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'''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 Consecrating Grenade into the fray softens up his enemies and keeps them from restoring health, and his Hex-Lined Snap Trap scatters across the ground to lock them in place. A Gutshot from his shotgun will knock back enemies who get too close, and when the time is right, Ira Domini will rid the world of evil once and for all. | '''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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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* If airborne while casting, Gutshot will push Venator away from the direction the player is facing, both horizontally and vertically. | * If airborne while casting, Gutshot will push Venator away from the direction the player is facing, both horizontally and vertically. | ||
* T3 Blessed Melee notes: | * T3 Blessed Melee notes: | ||
** It works like a blessed stake bonus, dealing bonus {{DataProp|Ira Domini|BonusDamage}} pure damage and executing | ** 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. | ||
** Parrying the melee prevents the bonus damage and execution. | ** Parrying the melee prevents the bonus damage and execution. | ||
** Missing the melee | ** Missing the melee does not consume the buff. | ||
** The buff lasts for {{DataProp|GutShot|Upgrades.3.BuffDuration}}s and is affected by [[Ability Duration]] (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Superior Duration}}). | ** The buff lasts for {{DataProp|GutShot|Upgrades.3.BuffDuration}}s and is affected by [[Ability Duration]] (e.g. {{ItemIcon|Superior Duration}}). | ||
** It deals +{{DataProp|Ira Domini|BonusAmpToVampire}} bonus damage to vampires ({{HeroIcon|Drifter}}, {{HeroIcon|Mina}}, and enemies with {{ItemIcon|Vampiric Burst}} active). | ** 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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* It deals +{{DataProp|Ira Domini|BonusAmpToVampire}} bonus damage to vampires ({{HeroIcon|Drifter}}, {{HeroIcon|Mina}}, and enemies with {{ItemIcon|Vampiric Burst}} active). | * 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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== Street Brawl == | |||
=== Ability Changes === | |||
<!--For fresh data see [[Deadlock:Street Brawl Ability Changes]] --> | |||
Apart from [[Street Brawl#Heroes|global changes]], Venator does '''not''' have any special modifications for his abilities in Street Brawl. | |||
=== Item Draft === | |||
{{HeroStreetBrawlItems|Venator}} | |||
== Backstory == | == Backstory == | ||
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== Update history == | == Update history == | ||
{{Update history}} | {{Update history}} | ||
== 3D model == | |||
{{3D_Model|Venator}} | |||
===Weapon=== | |||
{{3D Model|Venator Weapon|size=240px}} | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Venator card.png|Venator's portrait. | File:Venator card.png|Venator's portrait | ||
File:Venator.png|Venator's icon | File:Venator Gloat.png|Gloat portrait for Venator | ||
File:Venator Render.png|Venator in-game render | File:Venator Critical Health.png|Critical health portrait for Venator | ||
File:Venator select background.png|Venator's select background | File:Venator.png|Venator's icon | ||
File:Venator Reference Sheet.png|Venator | File:Venator Render.png|Venator in-game render | ||
File:Venator Weapon.png|Venator's weapon | File:Venator select background.png|Venator's select background | ||
File:Venator | File:Venator Reference Sheet.png|Venator reference sheet | ||
File:Venator | File:Venator Weapon.png|Venator's weapon - ''51:20'' | ||
File: | File:Venator's Censer.png|Venator's censer hint at the hideout | ||
File: | File:Venator's shadow at the hideout.png|Venator's shadow in the hideout | ||
File: | </gallery> | ||
File: | |||
File: | === Typography === | ||
File: | <gallery> | ||
File:Venator name.svg|Venator's typography ([https://letterheadfonts.com/fonts/stratford LHF Stratford] font) | |||
File:Venator | File:Priest brazilian.svg|Venator's Brazilian Portuguese typography | ||
File:Venator | File:Priest polish.svg|Venator's Polish typography | ||
File:Priest russian.svg|Venator's typography for Russian and Ukrainian | |||
File:Priest schinese.svg|Venator's Simplified Chinese typography | |||
File:Priest turkish.svg|Venator's Turkish typography | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Voting ([[Old Gods, New Blood]]) === | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Venator VoterPoster.jpg|"Vote for Venator" poster/spray from the 1/23/26 major update | |||
File:Vote Venator Damaged.png|Damaged "Vote Venator" poster | |||
File:Venator Thank You Poster.png|Thanks for voting Venator! | File:Venator Thank You Poster.png|Thanks for voting Venator! | ||
File:Venator Thank You Poster Damaged.png|''For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.'' | File:Venator Thank You Poster Damaged.png|''For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.'' | ||
File:Venator Vote Splash.png|Venator splash art from the vote screen | |||
File:Venator Voter Sticker.png|Venator voter sticker | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Removed/Unused content === | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Venator card leak.png|Leaked Venator portrait | |||
File:Venator model.png|Leaked work-in-progress Venator model | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* "Venator" means "hunter" in Latin. | * "Venator" means "hunter" in Latin. | ||
* His ultimate ability, "Ira Domini", translates to "Wrath of the Lord" in Latin. | * His ultimate ability, "Ira Domini", translates to "Wrath of the Lord" in Latin. | ||
* 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".'' | |||
** Originally (before the [[Update:July 28, 2026|July 28th update]]), Venator's weapon's fall-off range was 20m-51m, which also referenced this. | |||
* 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".'' | |||
* 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. | |||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
* 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> | * 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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** 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. | ** 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. | ||
* "Blessing Ammunition in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Venator in the [[Hideout]]. | * "Blessing Ammunition in the Hideout" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Venator in the [[Hideout]]. | ||
* 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> | * 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> | ||
* Venator's weapon | * 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. | ||
** 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. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== Navigation == | == Navigation == | ||
{{Hero Navbox}} | {{Hero Navbox}} | ||