bomb sound.
  • Additionally removed Smoke Bomb voice line for everyone except the casting player and spectators.
• Fixed some spectator/replay sound and music bugs.
• Various sound related performance improvements.
• More impactful damage indication sound for attackers.
• Remastered Icon not found (). Abrams, Icon not found (). Pocket and Icon not found (). Dynamo weapon fire sounds.
• Improved lighting performance around the shop.
• Improved Icon not found (). Wraith's tracers to feel more connected with their bullet.
• Improved visibility of AOE around Icon not found (). Bebop while casting Icon not found (). Hyper Beam.
• Improved effects around Icon not found (). Lady Geist's Icon not found (). Soul Exchange to help with clarity.
• Updated Icon not found (). Infernus' tracer, muzzle and impact fx revisions for better performance.
• Added a sound for movement being restricted by Slowing Hex and Vindicta's Icon not found (). Stake.
• Revised sounds for Icon not found (). Pocket's Icon not found (). Flying Cloak duration and warp.
• Added Refresher cast sound.
• Unpause hotkey is now displayed when the game is paused.
• Added new Silence status effect sound.

Miscellaneous Fixes

• Fixed some abuse cases with undoing AP cooldown reductions.
• Fixed Candle Troopers sometimes instantly disappearing on death rather than going into their flash state.
• Fixed some cases where comeback souls would be higher than intended in the early game.
• Fixed being unable to ping while dead.
• Fixed Icon not found (). Bebop's Icon not found (). Sticky Bomb sometimes misfiring.
• Fixed a bug that allowed teleporters to be used while carrying the Soul Urn.
• Fixed targeting previews that draw a model (like Icon not found (). McGinnis' turrets) to update every frame, instead of being fixed at 60hz.
• Fixed stuns resetting their duration if you were on the ground and became airborne.
• Fixed some cases where Icon not found (). Lash's Icon not found (). Ground Strike would cause your hero to be stuck.
• Fixed Ricochet sometimes shooting the extra bullet from your gun rather than the target.
• Fixed ESC not working to close settings popup sometimes.

Map Changes

Objective Changes

• Base Guardian Health increased by 20%.
• Walkers now require you to be within 30m to deal damage to them.
• Walker Health increased by 15%.
• Patron damage increased by 30% while vulnerable.
• Weakened Patron Health increased by 15%.
• Weakened Patron now has a Torment Pulse style effect, hitting up to 2 enemies in the pit for 75 damage per second.

Interactable Changes

• Teleporter activation no longer gets canceled on incoming damage.
• Teleporter channel time increased: 4s → 5s.
• Added Bounce Pads in various areas of the map that launch you in a defined direction.

• Added one-way defender exits beside each outer lane entrance.
• Added Speed Boost Volumes in the defender passages on the outsides of the base.

Map Layout Changes

• Firehouse (building next to Sapphire Yellow Guardian) has been reworked to match the layout of the Chapel.
• Low roof buildings beside Amber Purple Guardian and Sapphire Yellow Guardian are now valid play spaces.
  • Removed zap triggers.
  • Added truck on the back side of those buildings to allow climbing up.
  • Removed rooftop props for those buildings.
  • Added billboards to the edge closest to the lane.
• Low roof buildings between inner lane Walker arenas are now valid play spaces.
  • Removed zap triggers
  • Expanded rooftop size
  • Added fire escape stairs to allow access from the upper level from the Mid.
• Walker Arena: Amber Yellow/Sapphire Purple:
  • Added catwalks from high ground defender area to building across the street.
  • Added passage through building and stairs up to a peek spot towards the Guardian.
  • Replaced upper floor juke spot with a connection through building across from new peek spot.
• Walker Arena: Amber Orange/Sapphire Blue:
  • Added catwalk from the low roof building to the building across the street.
  • Replaced juke spot in the courtyard with a passage connecting to the new catwalk.
  • Widened hallway above Underground Shop.
  • Removed railing and added stairs in the passage towards the Guardian.
  • Courtyard floor opening to the Underground Shop moved closer to above the shop.
  • Bounce Pad added to allow easier navigation from the Underground Shop to the upper courtyard. Replaces a juke spot.
• Walker Arena: Amber Blue/Sapphire Orange:
  • Added an interior shaft with a Bounce Pad to an upper level balcony from defender side to face the Guardian.
  • Added a Bounce Pad on the ground floor of the Police Station/Garment Building to the upper floor.
  • Added a juke spot inside the Police Station/Garment Building.
  • Added a juke spot down the stairs from the Guardian to the left.
• Walker Arena: Amber Purple/Sapphire Yellow:
  • Added an interior corridor through the building between base and the Walker.
  • Added a balcony that borders the arena on the back side of the Walker.

