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| {{Infobox hero | | {{Infobox hero |
| | key = hero_priest | | | key = hero_priest |
| | codenames = Priest; Rourke; Cain | | | release_date = Unreleased |
| | pronouns = He/Him | | | no_icon = true |
| | release_date = February 5, 2026 | | | no_spirit_resist = true |
| }}{{Quotation
| | | no_bullet_resist = true |
| | 2 = God forgives. I do not. | | | no_sprint = true |
| | 4 = Priest_revenge_kill.mp3 | | | no_voice_actor = true |
| | | no_codenames = true |
| | | no_summary = true |
| }} | | }} |
| '''Venator''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. He doesn't walk the righteous path, he blazes the trail so that others may do so safely. His biggest challenge is knowing which weapon to use first. Firing a [[Venator#Consecrating Grenade|'''Consecrating Grenade''']] into the fray softens up his enemies and keeps them from restoring health, and his '''[[Venator#Hex-Lined Snap Trap|Hex-Lined Snap Trap]]''' scatters across the ground to lock them in place. A '''[[Venator#Gutshot|Gutshot]]''' from his shotgun will knock back enemies who get too close, and when the time is right, '''[[Venator#Ira Domini|Ira Domini]]''' will rid the world of evil once and for all.
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| A relentless monster hunter, Father Quinn Rourke represents the righteous wrath and fury of the Venators of Saint Benedict. Sent by his superiors at the Vatican, the Venator has been designated a mission: to annihilate the evil stirring in New York.
| | '''Priest''' is an unreleased [[Hero]] in ''[[Deadlock]]''. |
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| Venator was released on [[Update:February 5, 2026|February 5, 2026]] as the fourth winner of the [[Old Gods, New Blood]] update contest.
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| == Weapon ==
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| {{WeaponCard|key=hero_priest|weapon_name=51:20}}
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| == Abilities == | | == Abilities == |
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| | |-|(1) Buckshot= |
| | {{#invoke:Lang|get_string|ability_priest_knockback_desc}} |
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| {{AbilitySection | | |-|(2) Potent Vapors= |
| | hero_name = Venator | | {{Ability card v2 |
| | ability_num = 1 | | | hero_name=Priest |
| | notes =
| | | ability_num=2 |
| * T3 upgrade does not give any extra usages, but makes Consecrating Grenade be affected by [[Charges|Charge]]-related items (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Rapid Recharge}}).
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| {{AbilitySection | | |-|(3) Penance & Retribution= |
| | hero_name = Venator | | {{Ability card v2 |
| | ability_num = 2 | | | hero_name=Priest |
| | notes =
| | | ability_num=3 |
| * If airborne while casting, Gutshot will push Venator away from the direction the player is facing, both horizontally and vertically.
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| * T3 Blessed Melee notes:
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| ** It works like a blessed stake bonus, dealing bonus {{DataProp|Ira Domini|BonusDamage}} pure damage and executing enemies below {{DataProp|Ira Domini|ExecuteThreshold}}% health. {{AbilityIcon|Ira Domini}}'s T2 upgrade also boosts blessed melee damage.
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| ** Parrying the melee prevents the bonus damage and execution.
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| ** Missing the melee does not consume the buff.
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| ** The buff lasts for {{DataProp|GutShot|Upgrades.3.BuffDuration}}s and is affected by [[Ability Duration]] (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Superior Duration}}).
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| ** It deals +{{DataProp|Ira Domini|BonusAmpToVampire}} bonus damage to vampires ({{HeroIcon|Drifter}}, {{HeroIcon|Mina}}, and enemies with {{ItemIcon|Vampiric Burst}} active).
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| }} | | }} |
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| {{AbilitySection
| | |-|(4) Witching Hour= |
| | hero_name = Venator | | {{#invoke:Lang|get_string|ability_priest_weaponswap_desc}} |
| | ability_num = 3 | | </tabber> |
| | notes = | |
| * Enemies can disarm the trap by shooting at it. It is not affected by abilities, items or [[melee attack]]s.
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| * When looking directly upwards, the trap will be thrown very far behind the player.
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| | == Weapon == |
| | hero_name = Venator
| | {{WeaponCard|key=hero_priest}} |
| | ability_num = 4
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| | notes =
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| * There's ~1s animation for changing weapons when Ira Domini starts and finishes. There's also ~0.8s animation for reloading stakes between each shot. Venator cannot shoot during these animations.
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| * While Ira Domini is active Venator cannot use {{AbilityIcon|Consecrating Grenade}} but can use other abilities and items.
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| * Low health execution checks whether the damage puts the target below the threshold, and if it does, then the ability deals additional pure damage equal to {{DataProp|Ira Domini|ExecuteThreshold}}% of target's max health.
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| * Ira Domini is affected by [[Status Effects#Disarm|disarm]].
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| * The bolts are hitscan and can pierce through enemies.
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| * It deals 30% [[Headshot|critical headshot damage]].
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| * It deals +{{DataProp|Ira Domini|BonusAmpToVampire}} bonus damage to vampires ({{HeroIcon|Drifter}}, {{HeroIcon|Mina}}, and enemies with {{ItemIcon|Vampiric Burst}} active).
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| }}
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| == Street Brawl ==
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| === Ability Changes ===
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| <!--For fresh data see [[Deadlock:Street Brawl Ability Changes]] -->
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| Apart from [[Street Brawl#Heroes|global changes]], Venator does '''not''' have any special modifications for his abilities in Street Brawl.
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| === Item Draft ===
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| {{HeroStreetBrawlItems|Venator}}
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| == Backstory ==
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| {{Fates Tale|priest}}
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| == Update history ==
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| {{Update history}}
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| == 3D model ==
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| {{3D_Model|Venator}}
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| ===Weapon===
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| {{3D Model|Venator Weapon|size=240px}} | |
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| == Gallery == | | == Gallery == |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:Venator card.png|Venator's portrait | | </gallery><gallery> |
| File:Venator Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Venator
| | File:Priest card.png|Leaked portrait, upscaled |
| File:Venator Critical Health.png|Critical health portrait for Venator
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| File:Venator.png|Venator's icon
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| File:Venator Render.png|Venator in-game render
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| File:Venator select background.png|Venator's select background
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| File:Venator Reference Sheet.png|Venator reference sheet
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| File:Venator Weapon.png|Venator's weapon - ''51:20''
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| File:Venator's Censer.png|Venator's censer hint at the hideout
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| File:Venator's shadow at the hideout.png|Venator's shadow in the hideout
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| === Typography === | | == Trivia == |
| <gallery>
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| File:Venator name.svg|Venator's typography ([https://letterheadfonts.com/fonts/stratford LHF Stratford] font)
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| File:Priest brazilian.svg|Venator's Brazilian Portuguese typography
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| File:Priest polish.svg|Venator's Polish typography
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| File:Priest russian.svg|Venator's typography for Russian and Ukrainian
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| File:Priest schinese.svg|Venator's Simplified Chinese typography
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| File:Priest turkish.svg|Venator's Turkish typography
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| </gallery>
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| === Voting ([[Old Gods, New Blood]]) ===
| | * Priest has the [[Shopkeeper]] voice actor as a temp VO, who makes self-aware jokes about his role. |
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| | * [[Bookworm]] references Priest's voice actor, calling him "the bodega guy".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Bookworm|file=Bookworm select 01.mp3|transcription=If you thought the bodega guy was a good temp voice, wait 'til you hear me.|no_pageref_file=true}}</ref> |
| File:Venator VoterPoster.jpg|"Vote for Venator" poster/spray from the 1/23/26 major update
| | * Priest makes a reference to Valve's FX artists Andrew Kim and Irving Zhang.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Priest|file=Priest use power4 05.mp3|transcription=Great effects, Andrew and/or Irv!|no_pageref_file=true}}</ref><ref>[https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/people Andrew Kim and Irving Zhang] at valvesoftware.com</ref> |
| File:Vote Venator Damaged.png|Damaged "Vote Venator" poster
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| File:Venator Thank You Poster.png|Thanks for voting Venator!
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| File:Venator Thank You Poster Damaged.png|''For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.''
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| File:Venator Vote Splash.png|Venator splash art from the vote screen
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| File:Venator Voter Sticker.png|Venator voter sticker
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| </gallery> | |
| === Removed/Unused content === | |
| <gallery> | |
| File:Venator card leak.png|Leaked Venator portrait
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| File:Venator model.png|Leaked work-in-progress Venator model
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| </gallery> | |
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| == Trivia == | | == See also == |
| * "Venator" means "hunter" in Latin.
| | * [[Priest/Quotes]] |
| * His ultimate ability, "Ira Domini", translates to "Wrath of the Lord" in Latin.