Weapon Changes

Weapon Items

New Items:

High-Velocity Mag

Headshot Booster

• No longer grants +40 Bonus Health.
• Now grants a +40 Bullet Shield.

Monster Rounds

• Health reduced: +65 > +50.
• Now grants +30% Bullet Resistance against NPCs.

Restorative Shot

• Weapon Damage increased: 6% > 8%.

Active Reload

• Lifesteal reduced: 40% > 30%.
• Fire Rate reduced: 24% > 20%.

Kinetic Dash

• HP Regen increased: 1 > 1.5.

Long Range

• Min Distance reduced: 18m > 15m.

Mystic Shot

• Cooldown increased: 5s > 6s.

Slowing Bullets

• Now grants +5 Spirit.

Soul Shredder Bullets

• Now grants +6% Weapon Damage.
• Debuff Duration increased: 5s > 6s.

Berserker

• Fixed gaining stacks much faster than intended when taking damage from Troopers.

Warp Stone

• Active Bullet Resist reduced: 60% > 40%.
• No longer grants +2 Sprint.
• No longer grants +8 Spirit.

Point Blank

• No longer grants +300 Bullet Shield.
• Now grants +15% Bullet Resist.

Escalating Resilience

• Max Bullet Resist increased: 30% > 36%.

Heroic Aura

• Lifesteal increased: 18% > 20%.

Alchemical Fire

• Bullet Shield increased: 175 > 225.

Sharpshooter

• Min. Distance reduced: 18m > 15m.

Titanic Magazine

• Weapon Damage increased: 16% > 18%.
• Bullet Resist increased: 8% > 10%.

Intensifying Magazine

• Time to reach Max Damage reduced: 3.5s > 3s.

Ricochet

• Fire Rate increased: 8% > 12%.
• Health increased: +125 > +150.

Siphon Bullets

• You permanently steal 1 stack (45HP) from the enemy if they die under the debuff. If an enemy you stole a stack from kills you, they regain 1 stack back.

Silencer

• Reduced Active Duration: 6s > 4s.

Vitality Items

Melee Lifesteal

• Heal effectiveness vs non-heroes increased: 25% > 35%.
• Health increased: 70 > 75.

Extra Regen

• Heath Regen increased: 2.7 > 2.8.

Healing Rite

• Cooldown reduced: 75s > 65s.
• Cast Range increased: 20m > 30m.

Healing Booster

• Spirit Resist reduced: 7% > 6%.
• Bullet Resist reduced: 7% > 6%.

Divine Barrier

• Duration increased: 4s > 5s.
• Cooldown reduced: 30s > 28s.

Restorative Locket

• Max Stacks reduced: 20 > 15.
• Heal per stack increased: 30 > 40.

Health Nova

• Health increased: 75 > 100.

Combat Barrier

• Weapon Damage while Shielded increased: 24% > 28%.

Enchanter's Barrier

• Spirit Power while Shielded increased: +17 > +20.

Bullet Lifesteal

• Lifesteal increased: 26% > 28%.

Superior Stamina

• Air Jump/Dash Distance reduced: 50% > 40%.
• Fire Rate reduced: 10% > 7%.

Debuff Remover

• Debuff resistance reduced: 40% > 35%.

Lifestrike

• Heal effectiveness vs non-heroes increased: 25% > 35%.
• Heal Percentage from Melee Damage increased: 45% > 55%.

Majestic Leap

• Health increased: 100 > 125.
• Spirit Power increased: 8 > 10.

Metal Skin

• Cooldown reduced: 30s > 25s.

Fortitude

• Out of Combat regen timer reduced: 13s > 12s.

Rescue Beam

• Cooldown reduced: 30s > 25s.

Soul Rebirth

• Rebirth Health increased: 40% > 50%.
• Cooldown reduced: 240s > 200s.

Inhibitor

• Weapon Damage increased: 20% > 25%.

Colossus

• Slow increased: 20% > 25%.
• Slow now affects stamina distances.

Phantom Strike

• Cast Range reduced: 35m > 30m.

Spirit Items

New Items:

Magic Carpet

Infuser

• No longer grants +7% Spirit Resist.
• Now gives +50 Health.

Spirit Strike

• Spirit Damage increased: 40 > 50.
• Spirit Resist Debuff increased: -10% > -12%.

Mystic Reach

• Now grants +5% Spirit Resist.

Ammo Scavenger

• Spirit Power Duration increased: 24s > 35s.

Cold Front

• Damage reduced: 100 > 75.
• Damage Spirit Power Scaling increased: x1.25 > x1.5.

Decay

• Healing Reduction reduced: -70% > -50%.
• Bleed increased: 2.8% > 3.1%.
• Cooldown increased: 25s > 30s.