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| * Venator's weapon is named after the Bible passage Jeremiah 51:20: ''"Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms".''
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| ** Originally (before the [[Update:July 28, 2026|July 28th update]]), Venator's weapon's fall-off range was 20m-51m, which also referenced this.
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| * Venator's selection voice line ''"Ours is not to question what is necessary. Ours is to have the will to do whatever it takes"'' is likely a reference to Alfred Tennyson's poem [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45319/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'']: ''"Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die".''
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| * One of Venator's voice lines for upgrading '''Gutshot''', ''"I long for the day when this will be a plowshare"'' references the phase "[[wikipedia:Swords into ploughshares|beating swords into plowshares]]" which comes from the Bible passage Isaiah 2:4.
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| * Venator was one of the heroes in a private build who was accidently leaked on stream in May 2025.<ref>2025-05-01 - atahutahatena on Reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumors - [https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1kclj5p/streamer_accidentally_leaks_hero_roster_of_a_more/ Streamer accidentally leaks hero roster of a more "secret" private Deadlock pre-alpha playtest build]</ref> A playable version of Venator was added to the files in the [[Update:May 8, 2025|Shop Rework Update]]. A new Venator portrait was leaked in a work-in-progress hero select screen posted on 4chan in July 2025. On [[Update:January 20, 2026|20th January 2026]], Venator was teased in the [[Hideout]] with a [[wikipedia:Thurible|thurible]] on a bookshelf.
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| * Before his release, Venator had voice lines calling him by his last name "Rourke", indicating it may have been his hero name at some point in development.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Removed/Unused Voice Lines|voice line]] (Killed Venator): ''"You're just a man, Rourke, and you're gonna die screaming like one."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Victor}}'s in-game [[Victor/Quotes#Removed/Unused Voice Lines|voice line]] (Killed Venator): ''"Took down Rourke."''</ref>
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| ** {{HeroIcon|The Doorman}} has voice lines calling Venator "Cain", indicating it may have been his first name before "Quinn".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=The Doorman|quotes=Venator/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|transcription=You've never faced someone like me before, Cain.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Removed/Unused Voice Lines|voice line]] (Venator trapped in Baroness): ''"You know, Cain, one day you will actually believe the legend you sell to people, and on that day you will die screaming."''</ref> | |
| * Venator originally had the [[Shopkeeper]] voice actor as a temp VO, who made self-aware jokes about his role. The female temp voice (currently on [[Boho]]) called him "the bodega guy".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Paige|file=Bookworm select 01.mp3|transcription=If you thought the bodega guy was a good temp voice, wait 'til you hear me.|no_pageref_file=true}}</ref>
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| * Prior to the [[Update:August 18, 2025|Six New Heroes Update]], Venator had an ability called "Potent Vapors", a channel which would heal Venator and grant him movement slow resist at the cost of him being unable to attack throughout its channel. This ability was replaced with Consecrating Grenade.
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| ** Additionally, prior to the [[Old Gods, New Blood]] update, Venator used to have an ability called "Penace and Retribution", a passive that would grant Venator stacking bullet and spirit resistances as he took sustained damage. This ability was replaced with Hex-Lined Snap Trap.
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| * "Blessing Ammunition in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Venator in the [[Hideout]].
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| * Venator had the largest winning margin in the [[Old Gods, New Blood]] hero contest, winning by an 11% difference over {{HeroIcon|Celeste}}.<ref>[[Update:February 12, 2026]]</ref>
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| * Venator's weapon is a submachine gun similar to a [[wikipedia:Heckler_&_Koch_MP5|Heckler & Koch MP5]], with its under-barrel grenade launcher decorated to resemble a [[wikipedia:Votive_candle|Votive candle]], and [[wikipedia:Rosary#Rosary_beads|Rosary beads]] in place of a sling harness.
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| ** The [https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Submachine_Gun_(Half-Life) Submachine Gun] in Valve's ''Half-Life'' is also based on an MP5 with an under-barrel grenade launcher.
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