Slowing Hex

• Debuff no longer cancels active mobility spells, only preventing them from being cast.
• Damage reduced: 100 > 70.
• Cast Range reduced: 35m > 25m.
• Now also reduces stamina distance by 30%.
• Projectile Speed increased: 1200 > 1350.

Withering Whip

• Now applies -40% Fire Rate instead of Disarm.
• Duration increased: 3s > 4.5s.
• Cast Range increased: 18m > 24m.

Quicksilver Reload

• Infused Ability Bonus Damage increased: 30 > 50.

Improved Cooldown

• Cooldown Reduction increased: 14% > 15%.

Ethereal Shift

• No longer provides +10% Fire Rate.
• Cooldown increased: 25s > 30s.

Improved Burst

• Weapon Damage reduced: 12% > 8%.

Surge of Power

• Movement Speed Duration increased: 5s > 6s.
• Imbued Spirit increased: 26 > 28.
• Now grants +75 Health.

Improved Reach

• Now grants +10% Spirit Resist.

Superior Duration

• Now provides +15% Weapon Damage.

Mystic Slow

• Fire Rate Reduction increased: -30% > -40%.

Silence Glyph

• No longer reduces Spirit Resist.
• Now deals +150 damage on impact.

Superior Cooldown

• Non-imbued ability Cooldown Reduction increased: 22% > 24%.

Escalating Exposure

• Max Interval reduced: 1s > 0.7s.

Diviner's Kevlar

• Cooldown increased: 30s > 60s.

Refresher

• Spirit Resist increased: 14% > 16%.

Curse

• Cooldown increased: 40s > 50s.

Hero Changes

Icon not found (). Abrams

Icon not found (). Shoulder Charge

• Fixed Shoulder Charge not always placing enemies in front of you.

Icon not found (). Seismic Impact

• Damage reduced: 175 > 150.
• Fixed Seismic Impact often not dragging enemies in the air along with you when you are slamming down.

Icon not found (). Bebop

General

• Gun Range reduced: 50m > 30m + 2.5m/boon (Max of 58m).
• Movement Speed while Shooting increased: 55% > 70%.
• Base Health Regen increased: 2.5 > 3.
• Base Bullet Resist increased: 0% > 10%.
• Bullet Resist per Boon reduced: 2.5% > 1.6%. (Same amount overall at max)

Icon not found (). Exploding Uppercut

• Radius increased: 10m > 14m.
• T1 Increased: -10s Cooldown > -11s Cooldown.
• Exploding Uppercut now has a slight angle limitation to prevent straight-up direction.

Icon not found (). Sticky Bomb

• Radius increased: 10m > 12m.
• Can now be self-cast by using alt cast.

Icon not found (). Hook

• Range reduced: 40m > 35m.
• T2 Increased: +25m > +30m.
• Fixed hooking through veils sometimes not working.

Icon not found (). Hyper Beam

• Spirit Scaling increased: x2.4 > x3.0.
• Turn Rate improved by 10%.
• Nearby Radius increased: 4.5m > 5m.
• Nearby damage now deals 25% less than the full amount.
• T2 Reduced from +140 > +100.

Icon not found (). Dynamo

Icon not found (). Kinetic Pulse

• Width increased: 4.5m > 5m.
• T3 Damage increased: +115 > +125.

• Fixed Kinetic Pulse sometimes getting caught on stairs.

Icon not found (). Rejuvenating Aurora

• Can now be canceled by using stamina instead of needing to manually exit first (pre-T3).

Icon not found (). Singularity

• Now has a 0.1s Cast Point.

Icon not found (). Grey Talon

Icon not found (). Charged Shot

• Collision Radius reduced by 10%.

Icon not found (). Guided Owl

• Fixed T3 Guided Owl not triggering correctly sometimes when the target has Spirit Armor.

Icon not found (). Haze

Icon not found (). Sleep Dagger

• Now places targets into a brief drowsy state for 0.25s where they move slowly before falling asleep.

Icon not found (). Fixation

• T2 Duration reduced: +6s > +5s.
• T3 Damage per Stack reduced: 0.25 > 0.2.

Bullet Dance

• T1 Weapon Damage increased: 6 > 7.

Icon not found (). Ivy

Icon not found (). Watcher's Covenant

• T1 Fire Rate reduced: +15% > +10%.

Icon not found (). Stone Form

• T2 Stun reduced: 0.75s > 0.5s.
• Fixed melee still going through when casting Stone Form after initiating a melee attack.

Icon not found (). Air Drop (New!)

• Now has a new ultimate ability, Air Drop. Take flight with an Ally (or self-cast to carry a bomb). You fly and drop the ally or bomb onto an area, dealing damage, slowing, and silencing enemies. Ivy and the ally gain a bullet shield when they are dropped. Allies can drop by themselves at any time. When using the ability without an ally (carrying a bomb), it has a 1 second cast time.

Icon not found (). Kelvin

Icon not found (). Arctic Beam

• No longer applies a Disarm.
• Now slows Fire Rate (same values as Slow)
• Max Slow reduced: 90% > 60%.
• Time to reach Max Slow increased: 1.2s > 2s.

Icon not found (). Frozen Shelter

• Can now be cast while using Arctic Beam.

Icon not found (). Lash

General

• Health per Boon increased: 37 > 42.
• Base Spirit Resist increased: 8% > 15%.

Icon not found (). Flog

• Cooldown reduced: 30s > 25s.
• T3 now reduced Fire Rate by 35%.

Icon not found (). McGinnis

General

• Speed while shooting increased: 55% > 70%.

Icon not found (). Mini Turret

• Turrets now prioritize any heroes McGinnis is shooting at.

Icon not found (). Medicinal Specter

• Duration Spirit Power Scaling increased: x0.09 > x0.12.

Icon not found (). Heavy Barrage

• T1 Changed: Rockets now apply 35% Slow.

Icon not found (). Mo & Krill

Icon not found (). Scorn

• T3 now affects all damage types.

Icon not found (). Paradox

General

• Base Ammo reduced: 45 > 40.

Icon not found (). Time Wall

• T3 Silence Duration reduced: 3.5s > 3s.

Icon not found (). Kinetic Carbine

• Projectile Size reduced by 10%.
• Cooldown increased: 24s > 28s.
• Speed Duration reduced: 4s > 3.5s.
• T1 Max Stop Duration reduced: 0.75s > 0.5s.
• T2 Cooldown Reduction increased: -8s > -10s.
• No longer affects channels, cast times or abilities like Lash's Death Slam.

Icon not found (). Paradoxical Swap

• Projectile Size reduced by 10%.

Icon not found (). Pocket

General

• Base Bullet Resist increased: -15% > 0%.
• Base Spirit Resist reduced: 0% > -15%.

Icon not found (). Barrage

• Damage Amp per stack reduced: 10% > 8%.
• T3 Changed to +5% Amp per Stack.
• Now respects line of sight.
• Amp effects now show on Pocket.

Icon not found (). Flying Cloak

• Fixed the camera moving too slowly after teleporting.

Icon not found (). Seven

Icon not found (). Lightning Ball

• Duration increased: 4s > 5s.

Icon not found (). Static Charge

• Stun Delay reduced: 4s > 3.5s.
• Fixed multiple instances of Static Charge not working correctly.

Icon not found (). Vindicta

Icon not found (). Stake

• Base Duration reduced: 2.5s > 2.25s.
• T1 Duration reduced: 1s > 0.75s.

Icon not found (). Viscous

Icon not found (). Splatter

• Fixed Splatter direct hits counting as the second hit.

Icon not found (). The Cube

• Cast Range increased: 25m > 30m.
• T2 Cooldown reduced: -25s > -22s.

Icon not found (). Puddle Punch

• Charge Delay increased: 0.5s > 1.5s.
• Now deals light melee damage and is affected by melee items.

Icon not found (). Goo Ball

• Duration reduced: 12s > 10s.
• T1 Duration reduced: +6s > +5s.
• Cooldown increased: 80s > 90s.
• Now deals 50% damage to bosses.
• Spirit Resist reduced: 80% > 70%.
• Bullet Resist reduced: 70% > 60%.
• Can now only stun and damage a target once every 1.5s, up from 1s.
• Acceleration lowered a bit.
• Stunning or immobilizing Viscous now stops the ball from moving.

Icon not found (). Warden

Icon not found (). Alchemical Flask

• Cooldown reduced: 16s > 13s.
• T2 Changed: -10s Cooldown > Drains 1 Stamina.
• T3 now also reduces cooldown by -7s.

Icon not found (). Binding Word

• Immobilize Duration reduced: 2s > 1.75s.
• No longer drains 1 stamina.
• Now has quick cast behaviour (Same as Static Charge).

Icon not found (). Wraith

Icon not found (). Card Trick

• Now has 0.5s Cooldown per cast.

Icon not found (). Full Auto

• T2 Changed: Now Imbues bullets with +5 Spirit Damage (Only affects Wraith).

Icon not found (). Telekinesis

• T2 Duration reduced: +0.75s > +0.5s.
• Fixed being able to melee and parry while stunned by Telekinesis.

Icon not found (). Yamato

General

• Base Melee Damage increased by 10%.

Icon not found (). Flying Strike

• T3 now procs after the ability ends, rather than when connecting with the target.

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